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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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
House of Douglas	57
Clan Douglas canonical	42
Black Douglas family	12
Black Douglas branch of the Douglas family	2
Douglas clan	2
Black Douglas branch of Clan Douglas	1
Clan Douglas chiefs	1
House of Douglas (through marriage)	1
medieval 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 (119)

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

Douglas (surname) → associatedWithClan → Clan Douglas ⓘ

MacDouglas → isRelatedTo → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Clan Douglas → notableBranch → Clan Douglas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Douglas

Earl of Douglas → nobleFamily → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Douglas

James II of Scotland → conflict → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Douglas family

Scottish clans → hasPart → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Douglas Castle → associatedWith → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Douglas Castle → namedAfter → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Douglas Castle → usedBy → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clan Douglas chiefs

Douglas tartan → associatedWith → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Douglas tartan → namedAfter → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Douglas tartan → historicalAssociation → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: medieval Clan Douglas

Liddesdale → historicallyControlledBy → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Douglasdale → traditionalTerritoryOf → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Douglasdale → heartlandOf → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Threave Castle → constructedFor → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Douglas family

Threave Castle → historicallyAssociatedWith → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Douglas branch of Clan Douglas

Threave Castle → historicallyAssociatedWith → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Galloway → historicallyAssociatedWith → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Dukes of Douglas → nobleFamily → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Dukes of Douglas → memberOf → Clan Douglas ⓘ

subject surface form: Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas

Dukes of Douglas → associatedClan → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Marquesses of Douglas → associatedWithClan → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Earls of Morton → associatedDynasty → Clan Douglas ⓘ

subject surface form: Earl of Morton

this entity surface form: House of Douglas

Earls of Queensberry → governingHouse → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Douglas

James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry → memberOfNobleFamily → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Douglas

Dukes of Queensberry → associatedWith → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Douglas

Dukes of Queensberry → nobleFamily → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Douglas clan

Sir James Douglas → nobleFamily → Clan Douglas ⓘ

James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton → memberOf → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Douglas

William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry → memberOfHouse → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Douglas

William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas → associatedDynasty → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Douglas

William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas → aristocraticHouse → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Douglas

Red Douglases → partOf → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Ettrick Forest → associatedWith → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Battle of Arkinholm → opponent → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Douglas family

Earls of Angus → associatedWith → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Earls of Angus → dynasticHouse → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Douglas

James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas → nobleFamily → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Douglas

Hamilton family (Dukes of Hamilton) → associatedWithDynasty → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Douglas (through marriage)

House of Hamilton → maritalAlliance → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Douglas

Red Douglas branch → partOf → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Douglas rebellion against James II of Scotland → mainBelligerent → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Douglas

Douglas rebellion against James II of Scotland → involves → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Douglas family

Douglas rebellion against James II of Scotland → hasSubject → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Douglas

Douglas arms (argent, a man's heart gules crowned or, on a chief azure three mullets argent) → usedBy → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Douglas

Archibald the Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas → nobleFamily → Clan Douglas ⓘ

Isabella Stewart, Countess of Fife → associatedDynasty → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Douglas

Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas → memberOfNobleFamily → Clan Douglas ⓘ

William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas → nobleFamily → Clan Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Douglas