The title of Earl of Douglas was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1358 for the senior, or "Black" line of the great Douglas family. The Black Douglases fell from power and were attainted by King James II in 1455. The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. ... Events Births August 24 - King John I of Castile September 25 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Ashikaga shogun Deaths 25 January - Isabella of France (wife of King Edward II of England) June 7 - Ashikaga Takauji, Ashikaga shogun August 16 - Duke Albert II of Austria Categories: 1358 ... For people whose family name is Douglas, see List of people by name. ... James II of Scotland (October 16, 1430 - August 3, 1460) was king of Scotland from 1437 to 1460. ... Events February 9 - Wars of the Roses: Richard, Duke of York dismissed as Protector February 23 - Johannes Gutenberg prints the first Bible on a printing press May 22 - Wars of the Roses: First Battle of St Albans - Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick defeat...

The seventh Earl was created Earl of Avondale and Lord Balveny in 1437, also in the Peerage of Scotland. These titles became also forfeit in 1455. Events foundation of All Souls College, University of Oxford. ... The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. ... Events February 9 - Wars of the Roses: Richard, Duke of York dismissed as Protector February 23 - Johannes Gutenberg prints the first Bible on a printing press May 22 - Wars of the Roses: First Battle of St Albans - Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick defeat...

Earls of Douglas (1358)

• William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas (1327-1384)
• James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas (1358-1388), son of the previous
• Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas (1325-1400) "the Grim", cousin of the 1st earl
• Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas (1370-1424) "Tyneman", son of "the Grim"
• Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas (1390-1439), son of the "Tyneman"
• William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas (1425-1440) , son of the previous
• James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas (d.1444) "the Gross", brother of the "Tyneman", created Earl of Avondale in 1437
• William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas and 2nd Earl of Avondale (1425-1452), son of "the Gross"
• James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas and 3rd Earl of Avondale (d.1488), "Black Douglas", bother of the previous, attainted 1455 and all his titles forfeit

Events Births August 24 - King John I of Castile September 25 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Ashikaga shogun Deaths 25 January - Isabella of France (wife of King Edward II of England) June 7 - Ashikaga Takauji, Ashikaga shogun August 16 - Duke Albert II of Austria Categories: 1358 ... Events January 25 - Edward III becomes King of England. ... Events May / September 3 - Siege of Lisbon by the Castilian army, during the 1383-1385 Crisis Births Deaths December 31 - John Wyclif, theologian Categories: 1384 ... Events Births August 24 - King John I of Castile September 25 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Ashikaga shogun Deaths 25 January - Isabella of France (wife of King Edward II of England) June 7 - Ashikaga Takauji, Ashikaga shogun August 16 - Duke Albert II of Austria Categories: 1358 ... Events Beginning of prosecution of Lollards in England The Battle of Otterburn between England and Scotland Births Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury. ... Events Muhammed Tughlaq succeeds his father Ghiyas al-Din Tughlaq as Sultan of Delhi. ... Events Henry IV quells baron rebellion and executes The Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury for their attempt to have Richard II of England restored as King Jean Froissart writes the Chronicles Medici family becomes powerful in Florence, Italy Births Owen Tudor, seventh generation descedant of Rhys ap Gruffydd (approximate... Events Beginning of the rule of Poland by Capet-Anjou family. ... Events August 17 - Battle of Verneuil - An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under the Duke of Alençon, John Stuart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas. ... Events Births December 27 - Anne Mortimer John Dunstable, English composer (d. ... Events Battle of Grotnik, which ended the hussite movement in Poland Eric of Pomerania, King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway is declared deposed in Sweden. ... Events Foundation of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Births Deaths March 17 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Ashikaga shogun July 21 - Manuel II Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor Categories: 1425 ... For alternative meanings, see number 1440. ... Events March 1 - Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg proclaimed commander of the Albanian resistance April 16 - Truce of Tours. ... Events Foundation of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Births Deaths March 17 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Ashikaga shogun July 21 - Manuel II Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor Categories: 1425 ... Events October - English troops under John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, land in Guyenne and retake most of the province without a fight. ... Events February 3 - Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, at the tip of Africa becoming the first known European to travel this far south. ... Events February 9 - Wars of the Roses: Richard, Duke of York dismissed as Protector February 23 - Johannes Gutenberg prints the first Bible on a printing press May 22 - Wars of the Roses: First Battle of St Albans - Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick defeat...

See also

• Earl of Angus, for the "Red" Douglas line, which later became Marquesses and Dukes of Douglas.
• Earl of Morton, for another Douglas line.
• Earl of Queensberry, for another Douglas line, which later became Marquesses of Queensberry and also the first few Dukes of Queensberry.