a.k.a. "Good" Sir James or "Dual-wield" Douglas! I made a 24 minute long video, but after about 13 attempts at shortening to avoid getting it blocked, this is what I was allowed... Cheers!
Movie portrayed him kinda wild, but after Bruce died he was a steward of the crown, along with Randolph. His military acumen was undersold as well, the reason the English called him black was because he appeared where they least expected. He was a brilliant military commander. So too was Thomas Randolph. So it was a perfect match of three brilliant and martially talented men for their age.
@@alteredbeast7145 Well most militarly brilliant men through history were a bit kooky to be honest and especially the scottish for some stranhe reason so this might be the closest we can get to what he really was like.
"WHAT'S MY F***KING NAME?!" His best line in the movie. James "the Black" Douglas is one of the best Scots; his loyalty to Robert the Bruce and his dedication to liberating Scotland are evident in his actions, as well as commendable. Not to mention he's my favorite character!
Also it's him quite essentially who took the heart out of Robert's and then put it into a form of silver casket and put it around his neck, then took it into battle and that's actually where the term Braveheart comes from, nothing to do with Wallace.
Also was Marjories son who became Robert II, since Marjorie married Walter, a once High Steward of Scotland which gave rise to the name Stewart, that's why Robert II descendant being James VI who went onto the succeed Elizabeth to the English throne in 1603
May find this really interesting "Would have probably least commanded the troops coming down to burn down northern places like where I was born (though didnt) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L-nE07Cg35U.html not Ripon anyway..... Was actually only once when that actually happened though factually speaking. " They did do that least to some places burn them down in England but didn't here though as it still stands and always has done since going back to the 600s, very old place is Ripon.
Machiavelli once advised that you can execute a traitor or rebel but you shouldn't deprive his heirs of their due, lest they become more dangerous than the father. He probably heard about The Black Douglas.
@@poopsiepop4179 because that would bring backlash but in the case of the good sir Douglas or Black Douglas his land was given to another lord and when he went to claim it he was turned away
Also it's him (James Douglas) quite essentially who took the heart out of Robert's and then put it into a form of silver casket and put it around his neck, then took it into battle and that's actually where the term Braveheart comes from, nothing to do with Wallace.
@@jsmith54565, my name is Victoria and I am also a descendant of King Robert the Bruce. He is my 21st times great grandfather. I am a direct descendant of he and his first wife Isabella of Mar and their daughter, Marjory. It is through Marjory's only son, James who was later crowned King Robert the Bruce the II of Scotland who is also my many times great grandfather. I am so proud of my lineage, as I am sure you are. I also have incredible respect for him(King Robert the Bruce (1st) What is a bit strange is my father (I am in my 60's now) use to tell us stories of King Robert when we were small. My brother was named Bruce after him. My father loved that time in history, and all the way back to William the Conqueror and Constantine. He was a History buff. My father had NO IDEA we were descendants as he died very early in his life, so I hope he knows now. :) IT is through my mother's, paternal grandmother that we are related to The Brus.(Bruce) We are related to the Bruce's, Douglas, Stewarts, Comyn's and many more. Are you on Ancestry? I had my lineage checked and rechecked 3 times because I thought there was a mistake. It is correct. When they did the reconstruction of King Robert's skull, to see what he might have looked like, they took a very small piece of his skull, bored a hole in it and took a small piece, but they never did any DNA testing on it. Now that piece cannot be found and his skull has been re-interred. BAD Mistake on their part. I wish we, as his descendants, could all get together and petition the country of Scotland to take his heart to the Holy Land like he wanted and have it interred there, even though it is almost 690 yrs later. I do hope you see this as we are distant cousins. Maybe many times removed, but it is like my mother's people say, if we share one single cell, of DNA we're still related. I have to agree. Take care. Happy Holidays. Victoria
@@jsmith54565 Your 100% correct and most descendants as well as people of today don't know that. I did/do. The battle in which James Douglas was in, in the Holy Land was ugly and what they did to him was horrible. But his fellow men made sure his body (skeleton) (as well as the small casket with the Brus's heart in it) was returned to Scotland and it was also interred near The Bruce's. It is on the top of my bucket list to visit there to pay my Respects to my Ancestor and others of Scotland before my time on earth is done.
@@tc247 Though may have made it look like it was Robert his birth name yeah it can be that they have a history of (particularly in England I know that for certain) even more recently with the likes of actually who was Prince Albert (who was Edward VIII who was abdicated of course for wanting to wed Wallis Spencer) his brother who became George VI, yeah they have a history of keeping the name in honour of their relatives so I am unsure about Robert II's birth name to be quite honest with you. Yeah that'd be awesome seriously, what you said, may want to check out Broomhall House, where Lord Elgin's seat is, the Clan Chief though he's now 94, he's the 11th Earl of Elgin and the 15th of Kincardine is the current yeah Chief. He's the owner of Robert I's embalmed head as well they made a cast of (plaster-cast not sure of the spelling to be quite honest) and painted it I think gold.
