Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Douglas and Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Douglas and Bothwell, called Archibald the Grim or Black Archibald, was a late medieval Scottish nobleman. Archibald was the bastard son of Sir James "the Black" Douglas, Robert I's trusted lieutenant, and an unknown mother. A first cousin of William 1st Earl of Douglas, he inherited the earldom of Douglas and its entailed estates as the third earl following the death without legitimate issue of James 2nd Earl of Douglas at the Battle of Otterburn.
Seal of Archibald Douglas
Battle of Poitiers
Bothwell Castle
Threave Castle
James Douglas, Lord of Douglas
Sir James Douglas was a Scottish knight and feudal lord. He was one of the chief commanders during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
Statue of Douglas at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
A Victorian depiction of Sir James (third from left), and other leaders of the Wars of Independence by William Hole
Tomb of Sir James, St Bride's Kirk, Douglas
All that remains of the house that stood on the site of Douglas Castle is this seventeenth-century tower which was spared demolition in 1938.