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Earl James Douglas

Male Abt 1395 - 1493    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 1395 
    Gender Male 
    Death Between 22 Jun and 22 Oct 1493 
    Siblings 1 Sibling 
    Person ID I23576  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 17 May 2008 

    Father James Douglas   d. 1457 
    Mother Elizabeth Gifford   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F7730  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joan of Scotland, "dumb lady",   b. Abt 1426   d. Aft 16 Oct 1486 (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage Bef 15 May 1459 
    Children 
    +1. Earl John Douglas,   b. Bef 1466   d. Abt 1515 (Age 49 years)
    +2. Janet Douglas,   b. 1429, Morton, Dumfrieshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1489-1490 (Age 61 years)
    +3. James Douglas   d. Aft 1480
     4. Elizabeth Douglas   d. Aft 1479
    Family ID F10106  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2000 

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  • Notes 
    • 1st Earl of Morton, 3rd Earl of Angus ???

      was honored by King James II on March 14, 1457 with the title of Earl of Morton. He established Aberdour Nunnery in 1486.

      Son and heir of James Douglas, who was deemed by some to have been second Lord Dalkeith, though it is doubtful whether any such Barony was created. On 8 September 1456 his father resigned his lands to him and, on 14 March 1458 in anticipation of his marriage to the king's daughter, he was created Earl of Morton. The marriage to the deaf and dumb Princess Joan took place before 15 May 1459.
      As a protest against this creation, it was asserted that the lands of Morton belonged heritably to his step-grandmother, Janet Borthwick, widow of Sir James Douglas, held by some to have been 1st Baron Dalkeith, and to her son William Douglas, to which the Chancellor answered that 'Lord Dalkeith was not to receive his title in the Earldom for the lands of Morton lying in the Lordship of Niddisdale but for the lands of Mortoun in the territory of Caldercleir'.
      He was present in Parliament from 13 January 1464 to 1491. On 14 June 1491 he was given a safe conduct as one of the Scottish ambassadors to France and Castile.



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