Earls of Morton

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Scottish earldom Scottish nobleman

The Earls of Morton are a prominent Scottish noble title historically associated with the powerful Douglas family and influential in the political affairs of medieval and early modern Scotland.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Earls of Morton canonical	4

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish earldom ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ
associatedDynasty	Clan Douglas ⓘ surface form: House of Douglas
associatedWithMonarch	James VI and I ⓘ surface form: James VI of Scotland Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Morton, Nithsdale ⓘ Orkney Islands ⓘ surface form: Orkney
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1581 ⓘ
governingSystemContext	feudal Scotland ⓘ
heldTitle	Earl of Morton ⓘ Earl of Morton ⓘ Earl of Morton ⓘ
hereditary	true ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Early modern period ⓘ Late Middle Ages ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	execution ⓘ
nobleFamily	Douglas family ⓘ Douglas family ⓘ Douglas family ⓘ Douglas family ⓘ
notableConflictInvolvement	Marian civil war ⓘ
notableEvent	involvement in the politics following the abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
notableFor	influence in early modern Scottish politics ⓘ influence in medieval Scottish politics ⓘ
notableOfficeHeldByTitleHolder	Regent of Scotland ⓘ
peerage	Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
politicalAlignment	supporters and opponents of Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
politicalRole	influence in Scottish politics ⓘ
positionHeld	Regent of Scotland ⓘ
rank	earl ⓘ
regencyFor	James VI and I ⓘ surface form: James VI of Scotland
region	Scotland ⓘ
style	Lord Morton ⓘ
titleHolder	Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton ⓘ George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton ⓘ James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton ⓘ James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton ⓘ James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton ⓘ surface form: James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton ⓘ William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton ⓘ
typeOfNobility	peerage title ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Clan Douglas → notableBranch → Earls of Morton ⓘ

Red Douglases → notableBranch → Earls of Morton ⓘ

Aberdour Castle → laterOwnedBy → Earls of Morton ⓘ

Lord Morton → associatedWith → Earls of Morton ⓘ