Douglas family

E102763

Scottish noble family medieval Scottish dynasty

The Douglas family was a powerful and influential Scottish noble house that dominated much of medieval and early modern Scotland’s political and military life.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Douglas family canonical	109
Douglas-Home family	3
Ogilvy family	3
Douglas dynasty	2
Black Douglas branch of the Douglas family	1
Douglas descendants	1
Douglas family forces	1
Douglas family of Queensberry	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish noble family ⓘ medieval Scottish dynasty ⓘ
allegiance	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
conflictWith	Scottish crown ⓘ surface form: Scottish Crown House of Stuart ⓘ surface form: Stewart monarchy
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Scots ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ early modern period ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic (early period) ⓘ
laterReligion	Presbyterianism (some branches) ⓘ
militaryCampaign	First War of Scottish Independence ⓘ surface form: Wars of Scottish Independence
militaryRole	major military power in medieval Scotland ⓘ
notableAlliance	House of Stuart ⓘ surface form: House of Stewart other Scottish noble families through marriage ⓘ
notableBranch	Black Douglases ⓘ Red Douglases ⓘ
notableMember	Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas ⓘ Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus ⓘ Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus ⓘ James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus ⓘ James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas ⓘ James Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry ⓘ James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton ⓘ James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas ⓘ James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas ⓘ surface form: James Douglas, Earl of Douglas James Douglas, Lord of Douglas ⓘ surface form: Sir James Douglas "the Good" William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry ⓘ William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas ⓘ William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas ⓘ
notableTitleHeld	John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch ⓘ surface form: Duke of Buccleuch Duke of Queensberry ⓘ Earl of Angus ⓘ Earl of Douglas ⓘ Earl of Morton ⓘ Earl of Queensberry ⓘ Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale ⓘ surface form: Marquess of Douglas
politicalInfluence	dominated medieval Scottish politics ⓘ
powerBase	Douglasdale ⓘ South Lanarkshire ⓘ
region	Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholicism (historically)
seat	Douglas Castle ⓘ Drumlanrig Castle ⓘ Tantallon Castle ⓘ
supportedMonarch	Robert the Bruce ⓘ

Referenced by (121)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Earl of Douglas → heldBy → Douglas family ⓘ

Earl of Douglas → createdFor → Douglas family ⓘ

Duchess of Queensberry → aristocraticFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

subject surface form: Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry

Bothwell Castle → associatedWith → Douglas family ⓘ

Black Douglases → partOf → Douglas family ⓘ

Douglas tartan → wornBy → Douglas family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Douglas descendants

Tantallon Castle → builtFor → Douglas family ⓘ

Tantallon Castle → associatedWith → Douglas family ⓘ

Douglasdale → notableFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

Hermitage Castle → laterControlledBy → Douglas family ⓘ

Dukes of Douglas → namedAfter → Douglas family ⓘ

Marquesses of Douglas → nobleFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

Marquesses of Douglas → category → Douglas family ⓘ

Earls of Morton → nobleFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

subject surface form: Earl of Morton

Earls of Morton → nobleFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

subject surface form: James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton

Earls of Morton → nobleFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

subject surface form: James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton

Earls of Morton → nobleFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

subject surface form: James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton

Earls of Queensberry → nobleFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

Earls of Queensberry → associatedDynasty → Douglas family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Douglas dynasty

Dukes of Queensberry → associatedWith → Douglas family ⓘ

William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas → nobleFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

Drumlanrig Castle → associatedWithFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

Earls of Angus → associatedWith → Douglas family ⓘ

James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas → titleCreatedForFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

Cameron Douglas → memberOf → Douglas family ⓘ

Dylan Michael Douglas → notableFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

Carys Zeta Douglas → notableFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

Black Douglas branch → partOf → Douglas family ⓘ

Black Douglas branch → namedAfter → Douglas family ⓘ

Red Douglas branch → partOf → Douglas family ⓘ

Douglas rebellion against James II of Scotland → participant → Douglas family ⓘ

Douglas rebellion against James II of Scotland → opponent → Douglas family ⓘ

Douglas arms (argent, a man's heart gules crowned or, on a chief azure three mullets argent) → nobleFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

Douglas House (Harbor Springs, Michigan) → namedAfter → Douglas family ⓘ

James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas → nobleFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

Crichton family → alliedWith → Douglas family ⓘ

Crichton family → inConflictWith → Douglas family ⓘ

Margaret Stewart, Countess of Douglas → memberOfNobleFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

Scott family → alliedFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

Catherine Hyde → nobleFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

Jane Leveson-Gower → notableFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

Aberdour Castle → laterOwnedBy → Douglas family ⓘ

4th Baron Dunglass → associatedWithFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Douglas-Home family

Douglas family burial ground, The Hirsel, Coldstream → onEstateOf → Douglas family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Douglas-Home family

Douglas family burial ground, The Hirsel, Coldstream → associatedWith → Douglas family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Douglas-Home family

Castle Dangerous → associatedWithFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

Douglas coat of arms → usedBy → Douglas family ⓘ

David Douglas → memberOf → Douglas family ⓘ

David Douglas → nobleFamily → Douglas family ⓘ

Douglas → associatedWith → Douglas family ⓘ

subject surface form: Douglas, South Lanarkshire