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The Connections of James Douglas, Lord of Douglas
Scottish knight Every person recorded alongside James Douglas, Lord of Douglas in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside James Douglas, Lord of Douglas in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas, Elizabeth Stewart
- Children
- William IV, Lord of Douglas, Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas
- Siblings
- Archibald Douglas, John Stewart, Lord of Bonkyl, James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland, Hugh the Dull, Lord of Douglas
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1286 to 1330.
Medieval era
Charles Martel
April 13, 1327 – April 21, 1327
Duke of Calabria, born April 1327

Medieval era
Kublai Khan
1215 – 1294
Founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan (1215–1294)

Medieval era
Mansa Musa
1280 – 1337
14th-century emperor (mansa) of the Mali Empire

Medieval era
Osman I
August 23, 1258 – August 1, 1326
Founder of the Ottoman Empire (died 1323/4)

Medieval era
Robert the Bruce
July 11, 1274 – June 7, 1329
King of Scotland (1306–1329)

Medieval era
Edward I of England
June 17, 1239 – July 7, 1307
King of England from 1272 to 1307

Medieval era
Hongwu Emperor
October 29, 1328 – June 24, 1398
Founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398

Medieval era
Hafez
1326 – 1389
Persian poet and mystic (1325–1389)

Medieval era
Dante Alighieri
May 30, 1265 – September 13, 1321
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)

Medieval era
Petrarch
July 19, 1304 – July 18, 1374
Italian scholar and poet (1304-1374)

Medieval era
Giovanni Boccaccio
June 16, 1313 – September 21, 1375
Italian author and poet (1313–1375)

Medieval era
Marco Polo
September 15, 1254 – January 8, 1324
Venetian merchant whose travels opened European eyes to Asia