Marquess of Huntly

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Scottish noble title Scottish nobleman hereditary peerage title

The Marquess of Huntly is a historic Scottish noble title long associated with the powerful Gordon family and the region of Aberdeenshire.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly 1
Earl of Huntly 2

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish noble title ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ
hereditary peerage title ⓘ
associatedCounty Aberdeenshire ⓘ
associatedTerritory Huntly ⓘ
associatedWith Clan Gordon ⓘ
Gordon family ⓘ
Clan Gordon ⓘ
surface form: House of Gordon
category Clan chief titles ⓘ
Scottish marquessates ⓘ
Titles in the Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
clanChiefOf Clan Gordon ⓘ
surface form: Gordon clan
clanChiefTitleOf Clan Gordon ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
createdBy James VI and I ⓘ
surface form: James VI of Scotland
creationDate 1599 ⓘ
familySurname Gordon ⓘ
hasHeraldicArms Arms of Gordon, Marquess of Huntly ⓘ
heldByFamily Gordon family ⓘ
heldTitle Marquess of Huntly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Earl of Huntly

Marquess of Huntly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
higherTitleOf Marquess of Huntly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Earl of Huntly
historicalInfluence Scottish Highlands politics ⓘ
Scottish Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Reformation conflicts

Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
historicalReligionOfHolders Roman Catholicism ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
motto Animo non astutia ⓘ
nobleRank marquessate ⓘ
notableHolder Marquess of Huntly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly
originalMonarch James VI and I ⓘ
peerage Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
precedenceOver earl ⓘ
rankInPeerage marquess ⓘ
region Aberdeenshire ⓘ
style The Most Honourable ⓘ
subordinateTo duke ⓘ
titleType substantive title ⓘ
traditionalFamilySeat Aboyne Castle ⓘ
traditionalPowerBase north-east Scotland ⓘ
traditionalSeat Huntly Castle ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Peerage of Scotland → hasExampleTitle → Marquess of Huntly ⓘ
Marquess of Huntly → heldTitle → Marquess of Huntly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly
Marquess of Huntly → heldTitle → Marquess of Huntly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly
this entity surface form: Earl of Huntly
Marquess of Huntly → higherTitleOf → Marquess of Huntly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Earl of Huntly
Marquess of Huntly → notableHolder → Marquess of Huntly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly