What is James Douglas, Lord of Douglas?
{{Infobox person | name =Sir James Douglas | image = St Bride's Church Douglas - The Good Sir James.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Douglas, [[Lanarkshire]], [[Scotland]] | death_date = 1330 | death_place = Battle of Teba, Andalucia | occupation = Scottish Leader during the [[Wars of Scottish Independence]] | spouse = unknown | parents = Sir William Douglas<br>Elizabeth Stewart | children = William IV, Lord of Douglas<br>Archibald 'the Grim' Douglas }} '''Sir James Douglas''' (also known as '''Good Sir James''' and '''James the Black Douglas'''), (died 1330), was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[soldier]], [[knight]] and leader during the [[Wars of Scottish Independence]]. He is considered one of Scotland's greatest [[hero]]es. He was a [[:wikt:follower|follower]] and close friend of king [[Robert I of Scotland]] (also called Robert the Bruce). ==Early life== James Douglas was the oldest son of William, Lord of Douglas and Elizabeth Stewart.{{efn|Elizabeth was the daughter of [[Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland]] and his wife Jean MacRory.<ref name=SPI1314>''The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland'', ed. James Balfour Paul, Vol. I (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904), pp. 13-14</ref> Her brother [[James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland]] was the father of Walter Stewart,<ref name=SPI1314/> mentioned in this article.}}<ref>Herbert Maxwell, ''A History of the House of Douglas'', Vol. I (London: Freemantle & Co., 1902), p. 28</ref> His father, William, had refused to support king [[Edward I of England]] who had taken over Scotland in 1290. The English king put William in prison and took his lands. This left young James with no land and no father.<ref name=Brown15>Michael Brown, ''The Black Douglases'' (East Lothian, Scotland: Tuckwell Press, 1998), p. 15</ref> Douglas then went to France where he lived a simple life for three years. On hearing of his father's death he returned to Sco