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William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, 2nd Earl of Avondale (1425 – 22 February 1452) was a late Medieval Scottish nobleman, Lord of Galloway, and Lord of the Regality of Lauderdale, and the most powerful magnate in Southern Scotland. He was killed by James II of Scotland.
28 de feb. de 2024 · William Douglas, 8th earl of Douglas was a prominent Scottish lord during the reign of James II of Scotland. The so-called Black Douglases, of whom the 8th earl was a member, had lost their lands through accusations of treason; but the Earl recovered Galloway and Wigtown by marriage with his.
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20 de jun. de 2021 · James would repeat events of the past by inviting William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas to Stirling Castle in AD 1452 under the promise of safe conduct. The King then accused the Earl of conspiring to rival royal authority by forging links with John Macdonald, and Alexander Lindsay, and drew his dagger, stabbing William Douglas 26 times.
21 de feb. de 2024 · But it was here, on 22 February 1452, that James II of Scotland was responsible for the murder of his most powerful earl: William, 8th Earl of Douglas. It was one of several dramatic and bloody meetings between the King and the immensely powerful family which influenced – and threatened – his rule.
William, 8th Earl of Douglas, k1542. William, eighth Earl of Douglas, who inherited all the courage, ambition, and energy of his family, was born about the year 1425, and succeeded to the family title and estates in 1443.
The Oxford Companion to British History. Douglas, William Douglas, 8th earl of [S] (c.1425–52). Eldest son of James ‘the Gross’, 7th earl of Douglas. Knighted while still an infant (1430), together with the royal child who would eventually kill him, he grew up to become by far the most powerful magnate in Scotland.
28 de sept. de 2021 · William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas. King's Old Building, Stirling Castle, the Site of Douglas's Murder. William Douglas lived from 1425 to 22 February 1452. He was the 8th Earl of Douglas and the 2nd Earl of Avondale. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