Is him actually when he took quite essentially the heart of Roberts out of his chest and placed it into a silver casket to be worn around his neck when taking it into battle later, in which the term Braveheart comes from actually :)
@@ChrisDouglass2141 Yeah since I am a descendant as well of Clan Bruce but was born in England haha, well North Yorkshire more precisely Ripon, of which I love to bits lol.
Both Braveheart and the Outlaw King have proven one thing to me. If you want to beat the English in battle, you have to have a madman on your side. William Wallace had Stephen the Irishman and Robert the Bruce had Black Douglas.
lol i worked with and knew david patrick ohara who played stephen back in my old acting days,he was quite mad in real life back then before he gave up the drink,hes calmed down now.nice bloke,good actor
@@jsmith54565 They reckon that Stephen the Irishman may have existed, but they're not sure. Documents from the time show that Stephen MAY have been an exiled High King of Ireland, but they're not sure.
As a Douglas and my living descendents this movie gave me chills. People often forget my family in the 14th century was amount the most power family in Scotland. Jamais Arriere!!!!
As someone named in honor of the King, this movie was almost perfect. However... The duel scene at the end of Loudoun was unbelievable for any half-assed student of history. The idea that Edward II would be allowed by his minders to potentially be captured and ransomed is foolish to contemplate. Matter of fact, his minders actually got him away from Bannockburn before he could be captured and ransomed. They even sent him in a different direction when Edward’s first instinct was to head towards Stirling Castle, where he would’ve been taken prisoner when its Captain was forced to surrender it under the terms of the agreement that led the English to Stirling Castle’s relief in the first place.
I haven’t seen the movie but I’ve felt those chills at Theave Castle. It is as though you can understand why you are the way you are. When you experience the history you see the big picture of who you are. That’s when you really know that you are a Douglas. I’m a Douglas in the U.S.
bahahahahahahaha lol when lol I'd go he's an utter fucking legend is douggie bless him! Seriously at some points he didn't half make me laugh my head off lol.
Was actually James who took Robert de Brus's heart out of his chest and put it into a form of silver casket much later in 1329, when he took it into battle and that's where the term Braveheart actually comes from, literally fuck all to do with Wallace lol.
Is him (James Douglas) actually when he took quite essentially the heart of Roberts out of his chest and placed it into a silver casket to be worn around his neck when taking it into battle later, in which the term Braveheart comes from actually :)
Actually a comment going from this video I posted (in this video here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ugCWUN1YhBQ.html): "Also going back to 1603 it was James VI who was the Patron of the Acting Company Shakespeare used to run, and all his cats were men since no women certainly were allowed to act, not sure about more generally work though. " and then this as well "James being the monarch in Scotland born of Mary Queen of Scots, going further back to then Marjorie Stewart (née Bruce) was Robert de Brus's (I'm a descendent of the Bruce's) daughter, who's son was Robert II who was a Stewart, nephew of David II who was Robert I's issue, though he died without issue, meaning it went to the Stewarts, who James VI and I were effectively. Now it's though the House of Hanover (Saxe.... etc is the pre-name as such to Windsor) if you go way back on the opposite line as such, its really interesting! " Always loved the Stewarts derrives from the name Steward actually (can be called Stuart too I suppose more colloquially. But yeah Robert II who who'd become that, was Marjories son from the person playing Marjorie Bruce in this film!
I love at 2:45 when Douglas jumps to punch Clifford, you can hear a wee flute and it’s perfect timing 😂 I absolutely LOVED this film especially in regards to the Good Sir James. To the English his name was 'The Black Douglas' and it’s an early example of psychological medieval warfare. The English believed that he was a demon and this evil was the cause of the Scottish success.....nah pal, the Scots were just fearless and prepared to die for their nations freedom 💙🏴💙
the scariest thing about this character is that he's played by an Englishman. This means one of two things: 1). The spirit of black douglas ignited the soul of this Englishman and turned him into a scottish maniac. 2) (more likely) the English are a lot crazier than they've led us to believe 🤣
I was so proud watching this movie. To see the history of a long lost family member of mine. It made me proud to be a Douglas. Long live the black Douglas!!!
I know it sounds crazy but this knight actually existed and he was as it is showed in the film, very aggressive in battle and shouted "Douglas!" during his attacks. Hard to believe, hugh?
The scottish were fearsome fighters, even the vikings avoided fighting them unless they had to. The English thought of them as just brutes and mad men.
