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Sir James Douglas 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar 1358–1388 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1358

Birth Location: Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 10 Aug 1388

Death Location: killed at the Battle of Otterburn

Father: William Douglas

Mother: Margaret Stewart

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Sir James Douglas 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar was born in 1358 in Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of William Douglas Earl Of Douglas And Margaret Countess Mar Stewart. Sir James Douglas 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar passed away in 1388 in killed at the Battle of Otterburn.

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Biography

  • Sir James Douglas 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar was born in 1358 in Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of William Douglas Earl Of Douglas And Margaret Countess Mar Stewart.
  • Sir James Douglas 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar passed away in 1388 in killed at the Battle of Otterburn.

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Sir Mar's Ancestors

Self
Sir Mar
1358–1388
Birth Place: Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
William Douglas Earl of Douglas
1323–1384
Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Margaret (Countess Mar) Stewart
1332–1393
Angus, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Archibald "The Tyneman (Loser)" Douglas, Earl of Liddesdale, Regent of) Scotland
1297–1333
Douglas, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
Beatrice (De) Lindsay
1301–1355
Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Douglas
1240–1298
Eleanor Ferrers
1345–1326
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Douglas
1215–1274
Marjory deAbernethy
1236–1288

Sir Mar's Timeline

2 Records

1358
1358
Birth of Sir James Douglas 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar in Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1388
10 Aug 1388
Age 30
Death of Sir James Douglas 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar in killed at the Battle of Otterburn
killed at the Battle of Otterburn

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1358
    Event Place: Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Aug 1388
    Event Place: killed at the Battle of Otterburn
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

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