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James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus, Lord of Liddesdale and Jedburgh Forest (1426–1446) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus and Margaret Hay of Yester.

Angus succeeded at the age of eleven years and was soon involved in strife with his Black Douglas cousins. He was forfeited of his estates by James II in 1445, under the influence of his near cousin William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas. The Earl of Douglas was trying to consolidate the power which he had gained through the murder of his cousins at the "Black Dinner" at Edinburgh Castle, sanctioned by the king and his own father James the Gross, 7th Earl of Douglas.

It has been suggested that the feud between the Black and Red Lines of the House of Douglas was encouraged by Bishop Kennedy of St. Andrews as a method of curtailing the power of unruly magnates, and ensuring continued Stewart reign. Kennedy was a first cousin through Angus' grandmother, Princess Mary of Scotland, a daughter of King Robert III.

During his forfeiture, Angus was surprised at the reluctance of his tenantry to pay their Feus, he made a point of collecting them punctually in person.

Angus died in 1446. He was betrothed briefly to Princess Joan, third daughter of King James I, she was twelve years old when he died and was with her sister the Dauphine of France. She later married James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, the head of the Douglases of Dalkeith. Angus was succeeded by his brother, George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus in 1446.

References

1. Maxwell, Vol II, pp12-13

v t e Mormaers or Earls of Angus
10th-century mormaers	Dubacan Cuncar
Mormaers from the Angus and Umfraville line	Gille Brigte Adam Gille Críst Donnchadh Máel Coluim Matilda (with 1. John Comyn; 2. Gilbert de Umfraville) Gilbert de Umfraville Robert de Umfraville
Earls from the Stewart line	John Stewart Thomas Stewart Margaret Stewart (with Thomas, Earl of Mar)
Earls from the Douglas line	George Douglas, 1st Earl William Douglas, 2nd Earl James Douglas, 3rd Earl George Douglas, 4th Earl Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl David Douglas, 7th Earl Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl William Douglas, 9th Earl William Douglas, 10th Earl William Douglas, 11th Earl
As a subsidiary title	William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus and 1st Marquess of Douglas James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas (and James Douglas, Earl of Angus) Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas Duke of Hamilton from 1761
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• 1426 births
• 1446 deaths
• Nobility from East Lothian
• Earls of Angus
• House of Douglas and Angus
• 15th-century Scottish peers