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Sir James "2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar" Douglas

(1355 - 19 Aug 1388)


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==Biography==James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar (b. c. 1358 - d . 14 Aug 1388), is the son of William Douglas and Margaret, Countess of Mar. He married Isabel Stewart, daughter of Robert II of Scotland,[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Douglas#Marriage_and_issue] on 23 Sep 1371. She was born in 1350 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland. The couple had the following children:

# James Douglas 1st Lord Dalkeith
# William Douglas was born in 1374.
#Agnes Douglas
# Margaret Douglas
James died at the Battle of Otterburn.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Douglas]Ogle (1902), states, "In 1388, James, earl of Douglas, suddenly entered England and advanced as far as Brancepeth in Durham. On returning he lay three days before Newcastle, during which several skirmishes took place. The Scots then marched to Ponteland, took the castle there and then marched on to Otterbum where they encamped and entrenched themselves. The English, under Sir Henry Percy ... [[Percy-4|Hotspur]], after a forced march of thirty-six hours, attacked them on the 19th of August; ... as the English had carelessly thought they had gained a victory they were charged by the earl of Douglas, who fell, but the Scots rallying defeated the English," (p. 40).[https://www.ogles.org/product/ogle-and-bothal/]

==Tracking Notes==* Birth ABT 1355 Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire; Also found Birth 1344, 1358. * James was the elder half-brother of the illegitmate George, Earl of Angus.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Douglas,_1st_Earl_of_Douglas#Marriage_and_Issue]* Marriage 23 SEP 1371 Dispensation, Scotland - Wife: [[Stewart-3208|Isabella Eupheme Stewart]]* James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas was invested as a Knight in 1378. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Douglas in May 1384.
* Burial Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland
==Sources==* Lundy, D. (2016, January 16). James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas #108050, b. circa 1358, d. circa 14 August 1388. The Peearage. Web.[http://www.thepeerage.com/p10805.htm#i108050]
* [[Wikipedia: James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas]]

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[[Category:Battle of Otterburn]]
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==Biography==}James Douglas, second earl of Douglas and Mar, was the son of [[Douglas-391|William Douglas]] and [[Stewart-13288|Margaret]], Countess of Mar. He married [[Stewart-991|Isabel Stewart]], daughter of [[Stewart-1001|Robert II]] and [[Mure-3|Elizabeth Mure]], sometime after 23 September 1371 (when they received a papal dispensation) and before 1373 (when £500 specified in the marriage contract was actually paid).Douglas Richardson. ''Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' 5 vols, ed, Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author 2013), vol. 1, pp. 633-634 BRUS 10.viii. Isabel Stewart.Paul, Sir James Balfour. ''The Scots Peerage.'' Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), [https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun03paul/page/157/mode/1up vol. 3, p. 157]. There was only one child from this marriage, a son who died in infancy.Burnett, George. ''Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum'' (The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland). Edinburgh: H.M. General Register House (1880), vol. 4, appendix to preface, [https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir04grea/page/n166/mode/1up p. clxiii].
James Douglas had at least three natural children with unknown mistresses:
*[[Douglas-630|William Douglas]] of Drumlanrig
*[[Douglas-424|Archibald Douglas]] of Cavers
*[[Douglas-3603|Eleanor Douglas]], m. Sir William Fraser of Philorth
James Douglas, earl of Douglas and Mar, died at the Battle of Otterburn on 5 August 1388 and was buried at Melrose. Paul, Sir James Balfour. ''The Scots Peerage.'' Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), [https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun03paul/page/156/mode/1up vol. 3, p. 156]. Ogle (1902), states, "In 1388, James, earl of Douglas, suddenly entered England and advanced as far as Brancepeth in Durham. On returning he lay three days before Newcastle, during which several skirmishes took place. The Scots then marched to Ponteland, took the castle there and then marched on to Otterbum where they encamped and entrenched themselves. The English, under Sir Henry Percy ... [[Percy-4|Hotspur]], after a forced march of thirty-six hours, attacked them on the 19th of August; ... as the English had carelessly thought they had gained a victory they were charged by the earl of Douglas, who fell, but the Scots rallying defeated the English," (p. 40).[https://www.ogles.org/product/ogle-and-bothal/] His widow Isabel, countess of Douglas, married (second) [[Edmonstone-13|John de Edmonstone]] sometime before 1390.

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==Tracking Notes==* Birth ABT 1355 Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire; Also found Birth 1344, 1358. * James was the elder half-brother of the illegitmate George, Earl of Angus.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Douglas,_1st_Earl_of_Douglas#Marriage_and_Issue]* Marriage 23 SEP 1371 Dispensation, Scotland - Wife: [[Stewart-3208|Isabella Eupheme Stewart]]* James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas was invested as a Knight in 1378. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Douglas in May 1384.
* Burial Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland
==Sources==

:See Also:* Lundy, D. (2016, January 16). James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas #108050, b. circa 1358, d. circa 14 August 1388. The Peearage. Web.[http://www.thepeerage.com/p10805.htm#i108050]
* [[Wikipedia: James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas]]*Johnston, George Harvey. "The Earls of Douglas." ''The Heraldry of the Douglases: With Notes on All the Males of the Family, Descriptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees.'' Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, Limited, 1907. 14-15. Print.

    Events

    Birth1355Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire
    Marriage23 Sep 1371Dispensation, , , Scotland - Isabella Stewart
    Marriage23 Sep 1371Scotland - Isabella Stewart
    Death19 Aug 1388Battle of Otterburn, Redesdale, Northumberland
    Alt nameof Dalkeith
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