James Douglas 9th Earl Douglas 3rd Earl Avondale 1426-1488

Before 1424 [his father] James "Gross" Douglas 7th Earl Douglas 1st Earl Avondale [aged 52] and Beatrice Stewart Countess Douglas and Avondale [aged 62] were married. She by marriage Countess Douglas, Countess Avondale. She the daughter of Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany and Margaret Graham 3rd Countess Menteith. He the son of [his grandfather] Archibald "Grim" Douglas 3rd Earl Douglas and [his grandmother] Joanna Strathearn Countess Douglas. They were half third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.

In or after 1425 [his father] James "Gross" Douglas 7th Earl Douglas 1st Earl Avondale [aged 54] and [his mother] Beatrix Sinclair Countess Douglas and Avondale [aged 27] were married. She by marriage Countess Douglas, Countess Avondale. The difference in their ages was 27 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney and [his grandmother] Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney [aged 45]. He the son of Archibald "Grim" Douglas 3rd Earl Douglas and Joanna Strathearn Countess Douglas. They were great uncle and niece.

In 1426 James Douglas 9th Earl Douglas 3rd Earl Avondale was born to James "Gross" Douglas 7th Earl Douglas 1st Earl Avondale [aged 55] and Beatrix Sinclair Countess Douglas and Avondale [aged 28]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.19%.

Before 5th January 1442 John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby [aged 32] and [his future wife] Anne Holland Countess Douglas and Avondale were married. She the daughter of John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter [aged 46] and Anne Stafford Duchess Exeter. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 24th March 1443 [his father] James "Gross" Douglas 7th Earl Douglas 1st Earl Avondale [aged 72] died. His son [his brother] William [aged 18] succeeded 8th Earl Douglas, 2nd Earl Avondale. [his future wife] Margaret "Fair Lady of Galloway" Douglas Countess [aged 8] by marriage Countess Douglas, Countess Avondale.

Before 1445 [his brother] Hugh Douglas 1st Earl Ormonde was created 1st Earl Ormonde.

Around 1445 [his brother] Archibald Douglas Earl of Moray [aged 19] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Dunbar 5th Countess Moray [aged 20] were married. He by marriage Earl Moray. She the daughter of James Dunbar 4th Earl of Moray. He the son of [his father] James "Gross" Douglas 7th Earl Douglas 1st Earl Avondale and [his mother] Beatrix Sinclair Countess Douglas and Avondale [aged 47]. They were third cousin once removed.

Before 16th March 1450 John Neville and [his future wife] Anne Holland Countess Douglas and Avondale were married. She the daughter of John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter and Anne Stafford Duchess Exeter. He the son of Ralph Neville 2nd Earl of Westmoreland [aged 43] and Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Before 22nd February 1452 William Douglas 8th Earl Douglas 2nd Earl Avondale [aged 27] and Margaret "Fair Lady of Galloway" Douglas Countess [aged 17] were married. She would later marry his younger brother James Douglas 9th Earl Douglas 3rd Earl Avondale [aged 26]; an example of Married to Two Siblings. She the daughter of Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine and Euphemia Graham Lady Hamilton [aged 44]. He the son of James "Gross" Douglas 7th Earl Douglas 1st Earl Avondale and Beatrix Sinclair Countess Douglas and Avondale [aged 54]. They were first cousin once removed.

On 22nd February 1452 William Douglas 8th Earl Douglas 2nd Earl Avondale [aged 27] was murdered by King James II of Scotland [aged 21] at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for refusing to desist from conspiring with Alexander Lindsay 4th Earl Crawford [aged 29]. His brother James [aged 26] succeeded 9th Earl Douglas, 3rd Earl Avondale.

Before 1455 James Douglas 9th Earl Douglas 3rd Earl Avondale [aged 28] and Margaret "Fair Lady of Galloway" Douglas Countess [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Douglas, Countess Avondale. She had previously married his brother William Douglas 8th Earl Douglas 2nd Earl Avondale; an example of Married to Two Siblings. She the daughter of Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine and Euphemia Graham Lady Hamilton [aged 46]. He the son of James "Gross" Douglas 7th Earl Douglas 1st Earl Avondale and Beatrix Sinclair Countess Douglas and Avondale [aged 56]. They were first cousin once removed.

Around 1459 John Stewart 1st Earl Atholl [aged 19] and [his wife] Margaret "Fair Lady of Galloway" Douglas Countess [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Atholl. She the daughter of Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine and [his mother-in-law] Euphemia Graham Lady Hamilton [aged 51]. He the son of James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland. They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 20th November 1459 John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby [aged 49] was created 1st Baron Neville Raby. [his future wife] Anne Holland Countess Douglas and Avondale by marriage Baroness Neville Raby.

Before 8th February 1462 [his mother] Beatrix Sinclair Countess Douglas and Avondale [aged 64] died.

After 1463 James Douglas 9th Earl Douglas 3rd Earl Avondale [aged 37] and Anne Holland Countess Douglas and Avondale were married. She by marriage Countess Douglas, Countess Avondale. She the daughter of John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter and Anne Stafford Duchess Exeter. He the son of James "Gross" Douglas 7th Earl Douglas 1st Earl Avondale and Beatrix Sinclair Countess Douglas and Avondale. They were half sixth cousins. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 20th February 1473 [his step-son] Ralph Neville 3rd Earl of Westmoreland [aged 17] and Isabel Booth [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Baroness Neville Raby. He the son of John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby and [his wife] Anne Holland Countess Douglas and Avondale.

In 1475 [his wife] Margaret "Fair Lady of Galloway" Douglas Countess [aged 40] died.

In September 1475 [his brother-in-law] Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter [aged 45] drowned on his return from France having probably been thrown over-board on the orders of King Edward IV of England [aged 33].

On 3rd November 1484 Ralph Neville 2nd Earl of Westmoreland [aged 78] died. He was buried at St Brandon's Church, Brancepeth. His nephew [his step-son] Ralph [aged 28] succeeded 3rd Earl of Westmoreland.

On 26th December 1486 [his wife] Anne Holland Countess Douglas and Avondale died.

In 1488 James Douglas 9th Earl Douglas 3rd Earl Avondale [aged 62] died at Lindores Abbey, Newburgh.