James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas

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18th-century Scottish person Duke Scottish nobleman peer

James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer whose death without direct heirs led to the famous Douglas Cause inheritance dispute.

Aliases (2)

2nd Duke of Douglas ×1
Duke of Douglas ×1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century Scottish person → Duke → Scottish nobleman → peer →
aristocraticHouse	Douglas →
aristocraticRank	duke →
associatedBuilding	Douglas Castle →
associatedPlace	Douglas, South Lanarkshire →
birthDate	1646 →
causeOfNotability	death without direct heirs leading to the Douglas Cause →
centuryOfActivity	18th century →
centuryOfBirth	17th century →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain → Scotland →
deathDate	1761 →
deathPlace	Douglas, South Lanarkshire →
deathWithoutIssue	true →
familyName	Douglas →
gender	male →
givenName	James →
heritage	Scottish →
knownFor	being central figure in the Douglas Cause inheritance dispute →
languageOfEnvironment	English → Scots →
legalDisputeAfterDeath	Douglas Cause →
memberOf	Peerage of Scotland →
nobleFamily	Clan Douglas → surface form: "House of Douglas"
nobleTitle	James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas → surface form: "Duke of Douglas"
notableEvent	Douglas Cause →
ordinalInTitle	James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas → surface form: "2nd Duke of Douglas"
positionHeld	Duke in the Peerage of Scotland → Scottish peer →
region	South Lanarkshire →
relative	Archibald Douglas → Duke of Hamilton →
residence	Douglas Castle →
successor	Archibald Douglas (claimant in the Douglas Cause) →
titleCreatedForFamily	Douglas family →

Referenced by (3)

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

James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas → nobleTitle → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas →

this entity surface form: "Duke of Douglas"

Clan Douglas → notableMember → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas →

James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas → ordinalInTitle → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas →

this entity surface form: "2nd Duke of Douglas"