James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas
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James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13514138 — 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: James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas Context triple: [Earl of Angus, heldBy, James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas]
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William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
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B.
James Douglas, Earl of Buchan
James Douglas, Earl of Buchan, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and member of the powerful Douglas family who held the earldom of Buchan during the turbulent late medieval period in Scotland.
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C.
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer whose death without direct heirs led to the famous Douglas Cause inheritance dispute.
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D.
William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale
William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a significant role in the government of Scotland around the time of the 1707 Acts of Union.
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E.
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and Royalist leader during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms who played a key role in the political and military struggles surrounding King Charles I.
- 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: James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas Target entity description: James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
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A.
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
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B.
James Douglas, Earl of Buchan
James Douglas, Earl of Buchan, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and member of the powerful Douglas family who held the earldom of Buchan during the turbulent late medieval period in Scotland.
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C.
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer whose death without direct heirs led to the famous Douglas Cause inheritance dispute.
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D.
William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale
William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a significant role in the government of Scotland around the time of the 1707 Acts of Union.
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E.
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and Royalist leader during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms who played a key role in the political and military struggles surrounding King Charles I.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.