Why were they called the “Black Douglas”?
Sir James Douglas earned the epithet “Black Douglas” possibly due to his swarthy complexion and possibly also because of his fierce reputation on the battlefield. Following Douglases successful attack against the English garrison at Castle Douglas, his former ancestral home, he intentionally ravaged the castle, slaughtered the remaining garrison and threw their bodies down the […]
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