James "The Good" Douglas 
James "The Good" was born about 1288 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland. James "The Good"'s father was William Douglas and his mother is Elizabeth Stewart. His paternal grandfather was William Douglas and his paternal grandmother is ? Carrick; his maternal grandfather was Alexander Stewart and his maternal grandmother is Jean De Bute MacCrory. He had two sisters named Barbara and Muriel. He was the youngest of the three children. He had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named Hugh, Archibald and Muriel. He died on August 25th, 1330 in Theba, Andalusi, Spain.General Notes
Name Prefix:<NPFX> Sir
Alias:<ALIA> The /Good/
King Robert I Bruce asked Sir James Douglas to carry his heart on crusade
to the Holy Land in fulfillment of the king's deep personal ambition and
to make a bold statement of his power in Europe. Douglas was killed in
Spain fighting the Saracens (Moors). Robert's heart was returned and interred at
Melrose Abbey.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1215 in Douglas, Lamarkshire, Scotland d.1276 in Douglas, Lamarkshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1240 in Douglas, Scotland d.1299 in Tower of London, England
- b.~ 1210 in Scotland
- b.~ 1288 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.25 Aug 1330 in Theba, Andalusi, Spain
- b.~ 1105 in Dol, Ille-et-Vilaine, St Malo, Bretagne, France d.1177 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1126 in Of, Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1204
- b.~ 1125 in <Of, Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland>
- b.1170 in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1246 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1090 in Of, , Galloway, Scotland d.1161 in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1130 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1095 in Of, Talby, Yorkshire, England
- b.1214 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1283 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1118 in Of, Forfar, Angusshire, Scotland d.~ 1187
- b.~ 1154 in Forfar, Angus, SCOTLAND d.1207/1211
- b.~ 1124 in Of, , Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1184 in Of, Forfar, Angusshire, Scotland
- b.1114 in , , , Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Kelso Abbey, Rexburghshire, Scotland
- b.1152 in Huntington, ENGLAND d.~ 1213
- b.~ 1120 in Surrey, ENGLAND d.1178 in Huntington, Huntington, ENGLAND
- b.~ 1247 in of, Dundonald, Ayershire, Scotland
- b.~ 1190 in Of, Bute, , Scotland
- b.< 1228 in Bute, Scotland
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They had a son named Archibald "The Grim".
Family Notes
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Children
Archibald "The Grim" Douglas
Archibald "The Grim" was born about 1325. He died on December 24th, 1400 in , Threave, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. He was buried in , Bothwell, Lanardshire, Scotland.