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Black Dinner

1440 event in which the 16-year-old William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas and his younger brother were invited to dine with the 10-year-old King James Ⅱ of Scotland; after dinner the brothers were dragged to Castle Hill, mock-tried and beheaded
Event mass_murder Q16718942
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Black Dinner

Summary

Black Dinner is a mass murder[1]. It draws 48 Wikipedia views per month (mass_murder category, ranking #93 of 157).[2]

Key Facts

  • Black Dinner is in the country of Kingdom of Scotland[3].
  • Black Dinner's instance of is recorded as mass murder[4].
  • Black Dinner's location is recorded as Edinburgh[5].
  • Black Dinner's location is recorded as Edinburgh Castle[6].
  • Black Dinner's point in time is recorded as +1440-11-24T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Black Dinner's participant is recorded as William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas[8].
  • Black Dinner's participant is recorded as James II of Scotland[9].
  • Black Dinner's participant is recorded as William Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton[10].
  • Black Dinner's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12mkytcyp[11].

Why It Matters

Black Dinner draws 48 Wikipedia views per month (mass_murder category, ranking #93 of 157).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Black Dinner. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/black-dinner
MLA “Black Dinner.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/black-dinner.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_black-dinner_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Black Dinner}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/black-dinner}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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