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     James "Heriot-Muir" Douglas KG, 9th Earl of Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale was born in 1426.⁴ He married Lady Margaret "Fair Maid of Galloway" Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas 5th Earl of Douglas, 2nd Duke of Touraine and Euphemia Graham, in 1459
; Her 2nd marriage.^1,5 James "Heriot-Muir" Douglas KG, 9th Earl of Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale married Lady Anne de Holand, daughter of Sir John de Holand Knt., KG, Earl of Huntingdon, 2nd Duke of Exeter and Lady Anne Stafford, after 29 March 1461
; her 3rd husband; his 2nd wife; no issue.^1,2,6
James "Heriot-Muir" Douglas KG, 9th Earl of Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale was buried after 22 June 1491 at Lindores Abbey, Lindores (near) Newburgh, co. Fife, Scotland; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     1426
     DEATH     Nov 1491 (aged 64–65), Scotland
     Knight of the Garter, 9th Earl of Douglas, of the Black Douglases. Earl of Avondale, Lord of Balveny.
     Second child and second son of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas (James the Gross) and Beatrice Sinclair, daughter of Henry, 2nd Earl of Orkney. Grandson of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas and Joan Moray of Bothwell.
     Husband of his brother, William's widow, their cousin, Margaret Douglas, the Fair Maid of Galloway, daughter of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas and Euphreme Graham. Reportedly the marriage, (which might not have actually taken place) was to keep the family estates together. There is evidence of a later divorce.
     The family history was full of conflict with the Scottish King James II: Margaret's two brothers were summoned to Edinburgh to a 'Black Dinner' in 1440 where King James II charged both boys with false charges and had them beheaded at dinner. The lordships of Annandale and Bothwell fell to Margaret.
     Then, James's brother William, 8th Earl of Douglas, was invited to Stirling Castle under safe conduct in 1452 by King James II, which in itself said relations were strained at best. The king demanded dissolution of a rebellious league Douglas had joined into with Alexander Lindsay, Earl of Crawford and John of Islay. Douglas refused, James stabbed him 26 times and had his body thrown out the window. His title passed onto James, the second son, who married his brother's widow in order to preserve the family estates.
     Secondly, he was the third husband of Anne Holand, widow of two John Nevilles.
     Another branch of the Douglas family, the Red Douglases, took sides with the king against the Black Dougleses. James fled to England, his three brothers (Hugh Douglas Earl of Ormonde, Archibald Douglas Earl of Moray, and John Douglas Lord of Balvenie), and were defeated at the Battle of Arkinholm. Hugh was taken prisoner and executed, Archibald was killed, and John escaped to England. James was attainted in 1455, all his lands, estates and holdings were forfeited to the crown, then divided among the Red Douglases, the lordship fell to the 4th Earl of Angus.
     James would try and return to Scotland with the aid of Edward IV in 1461, but was taken prisoner at the Battle of Lochmaben Fair in 1484, and died in 1488, two years after the death of Anne. Some records state his death as 1491.
     Family Members
     Parents
      James Douglas 1371–1443
     Spouse
      Anne Holand Douglas unknown–1486 (m. 1462)
     BURIAL     Lindores Abbey, Lindores, Fife, Scotland
     Created by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens
     Added: 17 Feb 2013
     Find A Grave Memorial 105363363.⁴
James "Heriot-Muir" Douglas KG, 9th Earl of Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale died after 22 June 1491 at Lindores Abbey, Lindores (near) Newburgh, co. Fife, Scotland; dsp.^1,2,4
     He was 3rd and last Earl of Avondale.¹

