Hugh de Morville

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Hugh de Morville was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and influential Scottish lord known for his role as Constable of Scotland and as one of the knights involved in the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket.

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Hugh de Morville canonical 5
Richard de Morville 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 12th-century person
Anglo-Norman nobleman
Scottish lord
medieval knight
activeInPeriod 12th century
afterEvent is said to have undertaken penance for Becket’s murder
allegiance Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Scotland
associatedWith Henry II of England
Reginald FitzUrse
Richard le Breton
Thomas Becket
William de Tracy
burialPlace unknown
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
dateOfDeath circa 1173
deathCause unknown
ethnicGroup Anglo-Norman
father Richard de Morville
linked to: Hugh de Morville
feudalStatus baron
heldFrom King of England
King of Scotland
linked to: Kings of Scotland
historicalRegion Lowlands of Scotland
Northern England
knownFor being one of the four knights who killed Thomas Becket
language Anglo-Norman French
linked to: Anglo-Norman

Latin
legalStatus excommunicated by the Church
mother Ada de Engaine
nobleFamily de Morville family
notableEvent excommunication for role in Becket’s murder
notableWork participation in the murder of Thomas Becket
occupation knight
nobleman
participantIn assassination of Thomas Becket
murder of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral
placeOfDeath Kingdom of Scotland
positionHeld Constable of Scotland
Lord of Cunningham
Lord of Lauderdale
Lord of Liddesdale
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
title Lord of Cunningham
Lord of Lauderdale
Lord of Liddesdale

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Referenced by (6)

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

Dryburgh Abbey foundedBy Hugh de Morville
Murder of Thomas Becket hasPerpetrator Hugh de Morville
Hugh de Morville father Richard de Morville
linked to: Hugh de Morville
Reginald FitzUrse co-conspirator Hugh de Morville
William de Tracy coConspirator Hugh de Morville
Richard le Breton co-perpetrator Hugh de Morville