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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Duke of Douglas 2
2nd Duke of Douglas 1
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas canonical 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Duke of Douglas
notableEvent Douglas Cause ⓘ
ordinalInTitle James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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 (4)

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

Clan Douglas → notableMember → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas ⓘ
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas → nobleTitle → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Douglas
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas → ordinalInTitle → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Duke of Douglas
Earl of Angus → oftenHeldWith → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Douglas