Archibald the Grim

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Earl of Douglas Lord of Galloway Scottish noble medieval noble

Archibald the Grim was a powerful 14th-century Scottish noble and Lord of Galloway, noted for his military prowess and prominent role in the Douglas family’s rise.

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Label Occurrences
Archibald the Grim canonical 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Earl of Douglas ⓘ
Lord of Galloway ⓘ
Scottish noble ⓘ
medieval noble ⓘ
allegiance House of Stuart ⓘ
surface form: House of Stewart
built Threave Castle ⓘ
centuryOfBirth 14th century ⓘ
child Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
Elizabeth Douglas ⓘ
James Douglas of Balveny ⓘ
William Douglas of Nithsdale ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1328 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1400 ⓘ
era Late Middle Ages ⓘ
familyName Douglas ⓘ
father Sir James Douglas of Lothian (probable) ⓘ
givenName Archibald ⓘ
heldTerritory Annandale ⓘ
Bothwell ⓘ
Ettrick Forest ⓘ
Galloway ⓘ
memberOf Douglas family ⓘ
militaryRank Scottish military commander ⓘ
mother unknown ⓘ
nickname the Grim ⓘ
nobleTitle Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas ⓘ
surface form: 3rd Earl of Douglas

Lord of Galloway ⓘ
notableFor expansion of Douglas power in southwest Scotland ⓘ
military prowess ⓘ
role in the rise of the Black Douglas line ⓘ
service in the Hundred Years' War ⓘ
participatedIn Hundred Years' War ⓘ
Scottish campaigns against England ⓘ
placeOfBurial Bothwell Parish Church ⓘ
surface form: Bothwell Church
placeOfDeath Threave Castle ⓘ
positionHeld Justiciar of Galloway ⓘ
Lord of Bothwell ⓘ
Lord of Galloway ⓘ
Warden of the West March ⓘ
reasonForNickname grim appearance ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Bothwell Castle ⓘ
Threave Castle ⓘ
spouse Joanna de Moravia ⓘ
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus ⓘ
surface form: Margaret Stewart of Angus
stepFatherOf Walter of Moray ⓘ
surface form: Thomas de Moravia of Bothwell
supportedMonarch Robert II of Scotland ⓘ
Robert III of Scotland ⓘ

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

Threave Castle → builder → Archibald the Grim ⓘ
Threave Castle → constructedFor → Archibald the Grim ⓘ
Archibald the Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas → knownAs → Archibald the Grim ⓘ