William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas

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Scottish nobleman head of the Douglas family member of the Scottish aristocracy peer of Scotland

William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.

Aliases (3)

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish nobleman → head of the Douglas family → member of the Scottish aristocracy → peer of Scotland →
aristocraticHouse	House of Douglas →
aristocraticRank	earl → lord → marquess →
aristocraticStatus	high-ranking Scottish peer →
associatedDynasty	House of Douglas →
centuryOfActivity	17th century →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Scotland →
ethnicGroup	Scottish →
familyName	Douglas →
givenName	William →
governedTerritory	Douglas family estates in Scotland →
hasTitle	Earl of Angus → Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest → Marquess of Douglas →
historicalPeriod	Early Modern Scotland →
honorificTitle	11th Earl of Angus → 1st Marquess of Douglas →
isPartOf	Scottish peerage →
languageOfUse	English → Scots →
nobleFamily	Douglas family →
notableFamilyRole	head of the powerful Douglas family →
notableFor	influence in 17th-century Scottish politics → leadership of the Douglas family → prominence among Scottish nobles in the 17th century →
politicalAlignment	Scottish royalist nobility →
positionHeld	Earl of Angus → Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest → Marquess of Douglas →
powerBase	lands of the Douglas family in Scotland →
regionOfActivity	Scotland →
sexOrGender	male →
socialClass	nobility →
sphereOfInfluence	Scottish aristocracy → Scottish politics →
titleHolderOf	Earldom of Angus → Marquessate of Douglas →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Marquesses of Douglas ("William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus") →	firstHolder
Duke of Hamilton ("Marquess of Douglas") →	hasSubsidiaryTitle
Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas ("Marquess of Douglas") →	heldTitle
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas ("1st Marquess of Douglas") →	honorificTitle
Clan Douglas →	notableMember