Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale
E435708
Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale, was a 13th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and feudal lord in Scotland, notable as an ancestor of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4346023 — 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: Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale Context triple: [Lord of Annandale, hasTitleHolder, Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale]
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Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale
Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, was a prominent 13th-century Scottish noble and claimant to the Scottish throne whose lineage led directly to King Robert the Bruce.
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B.
Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale
Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and feudal lord whose lineage and claims to the Scottish throne paved the way for his son, Robert the Bruce, to become King of Scots.
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C.
Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale
Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale, was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman who became a powerful Scottish baron and progenitor of the Bruce dynasty that later produced King Robert the Bruce.
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D.
Walter of Moray
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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E.
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.
- 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: Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale Target entity description: Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale, was a 13th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and feudal lord in Scotland, notable as an ancestor of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots.
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A.
Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale
Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, was a prominent 13th-century Scottish noble and claimant to the Scottish throne whose lineage led directly to King Robert the Bruce.
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B.
Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale
Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and feudal lord whose lineage and claims to the Scottish throne paved the way for his son, Robert the Bruce, to become King of Scots.
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C.
Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale
Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale, was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman who became a powerful Scottish baron and progenitor of the Bruce dynasty that later produced King Robert the Bruce.
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D.
Walter of Moray
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglo-Norman
ⓘ
feudal lord ⓘ medieval Scottish noble ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Kingdom of England
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ancestorOf | Robert the Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | House of Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Annandale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 13th century ⓘ |
| child |
Agnes de Brus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Beatrice de Brus NERFINISHED ⓘ Bernard de Brus NERFINISHED ⓘ John de Brus NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale NERFINISHED ⓘ William de Brus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Annandale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Norman ⓘ |
| familyName | de Brus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feudalBarony | Annandale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feudalStatus | tenant-in-chief ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| grandfatherOf | Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldFrom | Scottish crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldTitleIn | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Anglo-Norman French
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| lordOf | Annandale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Agnes, wife of Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Bruce family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | baron ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Lord of Annandale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being an ancestor of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Anglo-Scottish baronial politics ⓘ |
| positionHeld | 2nd Lord of Annandale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionRuled | Annandale in Dumfriesshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| spouse | Euphemia of Aumale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territorialBase | southwest Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale Description of subject: Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale, was a 13th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and feudal lord in Scotland, notable as an ancestor of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.