One of the most dramatic moments of fifteenth-century Scottish history. James II invited the Earl of Douglas to Stirling under safe conduct, then stabbed him personally at dinner when Douglas refused to dissolve his bond with the earls of Crawford and Ross. Fighting broke out in Stirling town between Douglas and royal supporters. Parliament subsequently excused the king on grounds of self-defence. The murder set off the final Douglas-Crown war that ended at Arkinholm.
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