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Earl James Douglas[1]

Male Abt 1358 - Abt 1388  (30 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name James Douglas 
    Prefix Earl 
    Birth Abt 1358 
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 14 Aug 1388  Otterburn Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 1 Sibling 
    Person ID I23535  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2007 

    Father Earl William de Douglas,   b. Abt 1323, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1384, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Countess Margaret Mar,   b. Abt 1325   d. 19 Oct 1393 (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage Bef 13 Nov 1357 
    Family ID F10136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Isabella Stewart   d. 1410 
    Marriage 24 Sep 1371 
    Family ID F10083  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 May 2006 

    Marriage
    • partner(s) unknown
    Children 
    +1. Baron William Douglas,   b. Abt 1375   d. 1427, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
    +2. Archibald Douglas,   b. Abt 1376, Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1435 (Age 59 years)
    +3. Eleanor Douglas,   b. Abt 1375, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1425, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     4. Joan Douglas
    +5. Margaret Douglas,   b. Castle Cary, North Cadbury, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F10137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 May 2017 

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  • Notes 
    • 2nd Earl of Douglas

      succeeded his father at a time of much border warfare between Scotland and England. Due to the old age of King Robert II, the Douglases were left in charge of the defense of the kingdom. They literally became "the shield of Scotland". In 1388 he led a plundering sweep into England in retaliation for the devastation caused by King Richard's army three years earlier. While on this raid, Douglas met and defeated the renown English knight Henry "Hotspur" Percy in personal combat. In triumph he carried off Percy's pennon.
      In an effort to regain his pennon, and his honor, Percy pursued and engaged Douglas at the Battle of Otterburn. Douglas,
      although mortally wounded in the battle, directed his captains to carry his standard, sound his battle cry and rally his troops.
      Even in death, he carried the field. James left one illegitimate son, William, 1st Lord of Drumlanrig, who was the sire of the
      Queensberry cadet branch. As no legitimate heir was left, the earldom passed to the "base born" son of Sir James "The Good".

  • Sources 
    1. [S190] Peter Barns-Graham, British Pedigrees, (Stirnet), Douglas of Douglas, Douglas of Nithsdale, Douglas of Tourraine (Reliability: 2).



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