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In 1440, King James of Scotland was 10 years old, and the power struggles around the throne were deadly.\\xa0 The Douglases weren't, at the moment, as powerful as they had been, but would be stronger any minute, as the 16 year old 6th Earl of Douglas would indeed be getting older.\\xa0 Unless somebody murdered him first!\\xa0 There's an idea!\\xa0 Were the 6th Earl and his little brother invited to Edinburgh, given a mock trial and beheaded?\\xa0 Yes.\\xa0 Yes, they were.\\xa0 Was there a dinner first, at which their upcoming deaths were announced by a black bull's head being slammed on the table?\\xa0 No, and no.\\xa0 Was the child king there, sobbing and begging for their lives?\\xa0 Nope.\\xa0 Did George R.R. Martin know this famous story, and did it influence his Red Wedding?\\xa0 Yes.\\xa0 But that still doesn't make it true.