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Catherine Douglas, later Catherine "Kate" Barlass, was a historical figure who tried to prevent the assassination of King James I (of Scotland) on the 20th of February, 1437. She was a lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Scotland, Joan Beaufort. She was a member of the powerful Clan Douglas. Her mother was a daughter of David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford and his wife Elizabeth Stewart daughter of Robert II, making her granddaughter of the King (Robert II of Scotland).
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| dbo:abstract | Catherine Douglas, later Catherine "Kate" Barlass, was a historical figure who tried to prevent the assassination of King James I (of Scotland) on the 20th of February, 1437. She was a lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Scotland, Joan Beaufort. She was a member of the powerful Clan Douglas. Her mother was a daughter of David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford and his wife Elizabeth Stewart daughter of Robert II, making her granddaughter of the King (Robert II of Scotland). Legend has it that during the King's stay at a Dominican chapter house in Perth, a group of men led by Sir Robert Graham came to the door searching for the King in order to kill him. The King's Chamberlain, Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl, had removed the bolt from the door of the room in which James and his queen were staying. James fled into a sewer tunnel as the queen and her ladies quickly replaced the floorboards to hide his location. Catherine sprang to the door and placed her arm through the staples to bar the assassins' entrance. However, they forced the door open anyway, breaking Catherine's arm, and discovered and killed the King. From that point on, according to the story, Catherine took the surname of "Barlass". The idiomatic phrase "Katie, bar the door!" (a warning of the approaching trouble) may have its origins in the story of Catherine Douglas. Dante Gabriel Rossetti recounted the story of Catherine Douglas in verse in 1881, under the title "The King's Tragedy". This poem contains the line "Catherine, keep the door!" (en) Catherine Douglas, in seguito soprannominata Kate Barlass (... – ...; fl. XV secolo), è stata una cameriera di Giovanna Beaufort, consorte di re Giacomo I di Scozia, che cercò di difendere la coppia reale durante una cospirazione. Secondo la leggenda il 20 febbraio 1437, durante la permanenza del re Giacomo I di Scozia nel monastero dei Frati Predicatori di Perth, un gruppo di cospiratori, guidati da sir Robert Graham, si recò nella stanza in cui dormivano il re e la regina per uccidere il re. Il ciambellano, implicato nell'intrigo, aveva tolto la sicura alla porta della stanza in modo da permettere agli aggressori di entrare. Catherine Douglas, prima servitrice della regina, per impedire l'ingresso agli assassini, sbarrò la porta col suo braccio, ma quelli forzarono la porta rompendole l'arto. Da questo episodio derivò a Catherine Douglas il soprannome di Barlass (letteralmente: ragazza della sbarra). Dante Gabriel Rossetti scrisse un poema nel 1881 intitolato La tragedia del re, in cui narrò la storia di Catherine Douglas. Il poema contiene la frase "Catherine, sorveglia la porta" da cui deriva la frase idiomatica inglese Katy, spranga la porta, che si usa come avvertimento dell'approssimarsi di probabili guai. (it) |
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| rdfs:comment | Catherine Douglas, later Catherine "Kate" Barlass, was a historical figure who tried to prevent the assassination of King James I (of Scotland) on the 20th of February, 1437. She was a lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Scotland, Joan Beaufort. She was a member of the powerful Clan Douglas. Her mother was a daughter of David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford and his wife Elizabeth Stewart daughter of Robert II, making her granddaughter of the King (Robert II of Scotland). (en) Catherine Douglas, in seguito soprannominata Kate Barlass (... – ...; fl. XV secolo), è stata una cameriera di Giovanna Beaufort, consorte di re Giacomo I di Scozia, che cercò di difendere la coppia reale durante una cospirazione. Da questo episodio derivò a Catherine Douglas il soprannome di Barlass (letteralmente: ragazza della sbarra). (it) |
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