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Unknown mistress of James Douglas

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
Death: circa 1410 (43-61)
South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Partner of James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar
Mother of Eleanor Douglas of Douglas and William Douglas, 1st of Drumlanrig

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About Unknown mistress of James Douglas

James Douglas (son of William Douglas and Margaret Dunbar)311 was born 1358 in Scotland311, and died 19 Aug 1388 in Otterburn311.He married (1) Mistress.He married (2) Isabella Eupheme Stewart.

nherited the Earldoms of Douglas and Mar from his father (1384). Douglas plotted against King David II (1324 - 71), who confronted him at Lanark. He went on to make a tentative bid for the Crown on David's death in 1371. He married Isabel, the daughter of King Robert II (1316 - 90), however, he fell at the Battle of Otterburn (also known as the Battle of Chevy Chase) leaving no children. When mortally wounded he gave instructions that his body should be hidden in a bracken bush so that his opponent (Henry Percy of Northumberland, Shakespeare's Hotspur) would not take advantage from his death. Douglas left one illegitimate son, William, 1st Lord of Drumlanrig, who gave rise the the Queensberry Douglases. Children of James Douglas and Mistress are:

   +William Douglas, b. Abt. 1375, Drumlanrig Castle, Durisdeer, Dumfrieshire, Scotland311, d. 1427, France311.
   Elinor Douglas, d. date unknown.

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Unknown mistress of James Douglas's Timeline

1358
1358
Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
1367
1367
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1378
1378
Drumlanrig Castle, Durisdeer Nithsdale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
1410
1410
Age 52
South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom