Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews
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Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews, was the illegitimate son of King James IV of Scotland who became a prominent early 16th-century Scottish churchman and royal favorite before dying at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1283068 — 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.
Target entity: Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews Context triple: [James IV of Scotland, child, Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews]
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Archbishop John Sharp
Archbishop John Sharp was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century English churchman who served as Archbishop of York and was known for his influential sermons and role in ecclesiastical politics.
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B.
William Elphinstone
William Elphinstone was a Scottish bishop, statesman, and humanist scholar of the late 15th century who played a key role in the development of higher education in Scotland.
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Henry Wardlaw
Henry Wardlaw was a 15th-century Scottish bishop and royal advisor best known for establishing the University of St Andrews, Scotland’s oldest university.
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D.
George Wishart
George Wishart was a 16th-century Scottish Protestant reformer and martyr whose preaching and ideas significantly shaped the early Scottish Reformation.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews Target entity description: Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews, was the illegitimate son of King James IV of Scotland who became a prominent early 16th-century Scottish churchman and royal favorite before dying at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.
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A.
Archbishop John Sharp
Archbishop John Sharp was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century English churchman who served as Archbishop of York and was known for his influential sermons and role in ecclesiastical politics.
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B.
William Elphinstone
William Elphinstone was a Scottish bishop, statesman, and humanist scholar of the late 15th century who played a key role in the development of higher education in Scotland.
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C.
Henry Wardlaw
Henry Wardlaw was a 15th-century Scottish bishop and royal advisor best known for establishing the University of St Andrews, Scotland’s oldest university.
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D.
George Wishart
George Wishart was a 16th-century Scottish Protestant reformer and martyr whose preaching and ideas significantly shaped the early Scottish Reformation.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16th-century Scottish person
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Scottish churchman ⓘ archbishop ⓘ illegitimate royal child ⓘ |
| appointedBy | James IV of Scotland ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Scottish royal court
ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish court of James IV
|
| burialPlace |
Scotland
ⓘ
surface form:
Scotland (exact location uncertain)
|
| centuryOfActivity | 16th century ⓘ |
| conflict |
Anglo-Scottish Wars
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Battle of Flodden ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1493 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1513-09-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Padua
ⓘ
Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Paris
University of St Andrews ⓘ |
| era | Renaissance ⓘ |
| father | James IV of Scotland ⓘ |
| fullName | Alexander Stewart ⓘ |
| heldEcclesiasticalOfficeIn |
Diocese of St Andrews
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews
|
| heldTitle | Lord Chancellor of Scotland ⓘ |
| illegitimateChildOf | James IV of Scotland ⓘ |
| knownFor | humanist education ⓘ |
| languageOfEducation | Latin ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| mentor |
Desiderius Erasmus
ⓘ
surface form:
Erasmus of Rotterdam
|
| mother | Marion Boyd ⓘ |
| notableEvent | death alongside James IV at Flodden ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a royal favourite of James IV of Scotland
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holding high ecclesiastical office at a young age ⓘ |
| officeContested |
Bishopric of St Andrews
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surface form:
Archbishopric of St Andrews
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| placeOfBirth | Scotland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Battle of Flodden ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Bishop of St Andrews
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surface form:
Archbishop of St Andrews
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| regionOfActivity |
Central Lowlands of Scotland
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surface form:
Scottish Lowlands
St Andrews ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| royalHouse |
House of Stuart
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surface form:
House of Stewart
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| seeAlso |
Diocese of St Andrews
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surface form:
Archdiocese of St Andrews
James IV of Scotland ⓘ |
| sibling |
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (illegitimate)
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surface form:
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (illegitimate son of James IV)
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How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews Description of subject: Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews, was the illegitimate son of King James IV of Scotland who became a prominent early 16th-century Scottish churchman and royal favorite before dying at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.
Referenced by (3)
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