; JAMES DOUGLAS, 9th and last EARL OF DOUGLAS and 3rd and last EARL OF AVONDALE, KG (c 1463), called 'Heriot-Muir'; twin with next yr bro; tried to take revenge for his er bro's death at the hands of JAMES II but initially made his peace with that King 1452 only to turn on him two years later and at the head of 40,000 followers publicly accuse him of murder, having meanwhile become involved in the Wars of the Roses in England, where he sided with the DUKE OF YORK against HENRY VI; back in Scotland his 40,000 followers melted away following the abandoning of his cause by his principal supporters, notably Lord Hamilton (see ABERCORN, D), and he was attainted 10 and 12 June 1455 and stripped of his titles; fled to England, where received graciously by both EDWARD IV and HENRY VI, despite their representing contending factions in the Wars of the Roses; the Scottish Parl issued a proclamation 1484 granting a reward for his apprehension and death, whereupon he marched into Scotland at the head of an army under himself and the Duke of Albany; JAMES II beat him and Albany 22 July 1484 at the Battle of Kirtle (between Lochmaben and Carlisle) and held him captive at Lindores Abbey; m 1st c 26 Feb 1452/3 his cousin Lady Margaret Douglas (see above); m 2nd Anne, dau of John Holand, Duke of Exeter, and widow of (a) Sir John Nevill(e) (s of 2nd Earl of Westmorland of the 1397 cr; see ABERGAVENNY, M), and (b) 1st Lord (Baron) Neville of the 1459 cr (also see ABERGAVENNY, M), and dsp shortly after 22 May 1491.¹ He was 9th and last Earl of Douglas.¹

     Archibald Douglas Earl of Moray married Lady Elizabeth Dunbar, daughter of James Dunbar 4th Earl of Moray and Katherine/Janet Seton, between August 1434 and 26 April 1442.^3,4

Archibald Douglas Earl of Moray died on 1 May 1455 at Arkinholm, Scotland; dsp.¹
      ; ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, regarded as EARL OF MORAY from 3 July 1445, when took seat in Parl, by virtue of his marriage and the power of the DOUGLASes (see MORAY, E, preliminary remarks); rebelled against JAMES II alongside his er bro 9th EARL OF DOUGLAS in revenge for the murder of his est bro 8th EARL (see above), following which JAMES took the Earldom into the possession of the Crown; rose in rebellion a second time and was defeated and k Arkinholm 1 May 1455, being posthumously attainted and formally stripped of his title 12 June 1455; m between Aug 1434 and 26 April 1442 Elizabeth (m 2nd (divorce by 10 March 1459/60) 2nd Earl of Huntly (see HUNTLY, M); m 3rd, as his 2nd w, Sir John Colquhoun of Luss; see COLQUHOUN, Bt), yr dau of 4th Earl of Moray of the March 1371/2 cr (see DUNBAR, Bt, of Mochrum), and dsp.¹ He was regarded as EARL OF MORAY on 3 July 1445.¹

     Lady Elizabeth Dunbar married Archibald Douglas Earl of Moray, son of Sir James "The Gross" Douglas 7th Earl of Douglas, 1st Earl of Avondale and Lady Beatrice/Beatrix Sinclair, between August 1434 and 26 April 1442.^1,2
Lady Elizabeth Dunbar married George Gordon 2nd Earl of Huntly, son of Alexander Seton Gordon 1st Earl of Huntly and Elizabeth Crichton, circa May 1445
; by forced contract - contract 20 May 1445.^1,5,2 Lady Elizabeth Dunbar and George Gordon 2nd Earl of Huntly were divorced between 10 March 1459 and 1460.^1,5 Lady Elizabeth Dunbar married Sir John Colquhoun of Luss
; her 3rd husband.^6,2,7
Lady Elizabeth Dunbar died before 19 January 1506.^1,2
      ; Elizabeth; m 1st between Aug 1434 and 26 April 1442 Archibald (yr twin s of 7th Earl of Douglas (see QUEENSBERRY, M), who took his seat in Parl as Earl of Moray 3 July 1445 in supposed right of his w but in reality by virtue of the overpowering ascendancy just then of the DOUGLASes; m 2nd by forced contract 20 May 1455 (divorce by 10 March 1459/60) 2nd Earl of Huntly (qv); m 3rd Sir John Colquhoun of Luss (see COLQUHOUN, Bt) and d just prior to 17 Feb 1485/6.¹

Reference: Genealogics cites:
     1. Cahiers de Saint Louis , Dupont, Jacques and Saillot, Jacques. 855
     1. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 1999 . Page 1480.²

     Sir Ralph (VI) de Cromwell Knt., 1st Lord Cromwell, of Tattershall, Lincoln married Lady Maude Bernacke, daughter of Sir John de Bernacke of Buckenham, Besthorpe, Denton, Hethersett, and and Joan Marmion, before 20 June 1366.^1,2,6,7,3,4

