William Douglas, 1st Earl of March

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Earl Scottish nobleman peer of Scotland

William Douglas, 1st Earl of March, was a prominent Scottish nobleman of the powerful Douglas family who played a significant role in the turbulent politics of late medieval Scotland.

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Label	Occurrences
William Douglas, 1st Earl of March canonical	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Earl ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ peer of Scotland ⓘ
activity	feudal lordship ⓘ military leadership ⓘ political leadership ⓘ
aristocraticFamily	Douglas family NERFINISHED ⓘ
aristocraticTitle	Earl ⓘ
associatedWith	Anglo-Scottish border conflicts ⓘ Scottish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
era	Late Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicity	Scottish ⓘ
feudalSystem	Scottish feudalism ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
governed	lands in the Scottish Borders ⓘ
governedFrom	Dunbar (traditional seat of the Earls of March) NERFINISHED ⓘ
heldJurisdictionOver	tenants and vassals in his March lordship ⓘ
historicalContext	turbulent politics of medieval Scotland ⓘ
language	Scots ⓘ
memberOf	Douglas family NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryFunction	defence of the Scottish Borders ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleRank	earl ⓘ
nobleStatus	hereditary peer ⓘ
notableFor	involvement in Anglo-Scottish border affairs ⓘ role in late medieval Scottish politics ⓘ
partOf	Scottish nobility ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Scottish monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalRole	regional power-broker ⓘ royal vassal ⓘ
positionHeld	Scottish magnate ⓘ border lord ⓘ
powerBase	eastern Scottish Borders ⓘ
region	Lowlands of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
socialClass	high nobility ⓘ
title	Earl of March NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord of Dunbar NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfNoble	border earl ⓘ

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William Douglas, 2nd Earl of March → father → William Douglas, 1st Earl of March ⓘ