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Male Abt 1390 - 1457  (67 years)


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  • Name James Douglas of Dalkeith 
    Nickname 2nd Lord of Dalkeith 
    Born Abt 1390  Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened Scotland - aka James "the gross/fat" Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 2nd Lord Douglas of Dalkeith, Lord of Dalkeith, 2nd Lord of Dalkeith 
    Died 14 Mar 1457 
    Address:
    Dalkeith
    Dalkeith, Scotland 
    Notes 
    • {geni:about_me} *'''James Douglas, 2nd Lord Dalkeith1,2,3
      *'''M, #3402, d. after 8 September 1456
      *Father Sir James Douglas, Lord Dalkeith d. bt Feb 1440 - 22 May 1441
      *Mother Elizabeth Stewart d. b 1439
      *''' James Douglas, 2nd Lord Dalkeith married Elizabeth Giffard''', daughter of James Giffard, '''circa 1424.2,3 James Douglas, 2nd Lord Dalkeith died after 8 September 1456.
      *'''Family Elizabeth Giffard''' b. c 1404, d. a 8 Sep 1456
      *'''Child
      **James Douglas, 1st Earl Morton, 3rd Lord Dalkeith, Ambassador to France & Castile+2,3 b. c 1425, d. bt 22 Jun 1493 - 22 Oct 1493
      *Citations
      *[S385] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. IV, p. 39; Burke's Peerage, 1938, p. 1788; Wallop Family, p. 280.
      *[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 579-580.
      *[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 658.
      *From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p113.htm#i3402
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      *'''James Douglas, 2nd Lord of Dalkeith1
      *M, #108243, d. between 1456 and 1458
      *Last Edited=3 Jan 2015
      *Consanguinity Index=0.08%
      *''' James Douglas, 2nd Lord of Dalkeith was the son''' of Sir James Douglas, 1st Lord of Dalkeith and Lady Elizabeth Stewart.1 '''He married Elizabeth Gifford''', daughter of James Gifford.1 '''He died between 1456 and 1458.1
      *''' He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord of Dalkeith.1 On 22 May 1441 he was declared incapable of managing his own affair, by Act of Parliament [Scottish].2 On 8 September 1456 he resigend his lands in favour of his son.3
      *'''Child of James Douglas, 2nd Lord of Dalkeith and Elizabeth Gifford
      **James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton+4 d. bt 22 Jun 1492 - 22 Oct 1492
      *Citations
      *[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 229. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
      *[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IV, page 39. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
      *[S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2786. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
      *[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 231.
      *From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p10825.htm#i108243
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      *James Douglas, 1st Lord Dalkeith (born after 1372, died before 22 May 1441) was a Scottish nobleman born in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland to Sir James Douglas and Agnes Dunbar. He married Elizabeth (Princess) Stewart, daughter of King Robert III, about the year 1387. They had four children before she died: William, '''James''', Henry, and Margaret. He later remarried Janet Borthwick.
      *From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas,_1st_Lord_Dalkeith
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      *James Douglas, (1426 - 22 October 1493), the 4th Lord of Dalkeith, was created the 1st Earl of Morton in 1458.
      *He was the '''son of James Douglas, 2nd Lord of Dalkeith and Elizabeth Gifford''', daughter of James Gifford of Sheriffhall.[2] '''His father resigned all his estates''' to James in 1456 when James became the 4th Lord of Dalkeith.[3] James was created Earl of Morton in 1458[a][4] upon his marriage to Joan Stewart[b] (1428-1493), the daughter of James I, King of Scots.[5] She was a deaf-mute.[5]
      *The Earl entered into a marriage contract with Patrick Graham, Bishop of St. Andrews between the Bishop's niece and John Douglas, the Earl's eldest son and heir.[3] In turn the Grahams, the Bishop, his brother and nephew, allied themselves to the Earl and pledged to assist him in recovering the diverted lands of Whittingehame and Morton.[3] It appears, however, that this pledge was intended to draw the Earl of Morton into a conspiracy that included the Bishop, Lord Boyd and his party.[3] Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd who, as one of the Regents during the minority of Robert III of Scotland, took possession of the young king and married his son to the king's elder sister, for which crimes he was later attainted for high treason.[6] The Earl of Morton apparently did not participate since he sat on the jury which convicted the Boyds.[3] Bishop Graham was later excommunicated and deposed.[7]
      *The lands of Whittinghame and all rights over the barony of Morton, Dumfriesshire were resigned into the Earl's hands in 1473-4 and in that same year he recovered the lordship of Dalkeith increasing the Earls already vast estates.[8] He re-endowed the collegiate church at Dalkeith his 3rd great-grandfather founded and he also founded St. Martha's Hospital in Aberdour in 1474.[5] The Earl died on 22 October 1493 when his son John succeeded him as the 2nd Earl of Morton.[8] His wife Joan predeceased him by 4 months dying on 22 June 1493.[9]
      * .... etc.
      *From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas,_1st_Earl_of_Morton
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      ii)         JAMES Douglas (-[8 Sep 1456/14 Mar 1458]).  m ELIZABETH Gifford, daughter of JAMES Gifford of Sheriffhall & his wife --- (-after 8 Sep 1456). 

