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Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus

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Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus (c. 1449October 1513), was a Scottish nobleman, peer, politician, and magnate. [1]

54 relations: Aesop, Alexander Home, 1st Lord Home, Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany, Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie, Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, Battle of Flodden, Battle of Sauchieburn, Belling the Cat, Bothwell, Clan Home, Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, David Hume of Godscroft, Dumbarton Castle, Earl of Angus, East Lothian, Edward IV of England, Favourite, Gavin Douglas, George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, George Douglas, Master of Angus, George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly, Greysteil, Henry VII of England, Hepburn (surname), Hermitage Castle, James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran, James III of Scotland, James IV of Scotland, James V of Scotland, Janet Kennedy, John Kennedy, 2nd Lord Kennedy, Kingdom of Scotland, Lauder, Liddesdale, List of Lord High Admirals of Scotland, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, Lord Warden of the Marches, Magnate, Margaret Tudor, Pedro de Ayala, Perkin Warbeck, Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd, Robert Cochrane (favourite), Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell, Scottish Marches, Suzerainty, Tantallon Castle, Thirlestane Castle, Treason, Whithorn, ..., Whithorn Priory, William Douglas of Glenbervie, William Fraser (historian), William Hole (artist). Expand index (4 more) »

Aesop

Aesop (Αἴσωπος,; c. 620 – 564 BCE) was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables.

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Alexander Home, 1st Lord Home

Alexander Home, 1st Lord Home (also Hume) (died c.1491) was a Scottish nobleman, Warden of the Eastern March, and a leading figure among the rebels who defeated and killed James III of Scotland at the Battle of Sauchieburn in 1488.

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Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany

Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany (7 August 1485), was the second surviving son of King James II of Scotland and his wife, Mary of Gueldres.

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Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie

Sir Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie (c.1475 – c.1536), also known as Greysteil, was a Scottish nobleman and courtier, who served as Treasurer of Scotland, and Provost of Edinburgh.

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Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus

Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (c. 148922 January 1557) was a Scottish nobleman active during the reigns of James V and Mary, Queen of Scots.

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Battle of Flodden

The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton (Brainston Moor) was a military combat in the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, resulting in an English victory.

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Battle of Sauchieburn

The Battle of Sauchieburn was fought on 11 June 1488, at the side of Sauchie Burn, a stream about two miles south of Stirling, Scotland.

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Belling the Cat

"Belling the Cat" is a fable also known under the titles "The Bell and the Cat" and "The Mice in Council".

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Bothwell

Bothwell is a conservation village in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland.

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Clan Home

Clan Home (pronounced and sometimes spelt Hume) is a Scottish clan.

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Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll

Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll (ca. 1433 – d. 10 May 1493), was a medieval Scottish nobleman, peer, and politician.

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David Hume of Godscroft

David Hume (or Home; 1558–1629) was a Scottish historian and political theorist, poet and controversialist, a major intellectual figure in Jacobean Scotland.

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Dumbarton Castle

Dumbarton Castle (Dùn Breatainn) has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Scotland.

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Earl of Angus

The Mormaer or Earl of Angus was the ruler of the medieval Scottish province of Angus.

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East Lothian

East Lothian (Aest Lowden, Lodainn an Ear), is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area.

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Edward IV of England

Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was the King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death.

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Favourite

A favourite or favorite (American English) was the intimate companion of a ruler or other important person.

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Gavin Douglas

Gavin Douglas (c. 1474 – September 1522) was a Scottish bishop, makar and translator.

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George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus

George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest (c. 1427 – 12 March 1463)Alan R. Borthwick, ‘Douglas, George, fourth earl of Angus (c.1417–1463)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.

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George Douglas, Master of Angus

George Douglas, Master of Angus (1469 – 9 September 1513) was a Scottish Nobleman.

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George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly

George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly (died 8 June 1501) was a Scottish nobleman and Chancellor of Scotland from 1498–1501.

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Greysteil

Greysteil ("Graysteel") was a medieval poem popular in 16th century Scotland, set to music and performed for James IV of Scotland and James V of Scotland.

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Henry VII of England

Henry VII (Harri Tudur; 28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was the King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 to his death on 21 April 1509.

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Hepburn (surname)

Hepburn is a family name of the Anglo-Scottish Border, that is associated with a variety of famous personages, eponyms, places, and things.

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Hermitage Castle

Hermitage Castle is a semi-ruined castle in the border region of Scotland.

