James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas

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Earl Scottish nobleman magnate member of the Scottish nobility

James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate whose conflict with King James II led to his murder and the downfall of the Black Douglas family.

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Label Occurrences
James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas canonical 5
7th Earl of Douglas 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Earl ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ
magnate ⓘ
member of the Scottish nobility ⓘ
allegiance Clan Douglas ⓘ
surface form: House of Douglas
associatedWith Black Dinner ⓘ
downfall of the Black Douglases under James II ⓘ
causeOfDeath murder ⓘ
conflictWith James II of Scotland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1371 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 22 February 1440 ⓘ
era 15th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scots ⓘ
familyName Douglas ⓘ
father Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
heldTerritory Avondale ⓘ
Douglas lands in southern Scotland ⓘ
historicalRegion Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
historicalSignificance central figure in late medieval Scottish noble politics ⓘ
killedBy James II of Scotland ⓘ
languageSpoken Scots ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed ⓘ
memberOf Clan Douglas ⓘ
surface form: Black Douglas family
mother Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus ⓘ
nobleFamily Douglas family ⓘ
nobleTitle James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 7th Earl of Douglas

Earl of Avondale ⓘ
notableEvent arrest and execution at Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
notableFor conflict with King James II of Scotland ⓘ
downfall of the Black Douglas family ⓘ
placeOfBirth Scotland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
politicalRole leader of a powerful magnate family in Scotland ⓘ
positionHeld Earl of Douglas ⓘ
Scottish magnate ⓘ
powerBase southern and southwestern Scotland ⓘ
predecessor William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Douglas estates in Scotland ⓘ
sibling William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
successor William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
titleCreation Earl of Avondale created for him by the crown ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Earl of Douglas → notableHolder → James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
Black Douglases → hasMember → James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas → nobleTitle → James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 7th Earl of Douglas
James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas → father → James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
Earls of Douglas → hasMember → James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde → father → James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas ⓘ