William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas

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Earl Scottish nobleman medieval Scottish magnate

William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose influence and conflicts with the crown played a major role in late medieval Scottish politics.

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Label Occurrences
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas canonical 9

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Earl ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ
medieval Scottish magnate ⓘ
allegiance Clan Douglas ⓘ
surface form: House of Douglas
associatedPlace Annandale ⓘ
Galloway ⓘ
Touraine ⓘ
Wigtown ⓘ
associatedWith Douglas–crown power struggle in Scotland ⓘ
birthDate c. 1424 ⓘ
causeOfDeath beheading ⓘ
execution ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathDate 24 November 1440 ⓘ
deathPlace Edinburgh ⓘ
Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
era Late Middle Ages ⓘ
familyName Douglas ⓘ
father Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
heldTitleFrom 1439 ⓘ
heldTitleUntil 1440 ⓘ
languageSpoken Scots ⓘ
monarchDuringReign James II of Scotland ⓘ
mother Euphemia Graham ⓘ
nobleFamily Clan Douglas ⓘ
surface form: House of Douglas
nobleTitle Duke of Touraine ⓘ
surface form: 1st Duke of Touraine

Earl of Wigtown ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Earl of Wigtown

6th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
notableEvent Black Dinner ⓘ
notableFor conflicts with the Scottish crown ⓘ
powerful magnate in 15th-century Scotland ⓘ
placeOfBurial Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
positionHeld Duke of Touraine ⓘ
Earl of Douglas ⓘ
Earl of Wigtown ⓘ
Lord of Annandale ⓘ
Lord of Galloway ⓘ
predecessor Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Douglas lands in southern Scotland ⓘ
sibling David Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale ⓘ
Margaret Douglas, Fair Maid of Galloway ⓘ
successor William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
titleInheritedFrom Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
wasVictimOf Black Dinner ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Earl of Douglas → notableHolder → William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
Black Douglases → hasMember → William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
Black Dinner → hasVictim → William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
Black Douglas branch → notableMember → William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas → sibling → William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas → predecessor → William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
Lord of Galloway → hasTitleHolder → William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
Earls of Douglas → hasMember → William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas → successor → William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas ⓘ