Douglas, James ‘the Gross’, 7th Earl of Douglas
| Birth Name | Douglas, James ‘the Gross’, 7th Earl of Douglas |
| Gender | male |
| Age at Death | 72 years, 2 months, 23 days |
Narrative
James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas also went by the nick-name of James 'the Great'. In 1425 he was on the trial of the Duke of Albany. He was created 1st Earl of Avondale [Scotland] circa 1437. He succeeded to the title of 7th Earl of Douglas [S., 1358] on 24 November 1440. He held the office of Warden of the West Marches. He lived at Balveny, Scotland.
The Short Chronicle of the Reign of James II states in the rude but pithy vernacular a fact which accounts for his byname of the Fat or Gross, "Thai said he had in him four stane of taulch [tallow] and mair." The same physical peculiarity is commemorated in a Latin epigram preserved by Hume of Godscroft:—Duglasii Crassique mihi cognomina soliConveniunt: O quam nomina juncta male! To be a Douglas and be gross withall You shall not find another amongst them all.
Source www.thepeerage.com from The Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford Univ. Press
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/metabook?id=dnb
Events
| Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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| Birth | 1371 | |||
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| Death | 1443-03-24 | |||
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Parents
| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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| Father | Douglas, Archibald ‘the Grim’, 3rd Earl of Douglas | about 1325 | between 1400-12-24 and 1401-02-09 | |
| Mother | Moray, Joan | between 1339 and 1354 | between 1403-01-01 and 1409-08-30 | |
| Sister | Douglas, Lady Marjorie | before 1421-05-11 | ||
| Brother | Douglas, Archibald ‘Tyneman’, 4th Earl of Douglas | about 1370 | 1424-08-17 | |
| Douglas, James ‘the Gross’, 7th Earl of Douglas | 1371 | 1443-03-24 |
Families
Family of Douglas, James ‘the Gross’, 7th Earl of Douglas and Stewart, Lady Beatrice |
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| Married | Wife | Stewart, Lady Beatrice ( * + about 1424 ) | ||||||||||||||
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Family of Douglas, James ‘the Gross’, 7th Earl of Douglas and Sinclair, Beatrice |
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| Married | Wife | Sinclair, Beatrice ( * + 1463-02-08 ) | ||||||||||||||
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| Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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| Douglas, Lady Beatrice | ||
| Douglas, William 8th Earl of Douglas | about 1425 | 1452-02-22 |
| Douglas, James ‘Heriot-Muir’, 9th Earl of Douglas | after 1426 | after 1491-04-22 |