The Douglas family assumes a pivotal role…
October 1513 CE
The Douglas family assumes a pivotal role in Scotland’s public affairs during the minority of James V. Three weeks after the Battle of Flodden, Gavin Douglas, still Provost of St Giles, had been admitted a burgess of Edinburgh.
His father, the "Great Earl," is the civil provost of the capital.
The Scottish nation is beginning its painful recovery, and Angus has won appointment as one of the councilors of Margaret Tudor the queen regent; but he dies soon afterwards at the end of October 1513 in Wigtownshire, where he had gone as justiciar.
His two eldest sons having perished on Flodden Field, the succession falls to Gavin's nephew, Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus.
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