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Douglas, James Douglas, Earl of, approximately 1358-1388

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Personal name headingDouglas, James Douglas, Earl of, approximately 1358-1388
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Variant(s)Douglas, James Douglas, Earl of, ca. 1358-1388
Dowglas, Earl (James Douglas), approximately 1358-1388
Birth date1358~
Death date1388
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Found inThe famous and renowned history of the memorable, but unhappy hunting on Chevy-Chase, by the river Tweed in Scotland; together with the great and mortal battles fought there, between the Lord Piercy, Earl of Northumberland, and his fifteen hundred English archers, and Earl Dowglas, with twenty hundred Scottish spears,in which both, with most of their men, were slain, 1690.
Cokayne, G. Complete peerage, 1910: vol. 4, p. 431-3 (James Douglas, Earl of Douglas (suc. 1384), b. about 1358; made a raid into England as far as York, taking prisoner the renowned "Hotspur" (s. and h. ap. of the Earl of Northumberland), but was slain at the battle of Otterburn (Chevy Chase) about 14 Aug. 1388, buried before 18 Aug.)