      James & his wife had one child: 
      * (a)       JAMES Douglas (-[22 Jun/22 Oct] 1493).  He was created Earl of Morton.  m (before 15 May 1459) Lady JOAN Stewart, daughter of JAMES I King of Scotland & his wife Lady Joan Beaufort ([1428]-after 16 Oct 1486).  She was deaf and dumb, known as "the dumb lady of Dalkeith".  She lived in France from Aug 1445 to spring 1458[341].  They were ancestors of the later Earls of Morton, extinct in the male line in 1548. 

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      From http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/james2ndldofdalkeith.htm

      >Second son of Sir James, 1st Lord of Dalkeith, James succeeded his father circa 1441 due to the death of his elder brother, William, in 1425. James was married to Elizabeth Gifford, daughter of James Gifford of Sherifhall. James reportedly became insane and was committed on May 22, 1441. He resigned his lands on September 8, 1456 in favour of his son, and died circa 1457.

      * Father: James (Sir) (1st Lord Dalkeith) Douglas b: ABT. 1356
      * Mother: Elizabeth (Princess) Stewart

      Marriage 1 Elizabeth Gifford

      Children
      # James (1st Earl of Morton) Douglas
      # Janet, born about 1427.



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      * http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY%20LATER.htm#JamesDouglasdied1440
      * http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00021562&tree=LEO
      * http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bluewater&id=P9826

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    • 2ND LORD DALKEITH
    • James was Captain of Stirling Castle prior to 1435, and Keeper of the King in 1444. Prior to June 29, 1444, he was promoted to the office of Great Chamberlain of Scotland. He was arrested along with his father and brother a few weeks after the marriage of James II. Attainder of his estates was proclaimed on January 19, 1450. His lands of Culter were granted to the earl of Douglas, Calyn and Callender to the earl of Crawford and Lenturk to the King's squire, John Schereinwood.

      James soon made his peace with James II, and by Martinmas, 1451, he was once again in a position of trust as Keeper of Urquhart and Inveness Castle. In 1453, he was one of the Commissioners sent to England to negotiate for peace. James was reinstated as Great Chamberlain prior to July, 1454; this office was combined with that of Master of the Household.

      Prior to July 7, 1455, he was created a peer under the title of Lord Livingston of Calendar. His estates had been restored to him. On April 30, 1458, they were erected into a free barony. In 1464, he received a charter of Baldoran in Stirling.

      During the minority of James III, Livingston was employed as a commissioner to negotiate a treaty with England. The negotiated treaty was signed December 12, 1465 at Newcastle-on-Tyne. On July 9, 1466, James joined Lord Boyd in a conspiracy to kidnap the King in a manner not unlike that which he and his father gained control of James II in 1439, and apparently with equal success. In 1466, James was sent to England to negotiate for the marriage of the King. He witnessed a number of Boyd charters dated April 26, 1467, and died before November 7, 1467, when his son was served as his heir.
    • 2nd Lord Dalkeith
      Insane
    • James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
      From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, 1st Earl of Avondale (1371–24 March 1443), known as 'the Gross' was a Scottish nobleman. He was the second son of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas and Joan Moray.

      In 1437 he was created Earl of Avondale. He succeeded to the earldom of Douglas on the summary execution of his great-nephew William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas, and his brother David, in 1440. James Douglas was himself implicated in this attempt to neutralise the power of the 'Black' Douglas line.
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      Marriage and issue

      He married first Beatrice Stewart, daughter of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany and Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith. They had one daughter.

      * Beatrice Douglas

      He married second Beatrice Sinclair, daughter of Henry Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Orkney, around 1425. They had five children.

      * William Douglas (1425–1452), who succeeded his father
      * James Douglas (1426–1491), who succeeded his brother as 9th earl
      * Janet Douglas
      * Margaret Douglas (d.1473)
      * Beatrice Douglas

      Preceded by:
      William Douglas Earl of Douglas
      1440–1443 Succeeded by:
      William Douglas
      Preceded by:
      New Creation Earl of Avondale
      1437–1443 Succeeded by:
      William Douglas
    • James inherited the Earldom after the murder of his great-nephew William at the infamous "Black Bull's Dinner" (Creighton repudedly ate, as the last course of the dinner with the King, a black bull's head in front of the doomed brothers - thus the name). It has long been suspected that James had a hand in the death of his two young nephews. His failure to act against Chancellor Crichton for an offense that should have created a blood feud is confirmation,
    Person ID I6000000003646008699  Ancestors of Donald Ross
    Last Modified 10 May 2017 

    Father James Douglas of Dalkeith, Knight,   b. Between 1370 and 1373, Dalkeith, MidLothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1440, Dalkeith, MidLothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Stewart,   b. Between 1379 and 1386, of Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1411, of Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years) 
    Married Aft 10 Nov 1387 
    Family ID F6000000002175002283  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Gifford of Sheriffhall,   b. Abt 1392, Sheriffhall House Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1456, Dalkeith Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 1424  Morton, Dumfrieshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Janet Douglas,   b. 7 Mar 1415,   d. 21 Feb 1490, Bothwell Castle Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F6000000001783633186  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart