Protestant Lords of the Congregation (some holders)

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The Protestant Lords of the Congregation were a group of powerful 16th-century Scottish nobles who led the movement to establish Protestantism and limit French and Catholic influence in Scotland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf noble confederation ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
religious reform movement ⓘ
activeInCentury 16th century ⓘ
activeInDecade 1550s ⓘ
1560s ⓘ
associatedWith Scottish Parliament of 1560 ⓘ
Treaty of Edinburgh ⓘ
basedIn Edinburgh ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
formedIn 1557 ⓘ
goal establish Protestantism in Scotland ⓘ
limit French influence in Scotland ⓘ
reduce power of the Catholic Church in Scotland ⓘ
influencedBy John Knox ⓘ
language Scots ⓘ
Scottish English ⓘ
leader Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll ⓘ
James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran ⓘ
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray ⓘ
Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven ⓘ
William Kirkcaldy of Grange ⓘ
member Alexander Cunningham, 5th Earl of Glencairn ⓘ
Andrew Leslie, 5th Earl of Rothes ⓘ
Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll ⓘ
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly ⓘ
James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran ⓘ
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray ⓘ
John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine ⓘ
Lord James Stewart ⓘ
Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven ⓘ
Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney ⓘ
William Kirkcaldy of Grange ⓘ
William Maitland of Lethington ⓘ
notableDocument First Band of the Scottish Lords of the Congregation ⓘ
opposedInfluenceOf France ⓘ
opposedReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
opposedTo Mary of Guise ⓘ
Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
politicalAlignment anti-French ⓘ
pro-English ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
resultedIn abolition of papal authority in Scotland ⓘ
establishment of a Protestant national church in Scotland ⓘ
significantEvent Scottish Reformation ⓘ
supportedBy Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ

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Earls of Angus → supported → Protestant Lords of the Congregation (some holders) ⓘ
James Beaton (Archbishop of Glasgow) → opposed → Protestant lords of the Congregation ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Lords of the Congregation (some holders)