father dynasty predecessor successor mother birth_place death_date death_place title othertitles birth_date article_title name
william douglas , 2nd earl of angus angus william douglas , 2nd earl of angus george douglas , 4th earl of angus margaret hay of yester tantallon castle 1446 tantallon earl of angus lord abernethy lord bonkyll & preston lord jedburgh forest 1426 james douglas , 3rd earl of angus
 james douglas
james douglas , 3rd earl of angus

james douglas , 3rd earl of angus , lord of liddesdale and jedburgh forest -lrb- 1426 -- 1446 -rrb- was a scottish nobleman .
he was the son of william douglas , 2nd earl of angus and margaret hay of yester .
angus succeeded at the age of eleven years , and was soon involved in strife with his black douglas cousins .
he was forfeited of his estates by james ii in 1445 , under the influence of his near cousin william douglas , 8th earl of douglas .
the earl of douglas was trying to consolidate the power vacuum created and partially filled by the murder of his cousins at the `` black dinner '' at edinburgh castle , sanctioned by the king and his own father james the gross , 7th earl of douglas .
it has been suggested that the feud between the black and red lines of the house of douglas were fomented by bishop kennedy of st. andrews as a method of controlling unruly magnates , and ensuring continued stewart power .
to compound the treachery , kennedy was a first cousin through angus ' grandmother , princess mary of scotland , a daughter of king robert iii .
during his forfeiture , angus was surprised at the reluctance of his tenantry to pay their feus , he made a point of collecting them punctually in person .
angus died in 1446 .
he was betrothed briefly to princess joan , third daughter of king james i , she was twelve years old when he died and was with her sister the dauphine of france .
she later married james douglas , 1st earl of morton , the head of the douglases of dalkeith .
angus was succeeded by his brother , george douglas , 4th earl of angus in 1446 .
