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James, 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar
 JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(C. 1358-1388), married Lady Isabel
Stewart, daughter of Robert II. In 1385 he made war on the English with the
assistance of a French contingent under John de Vienne. He allowed the English
to advance to Edinburgh, wisely refusing battle, and contented himself with a
destructive counter-raid on Carlisle. Disputes soon arose between the allies,
and the French returned home at the end of the year. In 1388 Douglas captured
Hotspur Percy's pennon in a skirmish near Newcastle. Percy sought revenge in the
battle of Otterburn (August 1388), which ended in a victory for the Scots and
the capture of Hotspur and his brother, though Douglas fell in the fight. The
struggle, narrated by Froissart, is celebrated in the English and Scottish
ballads called " Chevy Chase " and " The Battle of Otterburn."
Sir Philip Sidney " never heard the oide song of Percy and Douglas that I
found not my heart mooved more than with a trumpet " (Apologie for Poelrie).
The 2nd earl left no legitimate male issue. His natural sons William and
Archibald became the ancestors of the families of Douglas of Drumlanrig (see QUEENSBERRY) and Douglas of Cavers. His sister Isabel became
countess of Mar, inheriting the lands of Mar and his unentailed estates.
1 A descendant of a younger son of the original William de Douglas.
2 Un the murder of the knight of Liddesdale, his lands, with the exception of Liddesdale and the .Hermitage forfeited to the crown and then secured by his nephew, fell to his nephew, Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith and Aberdpur (d. 1420), whose great-grandson James Douglas, 3rd Lord Dalkeith (d. 1504), became earl of Morton in 1458 on his marriage with Lady Joan Stewart, third daughter of James I. His grandson, the 3rd earl, left daughters only, of whom the eldest, Margaret, married James Hamilton,earl of Arran, regent of Scotland, ancestor of the dukes of Hamilton; Elizabeth married in 1543 James Douglas, who became by this marriage 4th earl of Morton. *•-. Source: http://21.1911encyclopedia.org/D/DO/DOUGLAS_SIR_CHARLES.htm
Father: William (1st Earl of Douglas)
Douglas
Marriage: Princess Isabel Stewart, daughter of King Robert II and Elizabeth Mure. James died in 1388 and in 1389 she married John Edmonstone of that Ilk. Children 1. Infant, died young He left no legitimate male issue. His natural sons William and Archibald
became the ancestors of the families of
Douglas of Drumlanrig and
Douglas of Cavers. His sister
Isabel inherited the lands and earldom of Mar, and the unentailed estates of
Douglas. Isabel arranged for the
Bonjedward estate to be passed to their half-sister, Margaret, who became
1st Laird of Bonjedward.
Robert Burns wrote of James,
the second Earl of Douglas and Mar, the hero of Otterburn:
See also: • Standoff at Tantallon Castle • Wardens of the Scottish Marches
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