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  • Thumbnail for James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas
    James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale KG (1426–1491) was a Scottish nobleman, last of the 'Black' earls of Douglas. The son of James...
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    William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, son of Sir Archibald Douglas, Guardian of Scotland. The Earldom was forfeited by James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, in...
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    James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, 1st Earl of Avondale (1371 – 24 March 1443), latterly known as James the Gross, and prior to his ennoblement as James...
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    (1389) Earl of Avondale (1437) Earl of Morton (1458) Earl of Queensberry, Viscount of Drumlanrig, Lord Douglas of Hawick and Tibbers (1633) Earl of Lanark...
    81 KB (8,723 words) - 12:49, 21 August 2024
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    attainder of his son James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas and 3rd Earl of Avondale. The second creation was for Andrew Stuart, who was created Lord Avondale in...
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    William Douglas, third son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, along with the title Lord Daer and Shortcleuch. On 29 April 1656, the first earl married...
    15 KB (1,578 words) - 13:49, 11 December 2023
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    (1378–1402) William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus (c. 1398–1437) James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus (1428–1446) George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus (c. 1427–1462)...
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  • Thumbnail for Duke of Hamilton
    of Douglas (created 1633) 16th Marquess of Clydesdale (created 1643) 23rd Earl of Angus (created 1389) 13th Earl of Angus (created 1633) 15th Earl of...
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  • Thumbnail for James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran
    James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran and 2nd Lord Hamilton (c. 1475 – 1529) was a Scottish nobleman, naval commander and first cousin of James IV of Scotland...
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  • Thumbnail for Earl Castle Stewart
    Earl Castle Stewart, in the County Tyrone, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for Andrew Thomas Stewart, 9th Baron Castle Stuart...
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    John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch and 9th Duke of Queensberry, KT, GCVO (30 March 1864 – 19 October 1935), styled The Honourable...
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  • Thumbnail for James II of Scotland
    to James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, and a brief and uneasy peace ensued. Military campaigns ended indecisively, and some have argued that James stood...
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    this regard he would have had before him the example of his kinsman James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, who had fled to England the previous century, living...
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  • Thumbnail for Earl of Ormond (Scotland)
    creation of the earldom was in 1445 for the soldier Hugh Douglas, a younger brother of the 8th and 9th Earls of Douglas. Following the assassination of his...
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    of the 1st Earl of Ormond. Archibald Douglas, 2nd Earl of Forfar and 3rd Earl of Ormond (1692–1715), only son of the above. On his death without issue...
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    eldest son of the 1st Earl John Beaufort, 3rd Earl of Somerset, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404–1444), brother of preceding, created Duke of Somerset in 1443 (see...
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  • could become Earl and Countess of Dumbarton". Daily Record. 24 January 2018. Balfour Paul, Sir James. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909. Grant...
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    6th Earl of Moray, 1683-1735 Francis Stuart, 7th Earl of Moray, 1683-1739 James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray, 1708-1767 Francis Stuart, 9th Earl of Moray...
    57 KB (4,413 words) - 08:05, 20 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for County of Longueville
    1424. Upon the death of James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas and 3rd Earl of Avondale in 1488, all his titles were forfeited and subsequently the title was...
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    Threave Castle (category House of Douglas and Angus)
    Livingston of Callendar, and James Douglas, Earl of Avondale (son of Archibald the Grim) conspired to usurp the Black Douglas power. In 1440 they summoned Archibald's...
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