Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton

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Earl of Morton Regent of Scotland Scottish nobleman

Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton, was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
8th Earl of Morton	1
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus (as 7th Earl of Morton)	1
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Earl of Morton ⓘ Regent of Scotland ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ
accusedOf	complicity in the murder of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley ⓘ
allegiance	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
associatedWith	Privy Council of Scotland ⓘ
birthYear	c. 1510 ⓘ
causeOfDeath	execution ⓘ
century	16th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathDate	2 June 1581 ⓘ
deathPlace	Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh, Scotland
executedBy	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
executionDevice	Scottish Maiden ⓘ
familyName	Douglas ⓘ
father	George Douglas, Master of Angus ⓘ
givenName	Archibald ⓘ
heldTitle	Commendator of Aberdour ⓘ
involvedIn	abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
language	Scots ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	beheading ⓘ
monarchServed	James VI and I ⓘ surface form: James VI of Scotland
mother	Elizabeth Douglas, Countess of Morton ⓘ
nobleFamily	Clan Douglas ⓘ surface form: House of Douglas
nobleTitle	Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 8th Earl of Morton
notableFor	administrative and financial reforms in Scotland ⓘ dominant role in Scottish politics during the minority of James VI ⓘ strong support of the Scottish Reformation ⓘ
opposed	Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
participatedIn	Scottish Reformation ⓘ
placeOfBurial	St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh
politicalFaction	Protestant nobility of Scotland ⓘ
positionHeld	Lord High Treasurer of Scotland ⓘ Regent of Scotland ⓘ
precededBy	James Stewart, Earl of Moray ⓘ John Erskine, Earl of Mar ⓘ Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox ⓘ
regencyEnd	1578 ⓘ
regencyFor	James VI and I ⓘ surface form: James VI of Scotland
regencyStart	1572 ⓘ
region	Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
religion	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
spouse	Elizabeth Douglas, Countess of Morton ⓘ
succeededBy	Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox ⓘ
supported	James VI and I ⓘ surface form: James VI of Scotland Lords of the Congregation ⓘ surface form: Protestant Lords of the Congregation
titleCreatedFrom	Earldom of Morton ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Earls of Morton → titleHolder → Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton ⓘ

subject surface form: Earl of Morton

William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton → successorAsEarlOfMorton → Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus (as 7th Earl of Morton)

Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton → nobleTitle → Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 8th Earl of Morton