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The Black Dinner and the Fall of the Black Douglases
In 1440, the young Earl of Douglas and his brother were invited to dine with the ten-year-old King James II at Edinburgh Castle. What began as a feast ended in a mock beheading on Castle Hill — a political assassination that shattered the powerful Black Douglas family and reshaped Scotland's monarchy. This episode follows the rise of the Douglases from border warlords to near-royal power, the brutal dinner that became a legend, and how the Douglases rose again only to be crushed by James II with his own hands at the siege of Threave Castle. Along the way, we explore the code of…
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