Earldom of Moray

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The Earldom of Moray is a historic Scottish peerage title linked to the province of Moray, long associated with powerful noble families and significant roles in Scotland’s medieval and early modern politics.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Earldom of Moray canonical 6
Moray earldom 2
Mormaerdom of Moray 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish earldom ⓘ
hereditary peerage title ⓘ
associatedClan Clan Murray ⓘ
Clan Stewart ⓘ
associatedFamily Randolph family ⓘ
Stewart family ⓘ
Stuart family of Doune ⓘ
associatedWith Scottish Reformation ⓘ
Scottish Wars of Independence ⓘ
regency government of Scotland ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
currentCreation third creation of 1562 ⓘ
feudalJurisdiction Province of Moray ⓘ
firstCreationDate c. 1312 ⓘ
firstCreationMonarch Robert I of Scotland ⓘ
firstHolder Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray ⓘ
formerSeat Doune Castle ⓘ
hasMultipleCreations true ⓘ
hasTitleHolder Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray (new creation) ⓘ
Francis Douglas Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray ⓘ
Francis Stuart, 10th Earl of Moray ⓘ
Francis Stuart, 11th Earl of Moray ⓘ
Francis Stuart, 13th Earl of Moray ⓘ
Francis Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray ⓘ
Francis Stuart, 7th Earl of Moray ⓘ
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (Regent) ⓘ
James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray ⓘ
James Stuart, 4th Earl of Moray ⓘ
John Douglas Stuart, 21st Earl of Moray ⓘ
Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray ⓘ
historicalSignificance major role in early modern Scottish politics ⓘ
major role in medieval Scottish politics ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
locatedIn Province of Moray ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
namedAfter Moray ⓘ
nobleRank Earl ⓘ
notableCreation third creation of 1562 ⓘ
notableEvent assassination of James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, in 1570 ⓘ
notableHolder James Stewart, Regent Moray ⓘ
notableHolderRole Regent of Scotland ⓘ
peerage Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
regionOfInfluence north-east Scotland ⓘ
seat Darnaway Castle ⓘ
status extant ⓘ
style Earl of Moray ⓘ
thirdCreationHolder James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (Regent) ⓘ
thirdCreationMonarch Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Countess of Moray → associatedWith → Earldom of Moray ⓘ
Joanna de Moravia → typeOfPropertyOwned → lordship of Moray ⓘ
linked to: Earldom of Moray
Mormaerdom of Atholl → borderedBy → Mormaerdom of Moray ⓘ
linked to: Earldom of Moray
Randolph family → governedTerritory → Earldom of Moray ⓘ
Moray dynasty → dynasticBase → Moray earldom ⓘ
linked to: Earldom of Moray
James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray → associatedWith → Moray earldom ⓘ
linked to: Earldom of Moray
Isabel Stewart of Bonkyll → associatedWith → Earldom of Moray ⓘ