Clan Douglas

E7104
Scottish clan

Clan Douglas is a powerful and historically influential Scottish clan that played a major role in medieval and early modern Scottish politics, warfare, and nobility.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
House of Douglas 12
Black Douglas family 3
Black Douglas branch of Clan Douglas 1

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish clan ⓘ
allegiance Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
associatedWithTerritory Angus ⓘ
Douglasdale ⓘ
Ettrick Forest ⓘ
Galloway ⓘ
Liddesdale ⓘ
clanBadge sprig of broom ⓘ
clanChiefFamily Marquesses of Douglas ⓘ
surface form: Douglas-Hamilton family
clanChiefTitle Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
surface form: Duke of Hamilton and Brandon
clanTartan Douglas tartan ⓘ
coatOfArms argent, a man’s heart gules ensigned with an imperial crown or, on a chief azure three mullets argent ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scots ⓘ
hasClanSeat Bothwell Castle ⓘ
Douglas Castle ⓘ
Drumlanrig Castle ⓘ
Hermitage Castle ⓘ
Tantallon Castle ⓘ
Threave Castle ⓘ
historicalRole leading military family in Scotland ⓘ
major force in early modern Scottish politics ⓘ
major force in medieval Scottish politics ⓘ
powerful magnate family ⓘ
involvedInConflict Anglo-Scottish border wars ⓘ
Battle of Arkinholm ⓘ
Battle of Bannockburn ⓘ
Battle of Otterburn ⓘ
First War of Scottish Independence ⓘ
surface form: Wars of Scottish Independence
involvedInEvent Black Dinner ⓘ
forfeiture of the Black Douglases in the 15th century ⓘ
language Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
motto Jamais arrière ⓘ
mottoLanguage French ⓘ
mottoTranslation Never behind ⓘ
notableBranch Black Douglases ⓘ
Dukes of Queensberry ⓘ
surface form: Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry

Dukes of Douglas ⓘ
Dukes of Queensberry ⓘ
Earls of Angus ⓘ
Earl of Douglas ⓘ
surface form: Earls of Douglas

Earls of Morton ⓘ
Earls of Queensberry ⓘ
Clan Douglas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: House of Douglas

Marquesses of Douglas ⓘ
Red Douglases ⓘ
notableFor border warfare and raiding ⓘ
extensive landholdings in southern Scotland ⓘ
influence in Scottish Parliament ⓘ
powerful feudal lordship ⓘ
notableMember Earl of Douglas ⓘ
surface form: Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas

Earl of Douglas ⓘ
surface form: Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas

Earl of Douglas ⓘ
surface form: Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus

James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas ⓘ
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton ⓘ
Earl of Douglas ⓘ
surface form: James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas

Sir James Douglas ⓘ
Earl of Douglas ⓘ
surface form: William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas

William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas ⓘ
William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
originPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
politicalAlignment often opposed to the Stewart monarchy ⓘ
politicalInfluencePeak 14th century ⓘ
15th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
region Dumfriesshire ⓘ
Lanarkshire ⓘ
Lowlands ⓘ
religionHistorically Presbyterianism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

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

this entity surface form: House of Douglas
Dukes of Douglas → associatedClan → Clan Douglas ⓘ
Earls of Morton → associatedDynasty → Clan Douglas ⓘ
subject surface form: Earl of Morton
this entity surface form: House of Douglas
this entity surface form: House of Douglas
Douglas Castle → associatedWith → Clan Douglas ⓘ
Douglas tartan → associatedWith → Clan Douglas ⓘ
Dukes of Queensberry → associatedWith → Clan Douglas ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Douglas
Earls of Angus → associatedWith → Clan Douglas ⓘ
Ettrick Forest → associatedWith → Clan Douglas ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Douglas (through marriage)
James II of Scotland → conflict → Clan Douglas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Douglas family
Threave Castle → constructedFor → Clan Douglas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Douglas family
Earls of Angus → dynasticHouse → Clan Douglas ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Douglas
Earls of Queensberry → governingHouse → Clan Douglas ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Douglas
Scottish clans → hasPart → Clan Douglas ⓘ
Douglasdale → heartlandOf → Clan Douglas ⓘ
this entity surface form: medieval Clan Douglas
Galloway → historicallyAssociatedWith → Clan Douglas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Douglas branch of Clan Douglas
Liddesdale → historicallyControlledBy → Clan Douglas ⓘ
MacDouglas → isRelatedTo → Clan Douglas ⓘ
Dukes of Douglas → memberOf → Clan Douglas ⓘ
subject surface form: Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas
this entity surface form: House of Douglas
this entity surface form: House of Douglas
this entity surface form: House of Douglas
Douglas Castle → namedAfter → Clan Douglas ⓘ
Douglas tartan → namedAfter → Clan Douglas ⓘ
Dukes of Douglas → nobleFamily → Clan Douglas ⓘ
Dukes of Queensberry → nobleFamily → Clan Douglas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Douglas clan
Earl of Douglas → nobleFamily → Clan Douglas ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Douglas
this entity surface form: House of Douglas
Sir James Douglas → nobleFamily → Clan Douglas ⓘ
Clan Douglas → notableBranch → Clan Douglas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Douglas
Battle of Arkinholm → opponent → Clan Douglas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Douglas family
Red Douglases → partOf → Clan Douglas ⓘ
Douglasdale → traditionalTerritoryOf → Clan Douglas ⓘ
Douglas Castle → usedBy → Clan Douglas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clan Douglas chiefs