George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly
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George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly, was a powerful late 16th-century Scottish noble and leading Catholic magnate who played a central role in the political and military conflicts of James VI’s reign.
All labels observed (1)
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| George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15090426 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly Context triple: [Battle of Glenlivet, commander, George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly]
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George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as a leading figure in the politics of the Scottish Highlands and at the court of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly
Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who became a leading magnate in the northeast Highlands and a key supporter of the Stewart monarchy.
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James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the historic Morton earldom during the 18th century.
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Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat
Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat was a Scottish Jacobite nobleman and clan chief, famously executed for treason after the 1745 Jacobite Rising and remembered as the last man to be publicly beheaded in Britain.
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George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton
George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton, was a Scottish nobleman of the Douglas family who held a prominent peerage in early modern Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly Target entity description: George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly, was a powerful late 16th-century Scottish noble and leading Catholic magnate who played a central role in the political and military conflicts of James VI’s reign.
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A.
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as a leading figure in the politics of the Scottish Highlands and at the court of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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B.
Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly
Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who became a leading magnate in the northeast Highlands and a key supporter of the Stewart monarchy.
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C.
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the historic Morton earldom during the 18th century.
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D.
Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat
Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat was a Scottish Jacobite nobleman and clan chief, famously executed for treason after the 1745 Jacobite Rising and remembered as the last man to be publicly beheaded in Britain.
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E.
George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton
George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton, was a Scottish nobleman of the Douglas family who held a prominent peerage in early modern Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.