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JamesDOUGLAS - The Gross - 7th Earl Of Douglas
Beatrix SINCLAIR

"James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, 1st Earl of Avondale (1371–24 March 1443),
known as 'the Gross' was a Scottish nobleman. He was the second son of
Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas and Joan Moray.

In 1437 he was created Earl of Avondale. He succeeded to the earldom of Douglas
on the summary execution of his great-nephew William Douglas, 6th Earl of
Douglas, and his brother David, in 1440. James Douglas was himself implicated in
this attempt to neutralise the power of the 'Black' Douglas line.
[edit] Marriage and issue
He married first Beatrice Stewart, daughter of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany
and Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith. They had one daughter.
* Beatrice Douglas
He married second Beatrice Sinclair, daughter of Henry Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Orkney,
around 1425. They had several children, including:
* William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas (1425–1452), who succeeded his father
* James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas (1426–1491), who succeeded his older
brother
* Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray (1426–1455), James's twin
* Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde (d. 1455)
* John Douglas, Lord of Balvenie
* Janet Douglas who married Robert Fleming, 1st Lord Fleming
* Margaret Douglas (d. 1473)"

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Archibald DOUGLAS -The Grim
Joan MORAY

"Archibald the Grim also known as Blak (Black) Archibald (c. 1328-1400), Earl of
Douglas, Earl of Wigtown, Lord of Douglas, Lord of Bothwell and Lord of Galloway
was a Scottish nobleman.
Archibald the Grim was a bastard son by an unknown mother of Sir James
Douglas, Robert I's trusted deputy.
A cousin of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, he inherited the earldom of
Douglas and its entailed estates as the third earl following the death without issue
of James 2nd Earl of Douglas at the Battle of Otterburn.
Early life
He was an infant when his father went on the Crusades and was killed at the Battle
of Teba whilst fighting the Moors. According to Walter Bower, "He was dark and ugly
more like a coco [cook-boy] than a Noble". It has been suggested that the young
Archibald spent time with his cousin William at the court in exile of King David II at
Château-Gaillard in Normandy.[1] It was only natural for them to take service with
the French King.[2] This was in keeping with the spirit of the Auld Alliance.
Battle of Poitiers
Archibald's first major appearance in history is recorded in 1356 at the Battle of
Poitiers where he was captured by the English. Douglas had accompanied his
cousin William, 1st Earl of Douglas to serve King John II of France in his wars
against the Black Prince. Edward III of England had concluded truce negotiations
with the Scots lasting from the 25th March until Michaelmas, following the Burnt
Candlemas of the 2nd of February. During the truce, Earl William had secured safe
passage to travel to Château-Gaillard to visit David II; amongst his entourage was
the 28 year old Archibald.[3] Once in France, in the chivalric spirit of the age the
Douglases joined the French army, to prevent their harnesses rusting through
inactivity.[2]

The Battle was a disastrous defeat for the French. It was suggested by Froissart
that part of the blame lies with Earl William, for his suggestion to the French King
that his Knights dismount and fight on foot.[4] Whatever the causes King John was
captured along with many noblemen, amongst whom was Black Archibald. Earl
William evaded capture.

Archibald's armour and harness was of fine construction and he was thought to be
a valuable prisoner by his captors.
[edit] Escape

His escape from English hands was occasioned by one Sir William Ramsay of
Colluthie, also a detainee. In the presence of one of the guards, Ramsay pretended
to be furious with Archibald and accused him of the theft of his cousin's armour.
Furthermore he stated that his cousin had been felled by an English arrow and had
died as a result of his lack of protection. Ramsay than insisted that Archibald take
off his boots. Archibald concurred and by the time he had removed one, Ramsay
started beating him around the head with it. One of the guards intervened to stop
Ramsay, insisting that Archibald was the son of a great Noble and should be
respected. Ramsay retorted "Not he, I tell you, he is a scullion and a rogue", then to
Archibald, "Go you rascal, and seek your master's body amongst the slain, so that
we may at least give him a decent burial". Ramsay paid the fee of 40 shillings, the
ransomable rate of an esquire. Ramsay cuffed Archibald round the head once more
and bade him begone. Archibald made his way back to Scotland, and deprived the
Black Prince's army of what would have been a considerable ransom.[5]
Rise to prominence
Black Archibald was appointed Constable of Edinburgh Castle in 1361, which along
with the office of Sheriff of Edinburgh, he held until 1364. In that year he was
appointed Warden of the Western March. This was an uneasy appointment as the
English held Annandale, which formed the greater part of his new jurisdiction.

