Walter of Moray
E294338
Walter of Moray was a prominent 13th-century Scottish noble and landowner who played a key role in the politics and territorial consolidation of medieval Scotland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas de Moravia of Bothwell | 1 |
| Walter of Moray canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2544062 — 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: Walter of Moray Context triple: [Bothwell Castle, builtFor, Walter of Moray]
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A.
James Douglas, Lord of Douglas
James Douglas, Lord of Douglas was a prominent Scottish noble and military leader who became one of Robert the Bruce’s most trusted lieutenants and a key figure in Scotland’s struggle for independence from England.
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B.
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan—known as the "Wolf of Badenoch"—was a notoriously lawless 14th-century Scottish nobleman and son of King Robert II, infamous for his brutal raids and destruction in the Highlands.
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C.
John Stewart, Earl of Carrick
John Stewart, Earl of Carrick, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Robert II of Scotland who later reigned as King Robert III.
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D.
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, was a Scottish nobleman who played a leading role in the conspiracy that resulted in the assassination of King James I of Scotland in 1437.
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E.
Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland
Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, was a prominent 14th-century Scottish noble whose lineage and position as High Steward helped lay the foundations for the Stewart (Stuart) royal dynasty.
- 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: Walter of Moray Target entity description: Walter of Moray was a prominent 13th-century Scottish noble and landowner who played a key role in the politics and territorial consolidation of medieval Scotland.
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A.
James Douglas, Lord of Douglas
James Douglas, Lord of Douglas was a prominent Scottish noble and military leader who became one of Robert the Bruce’s most trusted lieutenants and a key figure in Scotland’s struggle for independence from England.
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B.
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan—known as the "Wolf of Badenoch"—was a notoriously lawless 14th-century Scottish nobleman and son of King Robert II, infamous for his brutal raids and destruction in the Highlands.
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C.
John Stewart, Earl of Carrick
John Stewart, Earl of Carrick, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Robert II of Scotland who later reigned as King Robert III.
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D.
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, was a Scottish nobleman who played a leading role in the conspiracy that resulted in the assassination of King James I of Scotland in 1437.
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E.
Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland
Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, was a prominent 14th-century Scottish noble whose lineage and position as High Steward helped lay the foundations for the Stewart (Stuart) royal dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
13th-century person
ⓘ
Scottish noble ⓘ medieval landowner ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Scottish crown
ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish Crown
|
| associatedWithRegion | northern Scotland ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| feudalStatus | feudal lord ⓘ |
| governanceType | feudal lordship ⓘ |
| historicalContext | pre-Wars of Scottish Independence period ⓘ |
| landOwnership |
lands in Duffus
ⓘ
lands in Strathbrock ⓘ large estates in Moray ⓘ |
| language |
Latin
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | de Moravia family ⓘ |
| notableFor |
regional power in northern Scotland
ⓘ
service to the Scottish monarchy ⓘ |
| playedRoleIn |
politics of medieval Scotland
ⓘ
territorial consolidation of medieval Scotland ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Justiciar of Scotia
ⓘ
Scottish royal official ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| territorialBase |
Duffus
ⓘ
Moray ⓘ Strathbrock ⓘ |
| title |
Lord of Duffus
ⓘ
Lord of Strathbrock ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: Walter of Moray Description of subject: Walter of Moray was a prominent 13th-century Scottish noble and landowner who played a key role in the politics and territorial consolidation of medieval Scotland.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Thomas de Moravia of Bothwell