The title Earl of Morton was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1458 for James Douglas of Dalkeith. Along with it, the title Lord Aberdour was granted...
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Earl of Morton (died 1649) William Douglas, 9th Earl of Morton (died 1681) James Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton (died 1686) James Douglas, 11th Earl of...
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James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, a Presbyterian. Archibald Douglas was educated at the University of St Andrews and was tutored at Regent Morton's court...
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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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Countess of Morton, also called Joanna (c. 1428 – 22 June 1493), was the daughter of James I, King of Scotland, and the wife of James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton...
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of James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton, and Catherine Stewart, herself a natural daughter of James IV. The marriage was arranged by James Hamilton of Finnart...
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James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (c. 1531 – 23 January 1570) was a member of the House of Stewart as the illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland....
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husband Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and thus the granddaughter of Henry VII of England. She was the grandmother of James VI and I. In her youth...
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Edinburgh: David Douglas, p. 377 The heir male was James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn, grandson of the third son of the 2nd Earl of Arran. Neither he...
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father's restless energy. However, his murder of the earl of Douglas leaves a stain on his reign. James's father was assassinated on 21 February 1437 at...
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second Earl of Selkirk, and who also reverted to his original surname of "Douglas". Thus, while the eldest son was to inherit the title of Duke of Hamilton...
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Aberdour Castle (category Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes)
castle is largely the creation of the Douglas Earls of Morton, who held Aberdour from the 14th century. The earls used Aberdour as a second home until...
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was the eldest son of James Hamilton and his wife Margaret Douglas. His father was the 2nd Earl of Arran and was created Duke of Châtellerault in France...
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1459 to James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (born and died 16 October 1430), elder twin of James II James II of Scotland...
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Lady Agnes Douglas was born at Lochleven Castle, Scotland, in 1574, one of the eleven children of Sir William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, and Agnes Leslie...
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Maiden (guillotine) (category Collections of National Museums Scotland)
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton was executed by the Maiden in 1581. David Hume of Godscroft's 1644 History of the House of Douglas said that Morton...
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van Borsselen Joan of Scotland, Countess of Morton (c. 1428–1486) married James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (born and...
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plot which led to the execution of James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton in 1581 and in the conspiracy which saved King James VI from the Ruthven raiders in...
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Earl of Angus and his Countess, Elizabeth Oliphant, eldest daughter of Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant. His younger brothers were James Douglas,...
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Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll, by his first wife Agnes Douglas, daughter of William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, and was educated at St Andrews University, where...
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son of The 1st Marquess of Abercorn. His mother, Harriet, was the second daughter of The Hon. John Douglas, himself the son of The 14th Earl of Morton. His...
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king's only surviving son, James, Earl of Carrick. After a clash with Albany's Douglas allies in 1406, the 11-year-old James tried to escape to France...
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of his guardian, the 4th Earl of Morton, four days before his marriage to Margaret Douglas, formerly Lady Buccleuch and daughter of the 7th Earl of Angus...
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Poppy Corby-Tuech (category Alumni of the London College of Fashion)
of French Algerian and Alsace German origin; her mother descends from Sholto Douglas, 19th Earl of Morton, the Lords Belhaven and Stenton, and Earls of...
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James Douglas of Spott (died 1615) was a Scottish landowner and conspirator. He was a son of James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, the Regent Morton. He...
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Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton 18 July 1808 – 1824 Thomas Erskine, 9th Earl of Kellie 11 June 1824 – 6 February 1828 James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of...
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Douglas prospered during the regency of his brother, James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, and his servant Florence Douglas was made Rothesay Herald. When his...
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Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (redirect from Henry Stuart, Duke of Albany)
were Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and Queen Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England and widow of King James IV of Scotland. Henry...
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taken by the Earl of Morton and the Laird of Dun on the Prynces behalfe. The coronation robes of crimson and blue velvet were made by James Inglis. The...
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Palace given by James Douglas, Earl of Morton. Morton was elected to Mar's office and proved in many ways the most effective of James's regents, but he...
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