In the following years he carried out numerous raids against the English. In 1368
Douglas was appointed Lord Warden of the Marches and was successful in
ousting the English from Annandale completely by 1383.
de Moravia Marriage

Archibald further increased his power by his marriage to Joanna de Moravia in
1362. Joanna's grandfather, Sir Andrew Murray, was a nephew of William Wallace.
[citation needed] Archibald is said to have offered five English Knights battle in
single combat for her hand.[6] The Lady of Bothwell and heiress to the de Moravia
dynasty, Joanna brought with her large estates and Lordships throughout Scotland
which Archibald claimed de jure uxoris. This included the semi-ruined Bothwell
Castle, which he promptly started to rebuild. The marriage was a device of the king
to ensure that the Moray inheritance would be passed into safe (and loyal) hands.
Since the death of Joanna's first husband, the Lord of Bothwell, in 1361, she and
her widowed mother had been wards of the court. Joanna was declared to be not
only heiress of her father's unentailed lands, but also those of her first husband.
The estates stretched from Aberdeenshire, Moray and Ross in the north, to
Lanarkshire and Roxburghshire in the south. Although Douglas did not inherit his
wife's father's Earldom of Strathearn, Douglas would be able to use his new found
kindred ties to the advantage of the King in the centre of the kingdom.[7]
[edit] Embassies

Archibald was sent on two embassies to France, one in 1369 and the other in 1371.
The first of these was to protest against the appeal launched by the newly divorced
Queen Margaret at the court in Avignon of Pope Urban V. The second embassy was
to Paris, with a view to renewing the Auld Alliance. This embassy was ordered by
the new Stewart king Robert II, three days after his accession. The result of this
diplomacy resulted in the Treaty of Vincennes, the first ratification of the alliance
since the Treaty of Corbeil, 55 years previously.
Lord of Galloway
In 1369, Archibald had been appointed Lord of Galloway by King David, "becaus he
tuke git trawell to purge the cuntrey of Englis blude".[8] Galloway was a difficult
fiefdom to rule. Prior to his assumption of the title, it had been the patrimony of the
Balliols, both the ousted King John and his pretender son Edward Balliol. The
Balliols had inherited it through King John's grandmother Dervorguilla of Galloway,
daughter and heiress of Alan, Lord of Galloway, the last of the Norse-Gaelic Kings
of Galloway. The Galwegians had distinctive laws and customs and, as with the
Kingdom of the Isles, did not feel subservient to the Scottish crown, but rather to
their ancient Kings of which they viewed the Balliols as representing. In 1353 Earl
William had succeeded in bringing the eastern part of the fiefdom under the control
of the Scottish crown. By 1371 after reaffirming control in the east, Archibald
acquired the Earldom of Wigtown from Thomas Fleming, Earl of Wigtown, thus
consolidating his power over the whole of Galloway, the first time under one man
since 1234. Archibald's conquest of Galloway was depicted on his seal, which
depicts two "wild men" holding up his arms.

In 1378 Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie, a nephew of Archibald Douglas, took
Berwick by surprise with 50 men, and was immediately besieged by the town's
governor Thomas De Musgrave. Douglas and Lord Lyndsay of the Byres massed a
relief army at Haddington, little more than 500 in number, but marched anyway
hoping to collect more men on the way. When Archibald's army approached Berwick
his scouts informed him that the English army around the castle numbered around
10,000, with archers, siege engines, heavy horse and ships blockading the river.
Douglas then retreated to Melrose, followed by the English army. Just short of
Melrose, Musgrave attacked. Fortunately Archibald's army had now been reinforced.
During the ensuing Battle of Melrose, Musgrave was unhorsed and forced to yield
for ransom. With Musgrave and other leaders captured, the remaining English not
already slain fled back to Berwick with news of their defeat.

It is around this time that Archibald started work on his fortalice at Threave Castle,
and endowed Sweetheart Abbey, near Dumfries, with an hospital. Rather than
taking over Buittle, traditional seat of the Balliols during the construction of Threave,
he took up residence at Kirkcudbright, traditional seat of the earlier Lords.

In territorial possessions alone Archibald, Lord of Galloway appeared now to have
reached if not overtaken his cousin William, 1st Earl of Douglas.
[edit] Earl of Douglas