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James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran

James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran and 2nd Lord Hamilton (c. 1475–1529) was a Scottish nobleman, naval commander and first cousin of James IV of Scotland.

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James III of Scotland

James III (10 July 1451/May 1452 – 11 June 1488) was King of Scots from 1460 to 1488.

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James IV of Scotland

James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was the King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 to his death.

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James V of Scotland

James V (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) was King of Scotland from 9 September 1513 until his death, which followed the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Solway Moss.

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Janet Kennedy

Janet Kennedy (c. 1480 – c. 1545), was a Scottish noble, the first daughter of John Kennedy, 2nd Lord Kennedy and Lady Elizabeth Gordon.

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John Kennedy, 2nd Lord Kennedy

John Kennedy, PC, 2nd Lord Kennedy (12 October 1454 – 29 December 1508) was a Scottish lord, the son of Gilbert Kennedy, 1st Lord Kennedy and Catherine Maxwell.

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Kingdom of Scotland

The Kingdom of Scotland (Rìoghachd na h-Alba; Kinrick o Scotland) was a sovereign state in northwest Europe traditionally said to have been founded in 843.

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Lauder

The Royal Burgh of Lauder (Labhdar) is a town in the Scottish Borders in the historic county of Berwickshire.

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Liddesdale

Liddesdale, the valley of the Liddel Water, in the County of Roxburgh, southern Scotland, extends in a south-westerly direction from the vicinity of Peel Fell to the River Esk, a distance of.

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List of Lord High Admirals of Scotland

The Lord High Admiral of Scotland was one of the Great Officers of State of the Kingdom of Scotland before the Union with England in 1707.

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Lord Chancellor of Scotland

The Lord Chancellor of Scotland was a Great Officer of State in pre-Union Scotland.

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Lord Warden of the Marches

The Lord Warden of the Marches was an office in the governments of Scotland and England.

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Magnate

Magnate, from the Late Latin magnas, a great man, itself from Latin magnus, 'great', designates a noble or other man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or other qualities.

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Margaret Tudor

Margaret Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) was Queen of Scots from 1503 until 1513 by marriage to James IV of Scotland and then, after her husband died fighting the English, she became regent for their son James V of Scotland from 1513 until 1515.

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Pedro de Ayala

Don Pedro de Ayala also Pedro López Ayala (died 31 January 1513) was a 16th-century Spanish diplomat employed by Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile at the courts of James IV of Scotland and Henry VII of England.

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Perkin Warbeck

Perkin Warbeck (c. 1474 – 23 November 1499) was a pretender to the English throne.

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Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd

Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd (died c. 1482) was a Scottish statesman.

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Robert Cochrane (favourite)

Robert Cochrane (possibly died 1482) is said to have been an architect or mason who lived in the reign of King James III of Scotland and who became a royal favourite.

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Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell

Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell (1493 – 9 July 1546) was a member of the Council of Regency (1536) of the Kingdom of Scotland, Regent of the Isle of Arran and like his father before him patriarch of the House of Maxwell/Clan Maxwell.

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Scottish Marches

Scottish Marches was the term used for the Anglo-Scottish border during the late medieval and early modern eras, characterised by violence and cross-border raids.

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Suzerainty

Suzerainty (and) is a back-formation from the late 18th-century word suzerain, meaning upper-sovereign, derived from the French sus (meaning above) + -erain (from souverain, meaning sovereign).

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Tantallon Castle

Tantallon Castle is a semi-ruined mid-14th-century fortress, located east of North Berwick, in East Lothian, Scotland.

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Thirlestane Castle

Thirlestane Castle is a castle set in extensive parklands near Lauder in the Borders of Scotland.

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Treason

In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's nation or sovereign.

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Whithorn

Whithorn (Taigh Mhàrtainn in Gaelic) is a former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about ten miles south of Wigtown.

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Whithorn Priory

Whithorn Priory was a medieval Scottish monastery that also served as a cathedral, located in Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway.

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William Douglas of Glenbervie

Sir William Douglas of Glenbervie, Knt.

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William Fraser (historian)

Sir William Fraser, KCB (18 February 1816 – 13 March 1898) was a solicitor and notable expert in ancient Scottish history, palaeography, and genealogy.

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William Hole (artist)

William Brassey Hole RSA (7 November 1846 – 22 October 1917) was an English artist, illustrator, etcher and engraver, known for his industrial, historical and biblical scenes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Douglas,_5th_Earl_of_Angus

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