Sir Ralph (VI) de Cromwell Knt., 1st Lord Cromwell, of Tattershall, Lincoln died on 27 August 1398.^1,2,3,4
      ; RALPH (VI) de CROMWELL, 1st Lord (Baron) Cromwell, so cr by writ of summons (according to later doctrine) to Parl 28 Dec 1375; m by 20 June 1366 Maude (d 10 April 1419), with whom he obtained March 1366/7 the Tattershall estate, Lincs, dau of John Bernake, of Tattershall, by Joan,dau and coheir of John, 2nd Lord (Baron) Marmion, and d 27 Aug 1398.¹

; van de Pas cites: 1. Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 4th & 5th edition , Weis, Frederick
2. Plantagenet Ancestry, 2004 (a record of corrections made by others) , Richardson, Douglas
3. The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden, Reference: III 552.³ He was 1st Lord (Baron) Cromwell, so cr by writ of summons (according to later doctrine) to Parl 28 Dec 1375 on 28 December 1375.¹

     Sir John Colquhoun of Luss married (?) Boyd.³
Sir John Colquhoun of Luss married Lady Elizabeth Dunbar, daughter of James Dunbar 4th Earl of Moray and Katherine/Janet Seton,
; her 3rd husband.^1,4,2
Sir John Colquhoun of Luss died in 1479 at Dunbar Castle, Scotland.² He married Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of John Stuart 10th Earl of Lennox, Lord Darnley and Margaret Montgomerie, circa 1480.⁵

      ; van de Pas cites: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, London, 1938, Reference: 1951.²

     Hugh Douglas 1st (last) Earl of Ormand died; dsp, being captured after defeat by JAMES II at Arkinholm 1 May 1455.¹
      ; HUGH DOUGLAS, 1st and last EARL OF ORMOND (S), so cr by 3 July 1445; won victory over English of Sark 23 or 24 Oct 1449; joined er bros in rebellion against JAMES II 1452; Sheriff Lanarks 1454; dsp, being captured after defeat by JAMES II at Arkinholm 1 May 1455, stripped of his title, attainted and executed.¹ He was 1st and last Earl of Ormond, so cr by 3 July 1445 before 3 July 1445.¹

     Sir John Douglas Lord of Balveny died circa July 1463 at Edinburgh, Scotland; dsp.¹
      ; John (Sir), feudal Ld of Balveny, of which stripped 1455 for rebellion; fled to England but returned and was executed Edinburgh c July 1463; dsp.¹ He was feudal Ld of Balveny.¹

     Henry Douglas was priest.¹

     George Douglas died; unmarried, aged ca 14.¹

     Agnes Howard married William Paulet KB, 3rd Marquess of Winchester, son of Sir John Paulet Knt., 2nd Marquess of Winchester, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire, 2nd Lord Saint John, of Basing and Elizabeth Willoughby.^1,2

     William Paulet KB, 3rd Marquess of Winchester married Agnes Howard, daughter of William Howard KG, 1st Lord Howard of Effingham, of Lambeth, Surrey and Katherine Boughton.^3,4
William Paulet KB, 3rd Marquess of Winchester was born between 1532 and 1533.²
William Paulet KB, 3rd Marquess of Winchester died on 24 November 1598.²
      ; WILLIAM PAULET, 3rd Marquess of Winchester, KB (1553); b 1532/3; Sheriff Hants 1560-61, Jt Ld Lt (sole Feb 1585/6 on) Dorset 1569 and Hants 1585, MP Dorset 1571, called up to Ho Lds vp in f's barony 5 May 1572; a man of letters and poet; m between 20 June 1544 and 10 Feb 1547/8 Agnes, dau of 1st Baron Howard of Effingham (see EFFINGHAM, E), and d 24 Nov 1598, leaving, with three daus (Anne, m Sir Thomas Dennis, of Holcome, Devon; Katherine, m Sir Giles Wroughton; Elizabeth, m Sir Edward Hoby) and at least one illegitimate child (Sir William Paulet, whose dau Elizabeth was 2nd w of 4th Viscount Hereford, qv): WILLIAM PAULET.² He was 3rd Marquess of Winchester (qv.)³

     Charles Howard 2nd Lord Howard of Effingham, 1st Earl of Nottingham was born in 1536.¹ He married Catherine Cary, daughter of Henry Cary Lord Hunsdon, on 1 July 1563.¹
Charles Howard 2nd Lord Howard of Effingham, 1st Earl of Nottingham married Margaret Stuart, daughter of James Stuart Master of Doune, 2nd Lord Doune, 2nd Earl of Moray and Elizabeth Stuart Countess of Moray, on 2 September 1603.¹

