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Douglas married Isabel, a daughter of King Robert II of Scotland. He left no legitimate male issue. His natural sons William and Archibald became the ancestors of the families of Douglas of Drumlanrig (see Marquess of Queensberry) and Douglas of Cavers. [10] His sister Isabel inherited the lands and earldom of Mar, and the unentailed estates of ...
He married Elizabeth (Princess) Stewart, daughter of King Robert III, about the year 1387. They had five children before she died: William, James, Henry, Janet (who married John Hamilton of Cadzow) and Margaret. He married, as his second wife, Janet Borthwick, daughter of Sir William Borthwick, with whom he had a son named William. [3]
Sir James Douglas is the lead character of the novella, "The Knight" by Monica McCarty; Sir James Douglas is a major character in author Nigel Tranter's Robert the Bruce trilogy. The trilogy focuses on King Robert the Bruce and the Scottish War of Independence. Sir James Douglas is the lead character in J. R. Tomlin's Black Douglas Trilogy.
Margaret Erskine's children with Sir Robert Douglas included: William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton; Robert Douglas b. 1543, who married Christina Stewart, 4th Countess of Buchan and was the father of James Douglas, 5th Earl of Buchan. Sir George Douglas b. 1535; Euphemia Douglas b. 1533, who married Patrick Lindsay, 6th Lord Lindsay.
The prestige of the family was greatly increased when James Douglas's great nephew, James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas married Isabel, a daughter of King Robert II of Scotland. In 1388 at the Battle of Otterburn he was instrumental to the Scots' victory but was killed during the fighting. [3]
Isabel was the sister of the famous James 2nd Earl of Douglas and Earl of Mar, who died leading the Scots to victory at the Battle of Otterburn, and daughter of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, and wife Margaret, Countess of Mar. He died without any legitimate children and his sister Isabel inherited considerable property, although of the ...
James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton (died 1548 [1]) was a son of John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton and a grandson of James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton and Joan of Scotland, a daughter of James I of Scotland. He married Catherine Stewart, an illegitimate daughter of King James IV of Scotland by his mistress Marion Boyd. The couple had three ...
John married Lady Isabel, [1] the widow of James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas, who was the daughter of King Robert II of Scotland and Elizabeth Mure. They are known to have had two sons: David Edmonstone, oldest son and heir. Sir William Edmonstone of Culloden and Duntreath, first of Duntreath. [2]