Individual Details
James "3rd Earl of Angus" Douglas
(1426 - 1446)
[[Category:Earls of Angus]][[Category:Douglas of Angus]][[Category: Descendants of Laird William Douglas, Name Study]]
}
==Biography==
}
}
James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus, Lord of Liddesdale and Jedburgh Forest (1426–1446) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus and Margaret Hay of Yester.
He died in 1446. He was betrothed in 1440 to [[Stewart-1199|Joan Stewart]], third daughter of [[Stewart-419|James I]], but she was only twelve years old at that time and James died before the marriage took place.Weir, Alison. ''Britain's Royal Families.'' London: The Bodley Head (1989), p. 231. Joan later married James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, the head of the Douglases of Dalkeith. James was succeeded by his brother, George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus in 1446.
== Sources ==
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas,_3rd_Earl_of_Angus
*Johnston, George Harvey. "The Douglases of Angus." ''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, 1907.39. Print.
*http://www.thepeerage.com/p10956.htm#i109553
*Paul, Sir James Balfour. "Douglas, Earl Of Angus." ''The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom.'' Vol. 1. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. 172-213. Print.
}
==Biography==
}
}
James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus, Lord of Liddesdale and Jedburgh Forest (1426–1446) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus and Margaret Hay of Yester.
He died in 1446. He was betrothed in 1440 to [[Stewart-1199|Joan Stewart]], third daughter of [[Stewart-419|James I]], but she was only twelve years old at that time and James died before the marriage took place.Weir, Alison. ''Britain's Royal Families.'' London: The Bodley Head (1989), p. 231. Joan later married James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, the head of the Douglases of Dalkeith. James was succeeded by his brother, George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus in 1446.
== Sources ==
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas,_3rd_Earl_of_Angus
*Johnston, George Harvey. "The Douglases of Angus." ''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, 1907.39. Print.
*http://www.thepeerage.com/p10956.htm#i109553
*Paul, Sir James Balfour. "Douglas, Earl Of Angus." ''The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom.'' Vol. 1. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. 172-213. Print.
Events
| Birth | 1426 | ||||
| Death | 1446 | ||||
| Reference No | 11055840 | ||||
| Reference No | 11725722 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | Sir William "2nd Earl of Angus" Douglas (1398 - 1437) |
| Mother | Margaret Hay (1404 - 1484) |
| Sibling | George "4th Earl of Angus" Douglas (1427 - 1462) |
| Sibling | Hugh Douglas ( - 1466) |
| Sibling | Archibald Douglas ( - 1475) |
| Sibling | Helen Douglas (1425 - 1476) |
| Sibling | William "of Cluny" Douglas (1428 - 1475) |