Charles Howard 2nd Lord Howard of Effingham, 1st Earl of Nottingham died on 14 December 1624.¹
      ; CHARLES HOWARD, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham and 1st EARL OF NOTTINGHAM (E) cr 22 Oct 1596, KG (1574); b 1536; C-in-C English Fleet against Spanish Armada 1588; m 1st July 1563 Catherine (d 25 Feb 1602/3), dau of Henry Cary, Lord Hunsdon (see FALKLAND, V), and had, with three daus (including Elizabeth, m Sir Robert Southwell; see SOUTHWELL, V). The 2nd Baron m 2nd Sept 1603 Margaret (m 2nd 23 Oct 1625, as his 1st w, 1st and last Viscount Monson of Castlemaine (see MONSON, B), and d 4 Aug 1639), dau of 2nd Earl of Moray (qv), and d 14 Dec 1624, having by her had, with another son.¹ He was 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham.¹ He was 1st Earl of Nottingham on 22 October 1596.¹

     Catherine Cary married Charles Howard 2nd Lord Howard of Effingham, 1st Earl of Nottingham, son of William Howard KG, 1st Lord Howard of Effingham, of Lambeth, Surrey and Margaret Gamage, on 1 July 1563.¹

Catherine Cary died on 25 February 1602/3.¹

     William Howard 3nd Lord Howard of Effingham, 1st Earl of Nottingham married Anne St. John Baroness Beauchamp of Bletso, daughter of John St. John 2nd Baron St. John of Bletso and Catherine Dormer, on 7 February 1596/97.¹

William Howard 3nd Lord Howard of Effingham, 1st Earl of Nottingham died on 28 November 1615; dspm & vp.¹
     He was 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham.¹

; WILLIAM HOWARD; called up to Ho of Lds vp as 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham; m 7 Feb 1596/7 Anne, dau of 2nd Baron Saint John of Bletso (qv), and dspm & vp 28 Nov 1615, having had at least one dau (Elizabeth, b 19 Jan 1602/3, a celebrated beauty and fervent anti-monarchist, m 2 March 1620/1 1st Earl of Peterborough (see MORDAUNT, Bt) and was bur 18 Nov 1671.)¹

     Anne St. John Baroness Beauchamp of Bletso married William Howard 3nd Lord Howard of Effingham, 1st Earl of Nottingham, son of Charles Howard 2nd Lord Howard of Effingham, 1st Earl of Nottingham and Catherine Cary, on 7 February 1596/97.¹

Anne St. John Baroness Beauchamp of Bletso died on 7 June 1638.³
      ; Anne; m 7 Feb 1596/7 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham (see EFFINGHAM, E) and d 7 June 1638, having had issue.³

     John St. John 2nd Baron St. John of Bletso married Catherine Dormer, daughter of Sir William Dormer KB, of Eythorpe, Buckinghamshire and Dorothy Catesby, before 28 February 1575.²

John St. John 2nd Baron St. John of Bletso died on 23 October 1596; dspms.²
      ; JOHN ST JOHN, 2nd Baron Saint John of Bletso; MP Beds Jan-May 1559 and 1562/3-66/7; m by 28 Feb 1574/5 Catherine (d 23 March 1614/5), sis of 1st Baron Dormer (qv) of Wyng, and dspms 23 Oct 1596.² He was 2nd Baron St. John of Bletso.^1,2

     Elizabeth Howard Baroness Beauchamp of Bletso was born on 19 January 1602/3.¹ She married John Mordaunt KB, 1st Earl of Peterborough, son of Henry Mordaunt 4th Lord Mordaunt and Margaret Howard, on 2 March 1620/21.¹

Elizabeth Howard Baroness Beauchamp of Bletso died before 18 November 1671.¹
      ; a celebrated beauty and fervent anti-monarchist.¹

     John Mordaunt KB, 1st Earl of Peterborough was baptized on 18 January 1598/99.² He married Elizabeth Howard Baroness Beauchamp of Bletso, daughter of William Howard 3nd Lord Howard of Effingham, 1st Earl of Nottingham and Anne St. John Baroness Beauchamp of Bletso, on 2 March 1620/21.¹

