James (Douglas) Third Earl of Angus (1426 - 1446)

Born 1426 in Scotland

Ancestors

Died 1446 at about age 20 in Scotland [uncertain]

Biography

James (Douglas) Third Earl of Angus is Notable.

James (Douglas) Third Earl of Angus is a member of Clan Douglas.

James Douglas was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus, Lord of Liddesdale and Jedburgh Forest (1426–1446) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus and Margaret Hay of Yester.

He died in 1446. He was betrothed in 1440 to Joan Stewart, third daughter of James I, but she was only twelve years old at that time and James died before the marriage took place.^[1] Joan later married James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, the head of the Douglases of Dalkeith. James was succeeded by his brother, George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus in 1446.

Research Notes

• The Peerage

Sources

1. ↑ Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families. London: The Bodley Head (1989), p. 231 .

See also:

• Wikipedia: James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus

• Wikidata: Item Q1680289, en:Wikipedia

• Johnston, George Harvey. "The Douglases of Angus." The Heraldry of the Douglases: With Notes on All the Males of the Family, Descriptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees. Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, Limited, 1907.39. Print.

• Paul, Sir James Balfour. "Douglas, Earl Of Angus." The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. 172-213. Print.