Oh you aint been to see (sadly can't anymore as they split sadly ugh but after 45 years they had a fucking great run) Runrig haha! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wXF08126sEQ.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lztiCxIxpdA.html (Clash of the Ash) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N97lAGvbb5c.html (Cnoc na Feille Midnight at the Market Stance and Siol Ghoraidh or the Genealogy of Ghoraidh, the same language that Pláid means quite essentially just the Gáidhlig Scots Gaelic word for cloth fuck all to do with any pattern on it and is pronounced played not plad drives me nuts). Calum and Rory for a large part of their songs if not the vast majority of them were written by them, are of Clan Donald Domhnaill of Scalpay on Uist. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nCo9CaCk_XM.html Siol Ghoraidh again but with some others before. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5B-e63l3pDU.html Sabhal Aig Neill (Neil's Barn I think that means). In Inverness outdoor haha a few months before their 40th ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6jxtstQ8FC0.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dHev0AM1aTg.html (The Things That Are, reminds me of going around Skye for the first time north of Islay), then the non-produced one ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wbq4G6ZfgrA.html with the intro video as well. I may be from Yorkshire and fucking love living here, but descendant firmly of the Bruce's and I fucking love it, wouldn't have it any other way quite literally! Nearly threw my shoe at Edward Prince of Wales when watching that to be quite honest it disgusted me what he did, ugh don't want to repeat what was going through my head at the time.
Quite easily runrig have been the biggest contributors by far to Scots Gaelic (Gáidhlig) culture in the last probably 50-60 years easily, look at what they do no different in a different context of course to Somerled who died at the Battle of Renfrew in 1164, Aonghus Óg's (who was in this) ancestor the father of Clan Donald (Mac Donald or rather Domhnaill). Somerled reviving everything to do with Gáidhlig over the course of however long, against least a few 100 years of Viking suppression in the Hebrides, his sons went onto found the clans certainly Donald and Dougall I do know that!
@@robnasty91 when you hear about the Hornblower was called the Wakeman, from 886 until about 1800s when there was ever a police force the Wakeman had approximately 12 constables of which from when they patrolled would reimburse if anyone had anything stolen from sounding the horn at 9pm (as it's done ever night since and still happens now as a ceremony) until about 4.30am would have compensated the victim. Was responsible for the paying of the Black Douglas to not burn Ripon now in North Yorkshire down lol Impressive we still do that the sounding of the horn called setting the watch
When James VI in Scotland became James I in England in 1603 put an end to the Tudor era he gave Ripon one of several visits over the years, he ordered Ripon create a city council and get a mayor elected to head it.
The Black Douglas was arguably my favorite character in this film. Very raw fighting style. I don't know if the writers were fans of Ali, but it reminds me of the famous Ali v Tyrell fight. "What's my name"
@@angelofiron4366 The English executed his father for supporting Sir William Wallace.In same way Wallace died, I'd say he loved killing English. That'swhat drove him to be an exceptional commander or hit & run North England's city's and Towns.
No you aren't. His direct descendants died out in the male line. You probably come from his younger brother Archibald or the younger black line stemming from Andrew of hermistion. Only way to prove it is through y dna at the surname project on ftdna
How bout have tons of Scots DNA, like King Robert the Bruce, the Douglas's, Stewart's, Fraser's and more. Does that qualify? I may be a woman, "lass" but all of this came down down through the Irwin's, Irvine's, Erwin's through the Laird of Drummond Castle. My great grandmother was a Irvine, and my line goes back to the 9th century, so far, on just this line. SO DO I QUALIFY? I love my Heritage and Ancestors.
@@tc247 You are American aren't you? I can just tell, the reason i can just tell is because only Americans seem to be able to trace their lineage back to the 9th century were as actual Scots born and bred in Scotland cannot even trace their lineage back to prior the registrations and birth offices that are only a few hundred years old. I ask you how can you prove your lineage back to the 9th century? Who ever told you that is either wrong or lying to you (probably someone who was extorting money out of you by telling you something you wanted to hear at a price).
The black Douglas . Good example to follow. When they try to take your name and land and nation! You right for what is yours and if you win, if you win then you are really free! A man respected by friends and feared by enemies that is a free man!
The Douglas Clan, along with their close relatives the Murray and Sutherland clans, were all descendants from Freskin, a Flemish knight invited into Scotland by King David 1 in the 12th century.
Either from freskin or the progenitor of clan Douglas was his brother or paternal cousin- either way same stock. And only one group of Douglases match with the Sutherlands who're proven descent of freskin. The lord's of duffus and forse match the earls of Morton. So there's alot of fake Douglases and Murray's and Sutherlands out there.
