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James Douglas \ IInd Earl of Douglas and Mar 1355–1388 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1355

Birth Location: Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire

Death Date: Bef. 18 August 1388

Death Location: Northumberland, England

Father: William Douglas

Mother: Margaret Mar

Spouse(s): Isabella Douglas

Children(s): William Drumlanrig

In 1355, James Douglas \ IInd Earl of Douglas and Mar entered the world in Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, born to William Douglas Ist Earl Of Douglas And Margaret Mar Countess Of Mar. James Douglas \ IInd Earl of Douglas and Mar married Isabella Stewart Countess Of Douglas, and had children including William Douglas Ist Of Drumlanrig. James Douglas \ IInd Earl of Douglas and Mar passed away in 1388 in Northumberland, England.

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Biography

  • In 1355, James Douglas \ IInd Earl of Douglas and Mar entered the world in Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, born to William Douglas Ist Earl Of Douglas And Margaret Mar Countess Of Mar.
  • James Douglas \ IInd Earl of Douglas and Mar married Isabella Stewart Countess Of Douglas, and had children including William Douglas Ist Of Drumlanrig.
  • James Douglas \ IInd Earl of Douglas and Mar passed away in 1388 in Northumberland, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Douglas
1327–1384
Birth Location: Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Margaret Mar
1333–1393
Birth Location: Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Isabella Douglas
1350–1410
Birth Location: Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

William Drumlanrig
1378–1424
Birth Location: Drumlanrig Castle, Durisdeer Nithsdale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
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James Mar's Ancestors

Self
James Mar
1355–1388
Birth Place: Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire
Parents
William Douglas \ Ist Earl of Douglas
1327–1384
Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Margaret (Mar \ Countess of) Mar
1333–1393
Scotland
Grandparents
Archibald (Douglas \ “Tineman, The) Loser”
1297–1333
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Beatrice Lindsay
1314–1354
Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Bold
1255–1299
Eleanor Lovaine
1268–1326
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Longlegs
1220–1274
Constance Batail
1210–1274
Matthew Lovaine
1237–1302
Helisant Perche
1249–1291

James Mar's Descendants

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James (Douglas \ IInd Earl of Douglas and) Mar (1355–Bef. 18 August 1388) m. Isabella (Stewart \ Countess of) Douglas (1350–26 October 1410)
  1. 1. William (Douglas \ Ist of) Drumlanrig 1378–1424 m. Elizabeth (Stewart \ of Shambothy, Innermeath and) Durisdeer 1378–
    1. 1. William (Douglas \ IInd of Drumlanrig \ “The) Red” 1395–1458 m. Jane (“Janet”) Maxwell 1395–1458
      1. 1. Sir (William Douglas \ IIIrd of) Drumlanrig 1440–1464 m. Margaret Carlyle 1436–1482
        1. 1. William (Douglas \ IVth of) Drumlanrig 1430–1484 m. Elizabeth (Crichton of) Sanquhar 1440–1539

James Mar's Timeline

2 Records

1355
1355
Birth of James Douglas \ IInd Earl of Douglas and Mar in Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire
Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire
1388
Bef. 18 August 1388
Age 33
Death of James Douglas \ IInd Earl of Douglas and Mar in Northumberland, England
Northumberland, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1355
    Event Place: Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Bef. 18 August 1388
    Event Place: Northumberland, England
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