The Black Douglas

The Black Douglas weblog is written by John Douglas. The title is an epithet of Good Sir James, Lord of Douglas (c.1286-1330), Scottish guerilla leader and General who fought in the Scottish Wars of Independence.

Douglas was the greatest Captain under Robert the Bruce in the War of Independence and is held as the third of Scotland’s finest patriots, after Bruce and William Wallace. He died in his 73rd battle (won 59) at Teba, a small town in Andalusia, Spain, assisting the Spanish Reconquista to free themselves from Islamic rule.

In the towns Plaza Espana there is erected a big granite stone in his memory. One side of this stone is in Spanish and the other side in English.

...Read more at James Lord of Douglas.