Having the surname Douglas knowing my scottish routes and my family history watching this made me proud of it and especially proud to call the good sir James my ancestor
Jamie Douglas has always been my all time hero. His loyalty to King Robert Bruce belies the stories of The Bruce’s betrayals of the Scottish people between 1296 and 1306 Go pay your respects to this hero at his grave in St Brides Kirk in Douglas Lanarkshire
This movie is such a OG Classic in the category of medieval stories. Go watch The Last Duel, Outlaw king and The King all in a row like a Trilogy, shit's is real cinema.
I'm part Douglas. My mother's middle name is Douglas, and so is my brother's. Mine's just a humble Robert :-). I loved it. However, my mother did email me after watching to say that she was concerned that she was the descendent of a madman. I told her she should be proud of what he did.
I agree that they didn't make the Good Sir James anything like Barbour's description of him (even his famous lisp isn't there) and the actor looked a tad too old to be between 18 and 20 years old. He was considered the epitome of a knight so yes, he was violent (you should see my brother Douglas' face when he plays rugby!) but not crazy I think. Anyway, our ancestor was a great man and it's good to see him mentioned at last. Jamais Arrière!
@@annettea4334, I too am a Descendant of King Robert the Brus, (English spelling Bruce) he being my 21st great grandfather. He was of French Norman descendant. I am a descendant of the Brus and his first wife Isabella of Mar, and their daughter Marjory, and her son James or John Stewart later changed to King Robert the II of Scotland. Robert and Isabella were my 20 x great grandparents and then when he married Elizabeth de Burgh, they are my 21 x great grandparents through one of their children. I had my Ancestry checked and re-checked 3x because I didn't believe it. I am 61 and my beloved father died pretty young, (2 wks after his 48th bd) HE LOVED mid evil history and before and he named me, the only daughter after Queen Victoria, but I am not any relation that I know of. When we were young he used to tell my brothers and I all the stories of "the BRUS." He even named my one brother Bruce after him. (My mom got to name the last son, what she wanted, ;) ) but my father told us So many stories, that now my youngest brother and I wish we had paid more attention. He told of us William the Conqueror and the warrior Constantine. I am also a Descendant of them both, also. I am now back to the 10th and 9th centuries and decided to take 1 yr off. In 2019 I start again. I am related to So many Scots and that is what I am SO PROUD of. The Bruce's (Brus), and the Stewart's, Douglas', Fraser's and the De La Hay's, all Warriors, and Loyal Knights of the Bruce. I am not sure how many were Knights Templar, but I do know there are many in our family. What my father didn't know what it was my mother's people who were related to them through my paternal grandmother. I am 61 now and still doing my ancestry research, making a book or should say BOOKS for my kids so they can pass them down. I have done many yrs research and have had it done. IT is so fun to find the stories and to see who you were related to. I am VERY PROUD of my Ancestors. And by the way, my mother's people are from the south in the U.S. They say if we share one blood cell or DNA we are "cousin's, PERIOD!" and there is never any "removal." I conquer. Blessings to you, Craig Murray and all of us who are direct or indirect Descendants. The one thing I wish the people who reconstructed King Robert's skull a few yrs back, (they bored a small part of bone out of his the base of his skull I believe but misplaced it) but they could have done so much DNA Testing on it, that so many of us, could prove without one doubt that we are related. I wish they would do it again but I believe his skull was re-interred with his body. Scotland and Normandy are the first on my bucket list to get over to see, (hopefully before my life is up) and hopefully in the next 2 yrs. My husband is SO SICK of hearing it, he will be happy to take me, so I will be quiet! lol Blessings, and Happy Holidays, Victoria.
Sir James Douglas was killed in a surprise attack, but before the confronting his attackers he is said to have thrown the heart urn ahead of him and shouted, “Lead on brave heart, I'll follow thee.” Robert the Bruce's heart was carried along with Douglas' remains back to Scotland.
According to eye witnesses he (knowing he was gonna die) ran straight into enemy lines and was surrounded and it took a dozen men to surround and kill him. He just wouldn’t die.
2:50 Imagine if this had been a death event in battle event in CK2 "X name aproaches me and proceeds to disarm me with a single slash,suddendly he asks me to tell his name" [you: X name] *You will die*
Is him (James Douglas) actually when he took quite essentially the heart of Roberts out of his chest and placed it into a silver casket to be worn around his neck when taking it into battle later, in which the term Braveheart comes from actually :)
Netflix is cool and all but this film SHOULD have been on the big screen in theatres. Would have been well worth the experience. There are few if ANY other netflix films I can confidently say the same about.
I'm nit picking here but I'm just pointing out that combatant was most likely a McDougall Galloglass (a Norse-Gael warrior who often fought with long axes).
