James Douglas was the ninth and last Earl of Douglas and third Earl of Avondale. He denounced his brothers as murderers and took up arms, but was forced to give in when his allies deserted him. He obtained a papal dispensation to marry his brother's widow in order to keep the family estate together. He was involved in intrigues against the English court, and in 1455 rebelled against it. Meanwhile another branch of the Douglas family, known as the Red Douglas, had risen into importance, and George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus(d. 1463), great-grandson of the first earl of Douglas, took sides with the king against the Earl of Douglas. Douglas, again deserted by his chief allies, fled to England, and his three brothers, Ormond, Moray and Balvany, were defeated by Angus at Arkinholm on the Esk. Moray was killed, Ormond taken prisoner and executed, and Balvany escaped to England. Their last stronghold, the Thrieve in Galloway, fell, and the lands of the Douglases were divided among their rivals, the lordship of Douglas falling to the Red Douglas, 4th earl of Angus. In England the earl of Douglas intrigued against his native land; he was employed by Edward IV in 1461 to negotiate a league with the western highlanders against the Scottish kingdom. In 1484 he was taken prisoner while raiding southern Scotland, and was relegated to the abbey of Lindores, where he died in 1488. 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 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 title of Earl of Angus is an ancient one in the Peerage of Scotland, currently held by the Duke of Hamilton. ... Galloway (Scottish Gaelic, Gall-ghaidhealaibh or Gallobha, Lowland Scots Gallowa) today refers to the former counties of Wigtownshire and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in southwest Scotland, but has fluctuated greatly in size over history. ... The text below is generated by a template, which has been proposed for deletion. ... Lindores is a small village in Fife, Scotland, about 2 miles south-east of Newburgh. ...

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