John Mordaunt KB, 1st Earl of Peterborough died on 19 June 1644 at age 45.²
     He was 1st Earl of Peterborough.²

; JOHN MORDAUNT, 1st EARL OF PETERBOROUGH, Co Northampton (E), so cr 9 March 1627/8, KB (1616); bapt 18 Jan 1598/9; Ld Lt Northants 1640-42 and (Parly appointment) 1642-43, Col Infantry, Capt of Cavalry and Gen Artillery Parly Army 1642; m by 7 April 1621 Elizabeth, de jure Baroness Beuachamp (of Bletso) according to later doctrine, dau of 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham (see EFFINGHAM, E) by Anne (also de jure Baroness Beauchamp (of Bletso) according to later doctrine), dau of 2nd Baron St John of Bletso (qv), and d 19 June 1644.²

     Charles Howard 4th Lord Howard of Effingham, 2nd Earl of Nottingham was born on 17 September 1579.¹ He married Charity Whit, daughter of Robert Whit, on 19 May 1597.¹
Charles Howard 4th Lord Howard of Effingham, 2nd Earl of Nottingham married Mary (?) on 22 April 1620.¹

Charles Howard 4th Lord Howard of Effingham, 2nd Earl of Nottingham died on 3 October 1642 at age 63; dsp.¹
     He was 2nd Earl of Nottingham.¹

; CHARLES HOWARD, 4th Baron Howard of Effingham and 2nd EARL OF NOTTINGHAM; b 17 Sept 1579; m 1st 19 May 1597 Charity (d 18 Dec 1618), widow of William Leche and dau of Robert Whit; m 2nd 22 April 1620 Mary (d 6 Feb 1650/1), sis of 1st Viscount Cullen (see CULLEN OF ASHBOURNE, B), and dsp 3 Oct 1642.¹ He was 4th Baron Howard of Effingham.¹

     Charity Whit married William Leche.¹
Charity Whit married Charles Howard 4th Lord Howard of Effingham, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, son of Charles Howard 2nd Lord Howard of Effingham, 1st Earl of Nottingham and Catherine Cary, on 19 May 1597.¹

Charity Whit died on 18 December 1618.¹

     William Leche married Charity Whit, daughter of Robert Whit.¹

William Leche died before 19 May 1597.¹

     Mary (?) married Charles Howard 4th Lord Howard of Effingham, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, son of Charles Howard 2nd Lord Howard of Effingham, 1st Earl of Nottingham and Catherine Cary, on 22 April 1620.¹

Mary (?) died on 6 February 1650/51.¹

     Margaret Stuart married Charles Howard 2nd Lord Howard of Effingham, 1st Earl of Nottingham, son of William Howard KG, 1st Lord Howard of Effingham, of Lambeth, Surrey and Margaret Gamage, on 2 September 1603.¹
Margaret Stuart married William Monson 1st (last) Viscount Monson on 23 October 1625
; his 1st wife, her 2nd husband.²
Margaret Stuart died on 4 August 1639.^1,2

     Charles Howard 5th Lord Howard of Effingham, 3rd Earl of Nottingham married Arabella Smith.¹
Charles Howard 5th Lord Howard of Effingham, 3rd Earl of Nottingham was born on 25 December 1610.¹
Charles Howard 5th Lord Howard of Effingham, 3rd Earl of Nottingham died on 26 April 1681 at dsp at age 70.¹
      ; CHARLES HOWARD, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham and 3rd EARL OF NOTTINGHAM; b 25 Dec 1610; m Arabella (d 16 Jan 1681/2), sis of Sir Edward Smith, and dsp 26 April 1681, when the Earldom expired.¹ He was 5th Baron Howard of Effingham. He was 3rd Earl of Nottingham.¹

     Arabella Smith married Charles Howard 5th Lord Howard of Effingham, 3rd Earl of Nottingham, son of Charles Howard 2nd Lord Howard of Effingham, 1st Earl of Nottingham and Margaret Stuart.¹

Arabella Smith died on 16 January 1681/82.¹

     Sir William Howard of Lingfield, Surrey married Frances Gouldwell, daughter of William Gouldwell of Gouldwell, Kent.¹

Sir William Howard of Lingfield, Surrey died on 2 September 1600.¹