Earldom of Angus

E514031

Scottish earldom hereditary title

The Earldom of Angus was a powerful medieval Scottish noble title long associated with the influential Douglas family and a key force in Scottish politics.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Earldom of Angus canonical	2
Angus earldom	1
earldom of Angus	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish earldom ⓘ hereditary title ⓘ
alliedWith	English Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Black Douglases NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Douglases NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArmsBearer	Douglas family arms with differences for Angus branch ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
createdBy	Robert II of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdFor	George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ
creationDate	1389 ⓘ
extinctionStatus	became dormant with death of Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas ⓘ
feudalRank	earl ⓘ
governingSystem	feudalism ⓘ
heldBy	Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton NERFINISHED ⓘ William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hereditaryTo	heirs male of the body ⓘ
inConflictWith	House of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ Scots ⓘ
laterReligion	Presbyterianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedTitle	Lordship of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquessate of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Angus ⓘ
mergedWith	Dukedom of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquessate of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleFamily	Douglas family NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBattleInvolvement	Battle of Flodden NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Pinkie Cleugh NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Sauchieburn NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	dominance during minority of James V of Scotland ⓘ
notableHolder	Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Peerage of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalRole	influential in minority governments of Scottish kings ⓘ major force in late medieval Scottish politics ⓘ
predecessorTitle	Mormaer of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	eastern Scotland ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
seat	Bothwell Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Tantallon Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorTitle	Dukedom of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Red Douglas branch → governedTerritory → Earldom of Angus ⓘ

Earl of Angus → hasFeudalConnection → Earldom of Angus ⓘ

Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus → associatedWith → Earldom of Angus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Angus earldom

William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus → governedTerritory → Earldom of Angus ⓘ

this entity surface form: earldom of Angus