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GEORGE DUNBAR (d. 1420)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 687 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GEORGE See also:DUNBAR (d. 1420) , loth See also:earl of Dunbar and 3rd earl of See also:March, See also:great-See also:nephew of the 8th earl and See also:warden of the See also:marches, accompanied See also:Douglas in his foray into See also:England in 1388, and commanded the Scots after Otterburn. He after-wards quarrelled with the Douglases, because his daughter was passed over in favour of a daughter of See also:Archibald, " the Grim Earl of Douglas," as wife for See also:David, See also:duke of See also:Rothesay, son of See also:Robert III. When Douglas seized March's lands the latter fled to England, where he was welcomed by See also:Henry IV., to whom he was related. He fought on the See also:English See also:side at Homildon See also:Hill; and, having revealed to Henry the defection of the Percies, who were in See also:league with Douglas and See also:Owen See also:Glendower, he fought against those See also:allies at the See also:battle of See also:Shrewsbury (See also:July 23, 1403). Becoming reconciled with Douglas, he returned to See also:Scotland in 1409, and was restored to his earldom by the See also:regent See also:Albany. He died in 1420.

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