Maxwell family

E290421
Scottish noble family

The Maxwell family is a prominent Scottish noble lineage historically influential in the southwest Lowlands, particularly around Dumfries and Galloway.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Maxwell family canonical 3
Maxwell Stuart family 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish noble family ⓘ
alliedClan Clan Johnstone ⓘ
surface form: Clan Johnstone (periodically, through marriage and treaties)
associatedRegion Galloway ⓘ
associatedRiver River Nith ⓘ
associatedTown Dumfries ⓘ
branchOf Scottish nobility ⓘ
category Scottish clans ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Lowland clans

Scottish noble families ⓘ
clanChiefTitle Lord Maxwell ⓘ
clanName Clan Maxwell ⓘ
coatOfArms Argent, a saltire sable ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
surface form: Scots
feudWith Clan Crichton ⓘ
Clan Douglas ⓘ
Clan Johnstone ⓘ
hasClanSystem yes ⓘ
hereditaryJurisdiction Dumfriesshire ⓘ
surface form: Nithsdale

parts of Galloway ⓘ
historicalInfluence Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ
southwest Scotland ⓘ
surface form: southwest Lowlands of Scotland
historicalRole border lords ⓘ
wardens of the West March ⓘ
language Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic (historically, to a lesser extent) ⓘ
motto Reviresco ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Farnham ⓘ
Baron Herries of Terregles ⓘ
Earl of Morton ⓘ
Earl of Nithsdale ⓘ
Lord Maxwell ⓘ
notableMember Herbert Maxwell, 7th Lord Herries of Terregles ⓘ
John Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell ⓘ
John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell ⓘ
Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Nithsdale ⓘ
William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale ⓘ
notableSeat Caerlaverock Castle ⓘ
Nithsdale estates ⓘ
Terregles House ⓘ
originPlace Maxwell near Kelso, Roxburghshire ⓘ
politicalActivity involved in Anglo-Scottish border feuds ⓘ
involved in the Rough Wooing conflicts ⓘ
supported Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
politicalAlignment Jacobite supporters ⓘ
region Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ
Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

southwest Scotland ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Threave Castle → laterControlledBy → Maxwell family ⓘ
Traquair House → ownedBy → Maxwell family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maxwell Stuart family
Caerlaverock Castle → builtFor → Maxwell family ⓘ
Caerlaverock Castle → ownedBy → Maxwell family ⓘ