Black Douglases

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Scottish noble family branch medieval Scottish magnates

The Black Douglases were a powerful and often rebellious late medieval branch of the Scottish Douglas family, prominent in politics, warfare, and conflicts with the Crown.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Black Douglases canonical 9

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish noble family branch ⓘ
medieval Scottish magnates ⓘ
activeFrom 14th century ⓘ
activeUntil 15th century ⓘ
causeOfDownfall rebellion against James II of Scotland ⓘ
coatOfArms Argent, a heart gules imperially crowned or, on a chief azure three mullets of the first ⓘ
conflict Black Dinner ⓘ
surface form: Black Dinner of 1440

Douglas rebellion against James II ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
downfall forfeiture of titles and lands in 1455 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scots ⓘ
foundedBy William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas ⓘ
hasMember Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
Archibald the Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas ⓘ
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas ⓘ
James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas ⓘ
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas ⓘ
heldTitle Duke of Touraine ⓘ
Earl of Douglas ⓘ
Lord of Galloway ⓘ
involvedIn Anglo-Scottish border warfare ⓘ
Hundred Years' War ⓘ
First War of Scottish Independence ⓘ
surface form: Wars of Scottish Independence
language Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
legacy major influence on Scottish border culture ⓘ
symbol of overmighty subjects in Scottish history ⓘ
nobleFamilyType border magnates ⓘ
notableFor conflicts with the Scottish Crown ⓘ
military power ⓘ
political influence in medieval Scotland ⓘ
rebellion against royal authority ⓘ
opposedBy James II of Scotland ⓘ
partOf Douglas family ⓘ
politicalAlignment often opposed to the Scottish Crown ⓘ
powerBase Annandale ⓘ
Douglasdale ⓘ
Ettrick Forest ⓘ
Galloway ⓘ
region Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Scottish Borders ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rival House of Stuart ⓘ
surface form: House of Stewart

Red Douglases ⓘ
timePeriod late Middle Ages ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Clan Douglas → notableBranch → Black Douglases ⓘ
Douglasdale → historicallyControlledBy → Black Douglases ⓘ
Marquesses of Douglas → notableFamilyBranch → Black Douglases ⓘ
Red Douglases → inConflictWith → Black Douglases ⓘ
Black Douglas branch → alsoKnownAs → Black Douglases ⓘ
Douglas family → notableBranch → Black Douglases ⓘ
Lord of Douglas → associatedDynasty → Black Douglases ⓘ
Douglas → hasBranch → Black Douglases ⓘ
George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus → memberOf → Black Douglases ⓘ