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Scottish Tattoo Designs >> Douglas

Douglas Clan Tattoos - The Douglases were one of Scotland's most powerful families. It is therefore remarkable that their origins remain obscure. The name itself is territorial and it has been suggested that it originates from lands by Douglas Water received by a Flemish knight from the Abbey of Kelso. However the first certain record of the name relates to a William de Dufglas who, between 1175 and 1199, witnessed a charter by the Bishop of Glasgow to the monks of Kelso.

Sir William de Douglas, believed to be the 3rd head of the Borders family, had two sons who fought against the Norse at the Battle of Largs in 1263. William Douglas 'The Hardy' was governor of Berwick when the town was besieged by the English. Douglas was taken prisoner when the town fell and he was only released when he agreed to accept the claim of Edward I of England to be overlord of Scotland. He later joined Sir William Wallace in the struggle for Scottish Independence but was again captured and died in England in 1302.

His son, The Good Sir James', patriot and founder of the Black Douglases was killed in a battle in Spain, carrying the heart of his life-long friend, King Robert de Bruce to the Holy land. Douglas and his knights had joined the king of Castille's crusade against the Moors and in 1330, near Teba in Andalucia, they were cut of from the main Christian force and heavily outnumbered when they were attacked by the enemy.

Clan Douglas Motto: Jamais Arriere ~ From French: Never behind

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