Dukes of Queensberry

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Scottish peerage title hereditary noble title

The Dukes of Queensberry were a prominent Scottish noble family and title within the peerage of Scotland, historically influential in politics and landownership and associated with the powerful Douglas clan.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish peerage title ⓘ hereditary noble title ⓘ
associatedEstate	Queensberry House, Edinburgh ⓘ
associatedWith	Douglas family ⓘ Clan Douglas ⓘ surface form: House of Douglas
category	Dukedoms in the Peerage of Scotland ⓘ Scottish noble families ⓘ
coatOfArms	Douglas arms quartered with Queensberry augmentations ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
createdFor	William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry ⓘ surface form: William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Queensberry
creationDate	1684 ⓘ
extinctionStatus	extinct in the male line ⓘ
governingLaw	Scottish peerage law ⓘ
historicalRegion	Dumfriesshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Uplands ⓘ
involvedIn	Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
landownership	estates in Nithsdale ⓘ large estates in Dumfriesshire ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Scots ⓘ
mergedWith	Dukes of Buccleuch ⓘ
monarchAtCreation	Charles II of England ⓘ Charles II of Scotland ⓘ
nobleFamily	Clan Douglas ⓘ surface form: Douglas clan
notableMember	Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
notableSeat	Drumlanrig Castle ⓘ
partOf	Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
politicalAlignment	pro-Union (early 18th century) ⓘ
politicalInfluence	Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ Scottish Parliament ⓘ
politicalRole	Lord High Treasurer ⓘ surface form: Lord High Treasurer of Scotland Secretary of State of Scotland ⓘ
precededBy	Marquess of Queensberry ⓘ
rank	ducal title ⓘ
religion	Presbyterianism ⓘ
socialClass	Scottish aristocracy ⓘ
territorialDesignation	Queensberry estates ⓘ surface form: Queensberry
titleHolder	Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry ⓘ William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry ⓘ William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
titleType	hereditary peerage ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Clan Douglas → notableBranch → Dukes of Queensberry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry