Lord of Galloway

E276553

Scottish noble title medieval title

The Lord of Galloway was a powerful medieval Scottish noble title associated with the influential Black Douglas family and their control over the Galloway region in southwestern Scotland.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lord of Galloway canonical	14
Lords of Galloway	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish noble title ⓘ medieval title ⓘ
appliesToRegion	Galloway ⓘ southwestern Scotland ⓘ
associatedWithClan	Clan Douglas ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	fall of the Black Douglases ⓘ rise of the Black Douglases ⓘ
associatedWithNobleFamily	Clan Douglas ⓘ surface form: Black Douglas family
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
feudalStatus	held in vassalage from the Scottish Crown ⓘ
governed	lands in Galloway ⓘ vassals in Galloway ⓘ
hasTitleHolder	Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas ⓘ Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas ⓘ William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalStatus	extinct title ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Latin ⓘ Scots ⓘ
linkedTo	Black Douglas lordship ⓘ Earldom of Douglas ⓘ
nobleRank	lord ⓘ
partOf	Peerage of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Scottish peerage
politicalRole	feudal lordship ⓘ regional lordship ⓘ
powerBase	Galloway ⓘ southwest Scotland ⓘ
regionImportance	major lordship in medieval Scotland ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction	territorial lordship ⓘ
underAuthorityOf	King of Scots ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Black Douglases → heldTitle → Lord of Galloway ⓘ

Galloway → historicallyRuledBy → Lord of Galloway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lords of Galloway

John Balliol → nobleTitle → Lord of Galloway ⓘ

Black Douglas branch → titleHeld → Lord of Galloway ⓘ

Archibald the Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas → nobleTitle → Lord of Galloway ⓘ

Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas → holdsTitle → Lord of Galloway ⓘ

William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas → positionHeld → Lord of Galloway ⓘ

James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas → positionHeld → Lord of Galloway ⓘ

James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas → nobleTitle → Lord of Galloway ⓘ

James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas → lostTitle → Lord of Galloway ⓘ

Bruce family → hasTitle → Lord of Galloway ⓘ

Archibald the Grim → nobleTitle → Lord of Galloway ⓘ

Archibald the Grim → positionHeld → Lord of Galloway ⓘ

Douglas → hasTitle → Lord of Galloway ⓘ

Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas → positionHeld → Lord of Galloway ⓘ