DOUGLAS, Sir John 2nd Earl of Morton

- 1513

• Name	DOUGLAS, John
  Title	Sir
  Suffix	2nd Earl of Morton
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Sep 1513	Battle of Flodden
  Person ID	I26350	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	DOUGLAS, Earl of Morton James 4th Lord of Dalkeith and 1st Earl of Morton,   b. 1426,   d. 22 Oct 1493  (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	STEWART, Princess Joanna
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F20018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	CRICHTON, Janet
  Children	1. DOUGLAS, James 3rd Earl of Morton,   d. 1548  [natural]   2. DOUGLAS, Richard  [natural]   3. DOUGLAS, Agnes  [natural]   4. DOUGLAS, Elizabeth  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F20023	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton died 9 September 1513 at the Battle of Flodden.[2] Life He was the son of James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton and Princess Joan Stewart, Countess of Morton, daughter of James I of Scotland by his wife Lady Joan Beaufort.[3] He became earl in 1493, upon his father's death. He was succeeded by his son James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton. A very wealthy man, John, unlike many of his peers, did not become embroiled in the intrigues and politics of his day.[4] Instead, the shrewd Earl of Morton worked to improve his holdings and was quite the litigator in his time, successfully defending his interests in court.[5] It turned out later that John, as lord of Dalkeith was aware the land had great value both above and below the surface and in fact sat on what was later described as the Great Midlothian Coalfield.[4] Marriage and issue He married Janet Crichton, daughter of Patrick Crichton of Cranston-Riddel[6] and had two sons and two daughters: • James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton – died 1548.[6] • Richard Douglas, referred to in an entail of the Morton estates, had two sons William and James.[6] • Agnes Douglas, married Alexander Livingston, 5th Lord Livingston.[6] • Elizabeth Douglas, married her second cousin Robert Keith, Master of Marischal.[6] Their son William became the 4th Earl Marischal. References 1 The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, Vol. I, Ed. Sir Bernard Burke (London : Harrison, 1884), p. 295 2 Guthrie, William (1767). A General History of Scotland. Vol. 4. Paternoster Row, London: A. Hamilton, Robinson and Roberts. pp. 371-372. Retrieved 7 May 2023. 3 The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Sir James Balfour Paul, Vol. VI (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1909), p. 356 4 Herbert Maxwell, A History of the House of Douglas, Vol. I (Freemantle & Co., London, 1902) pp. 242–3 5 The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Sir James Balfour Paul, Vol. VI (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1909), pp. 357–8 6 The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Sir James Balfour Paul, Vol. VI (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1909), p. 358