Sir James Douglas
Family: Scotland · Role: captain · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 14
In Book 1, Chapter 14, Sir James Douglas served alongside Earl of Moray as one of the two captains of the Scottish army, which entered England, destroying and burning as it advanced. He was described as “the bravest and most enterprising knight in the two kingdoms.”
In Book 1, Chapter 25, Sir William Douglas was identified as the son of Sir James Douglas’s brother, who had been killed in Spain.
Relationship record
Life events
- The Scottish army entered England, destroying and burning as it advanced.(Book 1, Chapter 14 · 📍 England)
- With: Earl of Moray
- “In this manner the Scots entered England, destroying and burning every thing as they passed.”
Book 1, Chapter 14
- allies with Earl of Moray “This army was commanded by two valiant captains. The King of Scotland himself, who had been very brave, yet being old, and laboring under a leprosy, appointed for one that gallant prince, so renowned in arms, the Earl of Moray, who bore upon his banner argent three pillows gules; the other was Sir James Douglas, esteemed the bravest and most enterprising knight in the two kingdoms: he bore for arms azure on a chef argent.”
Book 1, Chapter 25
- with Sir William Douglas (Sir William is Sir James's nephew.) “Sir William Douglas, son of the brother of Sir James Douglas, who was killed in Spain”
- younger kin: Sir William Douglas (Sir William is Sir James's nephew.) “Sir William Douglas, son of the brother of Sir James Douglas, who was killed in Spain”
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