OF DOUGLAS

of douglas, 1st duke of touraine, lord of galloway and annandale (1372-1424), who married in 1390 lady margaret stewart, eldest daughter of john, earl of carrick, afterwards king robert iii. in 1400 march and hotspur percy had laid waste eastern scotland as far as lothian when they were defeated by douglas (then master of douglas) near preston. with the regent, robert, duke of albany, he was suspected of complicity in the murder (march 1402) of david, duke of rothesay, who was in their custody at falkland castle, but both were officially declared guiltless by the parliament. in that year douglas raided england and was taken prisoner at homildon hill by the percys. he fought on the side of his captors at shrewsbury (1403), and was taken prisoner by the english king henry iv. he became reconciled during his captivity with the earl of march, whose lands had been conferred on douglas, but were now, with the exception of annandale, restored. he returned to scotland in 1409, but was in constant communication with the english court for the release of the captive king james i. in 1412 he had visited paris, when he entered into a personal alliance with john the fearless, duke of burgundy, and in 1423 he commanded a contingent of 10,000 scots sent to the help of charles vii. against the english. he was made lieutenant-general in the french army, and received the peerage-duchy of touraine with remainder to his heirs-male. the new duke was defeated and slain at verneuil (1424) with his second son, james; his persistent ill-luck earned him the title of the tyneman (the loser).