In 1384, William the first Earl of Douglas died of a seizure at Douglas, and was
succeeded by his son James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas, who was killed during
his victorious Battle of Otterburn four years later in 1388. Archibald inherited his
nephew's earldom and all the entailed Douglas lands making him the most
powerful magnate in Scotland.
During the intervals of war with the English he imposed feudal law on the border
chieftains, drawing up a special code for the marches. The power of the Black
Douglas overshadowed the crown under the weak rule of Robert III. Archibald
appeared to have strengthened his line's connection with that of the Royal Stewarts,
when in 1390 he arranged the marriage of his son and heir William 4th Earl of
Douglas to Princess Margaret of Scotland, and in 1399 his daughter Marjorie to
David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay; both of these spouses were children of Robert III,
Rothesay being the heir apparent to the throne. Rothesay was already contracted to
marry Elizabeth Dunbar, daughter of George I, Earl of March, who had paid a large
sum for the honour. March, alienated from his allegiance by this breach of faith on
the king's part, now joined the English forces.
] Death
The Earl of Douglas died at Threave Castle, around Christmas 1400, and was
buried at Bothwell.
Marriage and children
Around 1362 Douglas married Joanna de Moravia, daughter of Maurice de Moravia,
1st Earl of Strathearn. They had four children.
* Archibald Douglas, who succeeded as 4th earl
* James Douglas, later the 7th earl
* Marjory Douglas, married 1st David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, 2nd Walter de
Haliburton the Treasurer of Scotland
* Helen, married Sir George de Lawedre of Haltoun,[9] Lord Provost of Edinburgh
Earl Archibald had an illegitimate son:
* Sir William Douglas of Nithsdale (assassinated c. 1392), married Egidia Stewart
daughter of Robert II"

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James DOUGLAS - The Good
MISTRESS
"BOGRAPHY: James of Douglas was the friend and ablest lieutenant of Robert the
Bruce. Known as the Black Douglas to the English and as the Good Sir James to
the Scots, Douglas was a brilliant fighter and master of guerrilla warfare. He
commanded the left wing of Bruce's army at the battle of Bannockburn. Before his
death, Bruce asked Douglas to take his heart on a crusade to the Holy Land.
Douglas set out bearing Bruce's heart in a silver casket, but on the way fell fighting
the Moors in Spain. The Scottish knights who survived brought back Douglas's body
which was entombed in the town of Douglas and Bruce's heart which was buried in
Melrose Abbey. St. Bride's Kirk, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland."

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William DOUGLAS - Le Hardi
Elizabeth STEWART
"# Aft 1298 in While Prisoner In The Tower Of London
# Note: BIOGRAPHY: Sir William Douglas, or William de Douglas, known as "le
Hardi," succeeded his brother Hugh in 1288. He is known as the 1st Earl or Lord of
Douglas, being the first of the family to assume the full baronial style of title. He is
first mentioned in 1256, when his father declared before a court that he had
provided lands in Warndon, in County Northumberland, England, with two
guardians, as he was under age. He next appears in 1267, when he was severely
wounded in defense of his father's house. He had married and was a widower, but
little is known of him before 12 Jan., 1289, when as Lord Douglas he wrote to the
Abbot of Kelso to deliver up to him the family charters which had been in custody of
the abbey. He must have been in possession of the estates for some time, though
just when he succeeded is not certain, but it was probably in his possession before
April, 1288. About 1287/8 he had made a bold stroke for a wife by carrying off in a
hostile manner, from the Manor of Tranent, Eleanor, daughter of Matthew de Lovain
and widow of William Ferrers, Lord of Groby, and marrying her. She had come to
Scotland to secure her dower from her late husband's lands, which were extensive.
When complaint was made to King Edward I, he sent his precept to the Sheriff of
Northumberland to seize all goods and chattels of the said William Douglas which
were then in his bailiwick. But in 1290/1, in consideration of a fine of ?100, the King
granted to William Douglas the benefit of her marriage. On 5 July, 1291, Sir William
with other magnates did homage to King Edward, who was now acknowledged as
Lord Paramount of Scotland. In May, 1297, he incurred the suspicion of Edward,
and Robert Bruce. afterwards King of Scotland, harried Duglasdale, and carried off
Sir William's wife and children. After the Battle of Stirling the English left Scotland,
when they took with them William Douglas, and he was committed to the Tower of
London Oct. 12, 1297, and died the following year, as in January, 1299, his widow
received restoration"

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William DOUGLAS - Longlegs
Martha BRUCE
"BIOGRAPHY: William Douglas succeeded his father, and was styled "Longleg"
because he was of "tall and goodly" stature. He was born about 1200, as in a writ of
1267 he describes himself as over 60. He was present at the meeting of King
Henry III and the young King of Scotland at Roxburgh on 20 Sept., 1255. William de
Douglas, Knight, obtained, in consideration of his counsel, aid and patronage, from
Henry, Abbot of Kelso, by charter dated Feb. 3, 1270, the abbot's lands of Pollenel,
which was the boundary of the original grant of Douglas. This shows that the old
connection of the Douglasses with the Abbots of Kelso was still preserved. He
witnessed a charter of donation by Sir Simon Lockhart, of Symington, to the Convent
of Kelso, 1273, and is said to have died in 1276"

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Michael LE FLEMING
Miss DE STUTEVILLE
" BIOGRAPHY: Sir Michael Flameng or Flandrensis (ie. "Flemish" in Latin) or Furnes
(derived from property owned by the family at Furness, Lancs); flourishing 1127;
ancestor of the Fleming line, Baronets of Rydal Hall, Westmorland. [Burke's
Peerage]"

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