Dukes of Douglas

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Scottish castle Scottish clan Scottish legal case Scottish noble title Scottish nobleman coat of arms hereditary peerage title

The Dukes of Douglas were a prominent Scottish noble title held by a leading branch of the powerful Clan Douglas, influential in Scotland’s political and social history.

Aliases (5)

Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas ×5
Clan Douglas ×2
Douglas Castle ×2
Douglas Cause ×2
Douglas arms ×2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish castle → Scottish clan → Scottish legal case → Scottish noble title → Scottish nobleman → coat of arms → hereditary peerage title →
associatedClan	Clan Douglas →
associatedRegion	South Lanarkshire →
associatedWith	Scottish aristocracy →
blazon	Argent, a man’s heart gules ensigned with an imperial crown or, on a chief azure three mullets of the first →
country	Kingdom of Scotland →
createdBy	Queen Anne →
creationDate	1703 →
extinctionDate	1761 →
extinctionStatus	extinct →
firstHolder	Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas →
genderRestriction	male-preference primogeniture →
hasTitleHolder	Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas →
heldTitle	Duke of Douglas → Earl of Angus → Marquess of Douglas →
heraldicSymbol	Douglas arms →
historicalSignificance	influential in Scottish political history → influential in Scottish social history →
involvedIn	Douglas Cause →
jurisdiction	Parliament of Scotland →
languageOfTitle	English → Scots →
lastHolder	Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas →
locatedIn	Douglas, South Lanarkshire →
memberOf	Clan Douglas →
namedAfter	Douglas family → Douglas, South Lanarkshire →
nobleFamily	Clan Douglas →
partOf	Peerage of Scotland →
peerageRank	Duke →
precedence	among highest ranks in Scottish peerage →
reasonForExtinction	death without legitimate male heir →
region	Lowlands of Scotland →
relatedTitle	Duke of Hamilton → Earl of Douglas → Earl of Morton →
seat	Douglas Castle →
subject	succession to Douglas estates →
subsidiaryTitle	Earl of Angus → Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest → Marquess of Douglas →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Clan Douglas →	notableBranch