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1 de may. de 2024 · The 16-year-old William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas, and his younger brother David were summoned to Edinburgh Castle in November 1440. After the so-called "Black Dinner" had taken place in David's Tower, both boys were summarily executed on trumped-up charges in the presence of the 10-year-old King James II (r.1437–1460).
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1 de may. de 2024 · The King/Queen has been pleased to ordain that <name> shall henceforth have, hold and enjoy the title, rank, place, pre-eminence and precedence as the younger son/daughter of a duke/marquess/earl etc. which would have been due to him/her had his/her father, <name>, survived his <e.g. brother>, <name and title>, and thereby succeeded to the said title and dignity of Duke/Marquess/Earl etc. of ...
18 de abr. de 2024 · In what came to be known as the Black Dinner of Scotland, the regents invited young sons of Archibald, 16-year-old William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas, and his younger brother to dine with the young king at Edinburgh Castle on a dark late November evening in 1440.
Hace 1 día · Edited by William K Boyd. Covers the period of the trial and execution of James Douglas, earl of Morton, and the Ruthven raid of August 1582. Calendar of State Papers, Scotland. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1910.
26 de abr. de 2024 · He outlived his son and heir, and when he died in 1744 the Earldom of Ruglen and its subsidiary titles passed to his daughter Anne Douglas, Countess of March, and on her death in 1748 to William Douglas, 3rd Earl of March (later 4th Duke of Queensberry). Fourth, fifth and sixth earls
Hace 1 día · Signature. Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart [3] or Mary I of Scotland, [4] was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland, Mary was six days old when her father died and she inherited the throne.
Hace 5 días · In August 1582, in what became known as the Ruthven Raid, the Protestant earls of William Ruthven, Earl of Gowrie and Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus lured James into Ruthven Castle, imprisoned him, and forced Lennox to leave Scotland.
