Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl na Angus

Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus da 5th Earl of Morton (1555 - 4 Agusta 1588) ya kasance mashahurin Scotland.

 Tarihin iyali 
Shi ɗan Dauda ne, 7th Earl na Angus . Ya yi nasara ga taken da dukiya a shekara ta 1558, wanda kawunsa, James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, wani Presbyterian ya kawo shi. 

 Rayuwa 
Archibald Douglas ya yi karatu a Jami'ar St Andrews kuma John Provan ne ya koya masa a kotun Regent Morton. 

A shekara ta 1573 an sanya shi mai ba da shawara da kuma Sheriff na Berwickshire; a shekara ta 1574 Lieutenant-General a Scotland; a shekara de 1577 Warden na West Marches da Steward of Fife; kuma a shekara ta 1578, Lieutenant-Janar na mulkin. A matsayinsa na mai goyon bayan Morton da manufofin "mafi girman Furotesta" an tilasta masa sau biyu zuwa gudun hijira a Ingila.

A shekara ta 1580 Angus ya ba da goyon baya mai ƙarfi ga Morton yayin harin da aka kai wa wannan, ya yi ƙoƙari ya cece shi, kuma an bayyana shi da laifin cin amana a ranar 2 ga Yuni 1581. Daga nan sai ya shiga rubuce-rubuce tare da Gwamnatin Ingila don mamaye Scotland don ceto Morton, kuma a kan kisan Morton a watan Yuni, ya tafi gudun hijira zuwa London, inda Sarauniya Elizabeth ta maraba da shi.

A shekara ta 1584 ya shiga tawaye na Mar da Glamis . Magoya bayansu sun gudanar da Stirling Castle da Mar's Wark a watan Afrilu. Yunkurin ya gaza, kuma masu tayar da kayar baya sun gudu zuwa Berwick-upon-Tweed. Daga baya sun zauna a Newcastle-upon-Tyne, wanda ya zama cibiyar Presbyterianism da ayyukan da ke adawa da gwamnatin Scotland, wanda Elizabeth ta karfafa, wanda ya dauki iyayengijin da aka kore a matsayin abokai na Ingilishi da masu adawa da sha'awar Faransa.

A watan Fabrairun shekara ta 1585 sun zo Landan kuma sun wanke kansu daga zargin da ake yi wa James. An shirya wani shiri don maido da su da kuma hambarar da James Stewart, Earl na Arran. A watan Oktoba sun mamaye Scotland kuma sun sami nasara mai sauƙi a kan Arran, sun kama Stirling Castle tare da Sarki a watan Nuwamba, kuma sun tabbatar masa da maido da dukiyarsu da kuma kula da gwamnati.

Gidansa na Edinburgh ya kasance a kan Canongate, a gefen arewa, kusa da inda New Street ke yanzu.

A watan Janairun shekara ta 1586 an ba shi Earldom na Morton tare da ƙasashen da kawunsa ya kawo masa; wannan ya sanya shi 5th Earl na Morton .  A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1586 an nada Angus a matsayin Warden of the Marches da Lieutenant-General a kan iyaka, tare da rundunar sojan doki 100 da sojoji 100, da jami'an su, masu bugawa da masu busa, da kuma "furriers" ko quartermasters.

Ya yi aiki mai kyau wajen maido da tsari; amma bai iya shawo kan ƙiyayya ta sarki ga kafa gwamnatin Presbyterian ba.

 Mutuwa 
A watan Yulin shekara ta 1588 an ruwaito cewa ya yi tafiya daga yammacin Scotland "ya yi rashin lafiya da ƙonewa. "  Ya mutu a ranar 4 ga watan Agusta shekara ta 15 88 a Smeaton, kusa da Fadar Dalkeith.  An ce an binne shi a Aberdour a Fife, amma mai yiwuwa, an binne shi ne a Abernethy.

Kamar yadda aka ruwaito a cikin Newes from Scotland tract na 1591, an ce ya mutu ne saboda maita. Likitansa ya ga rashin lafiyarsa baƙo kuma babu magani ko magani, wanda ya sa ya yi rauni har zuwa mutuwarsa. A lokacin Gwajin maƙaryaci na Arewacin Berwick, Geillis Duncan ya zargi Barbara Napier da haifar da mutuwarsa ta hanyar maita. An kuma zargi Euphame MacCalzean, Agnes Sampson, da Richard Grierson. Earl na Bothwell ya yarda cewa ya aiko da Mutumin da yaudara Richie Graham don halartar jarumin.

 Iyali 
Earl na Angus ya yi aure sau uku: (1) a ranar 13 ga Yuni 1573 a Cocin Rude Mai Tsarki, Mary Erskine, 'yar Earl na Mar da Annabell Murray . [undefined] "Tushenta" ko sadakarta ta kasance 8,000 merks; [undefined] (2) 25 Disamba 1575 a Cutar, [undefined] (ya sake aure 1587) Margaret, 'yar George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes; (3) 29 Yuli 1587 Jean Lyon, 'yar John Lyon, 8th Lord Glamis, tare da wanda ya haifi 'yar Margaret, wacce ta mutu ba tare da aure ba tana da shekaru 15.[1]￼

Angus ya fara aiwatar da saki Margaret Leslie a watan Agustan shekara ta 1586, wanda Earl na Rothes ya yi tsayayya da shi wanda ya yi la'akari da cewa shi abokin Angus ne a lokacin da aka kore shi. Wani jami'in diflomasiyyar Faransa a Edinburgh, Camille de Preau, sieur de Courcelles, ya ji cewa Angus ta yi iƙirarin cewa ta yi kwarkwasa da wani saurayi, wanda aka yi la'akari da cewa ba zai yiwu ba, kuma Earl na Bothwell ya yi ba'a cewa zai saki matarsa Margaret Douglas don haka. Ita ce 'yar'uwar Angus.[1]￼

An gaje shi a cikin Earldom na Angus da dan uwansa William, zuriyar jarumi na 5. 

Wani layin da ya fi kusa da dangin Douglas ga tsohon Earls na Morton ya gaji Earldom na Morton. Don taken Morton, duba James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton da William Douglas, 6th Earl ofMorton .

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