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"Heritage History — Putting the "Story" back into History"

"Heritage History — Putting the "Story" back into History"

James "the Good" Douglas James Douglas was born about 1280-1286 in Scotland. He was the son of William "the Hardy" Douglas, Lord of Douglas and Elizabeth Stewart. James's father, William, was Constable of Berwick Castle in 1297 and was present in Berwick in 1296, when it was sacked by Edward I of England. Most of the civilian population of Berwick was killed in a three day period following Edward I's capture of the city in a complete slaughter. James had been sent to France, as other children ot the Scot gentry, in order to learn a wider view of their allies, the French. Lamberton was appointed bishop of St.Andrews in 1298 and became the most powerful bishop of the wealthiest See in Scotland. In the years that James had been kept safely in France, his father had been captured and had died. Edward I saw the Scots as "filth" and was determined to hold Scotland as little more than a feudal holding. William Wallace was captured and hideously executed in 1305, having been sold out by self-serving Scot nobles.

Food Fun from Apples to Zucchini University of Illinois Extension Food Fun from Apples to Zucchini - University of Illinois Extension Home Alphabet Fun Games For Teachers and Parents Credits Urban Programs Resource Network University of Illinois Extension | Urban Programs | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | College of ACES © 2014 University of Illinois Board of Trustees | Privacy Douglas Before he died in 1329, King Robert made it his last request that Sir James, as his oldest and most esteemed companion in arms, should carry his heart to the holy land, and deposit it in the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem. His heart was placed in a silver and enameled casket which Douglas placed around his neck. Early in 1330, James Douglas set sail from Scotland with six other knights and twenty six squires and gentlemen. They stopped over first in Sluys in Flanders, where more men joined them. There they received news of a crusade by Alfonso XI of Castile against the Muslims of the kingdom of Granada. Douglas and his company, having joined themselves to Alfonso's army, came in view of the Saracens near to Teba, a castle on the frontiers of Andalucia. While the battle was brought to a successful conclusion in one quarter of the field, Douglas and his companions, who fought in the van, proved themselves no less fortunate.

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James Douglas, Lord of Douglas Arms of The Good Sir James Sir James Douglas (also known as Good Sir James and the Black Douglas), (c. 1286 – 1330), was a Scottish warlord, landowner, and guerilla fighter. Douglas was one of the chief commanders of the Wars of Scottish Independence. Early life[edit] He was the eldest son of Sir William Douglas, known as "le Hardi" or "the bold", who had been the first noble supporter of William Wallace (the elder Douglas died circa 1298, a prisoner in the Tower of London).[1] His mother was Elizabeth Stewart, the daughter of Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland, who died circa 1287 or early 1288. Douglas was sent to France for safety in the early days of the Wars of Independence, and was educated in Paris. Alliance with Bruce[edit] For Douglas, who now faced life as a landless outcast on the fringes of feudal society, the return of his ancestral estates was to become an overriding consideration, inevitably impacting on his political allegiances. The Douglas Larder[edit]

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