Robert de Brus V
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Robert de Brus V was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman and claimant to the Scottish throne, best known as the grandfather of King Robert the Bruce.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert de Brus V canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4549465 — 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 V Context triple: [Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, alsoKnownAs, Robert de Brus V]
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Thomas de Brus
Thomas de Brus was a medieval Scottish nobleman of the influential Bruce family, known primarily as a brother of King Robert the Bruce and a participant in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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Alexander de Brus
Alexander de Brus was a Scottish nobleman of the influential Bruce family, known primarily as a brother of King Robert the Bruce and a supporter of his cause during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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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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David II of Scotland
David II of Scotland was King of Scots from 1329 to 1371, whose troubled reign was marked by exile, captivity in England, and ongoing conflicts stemming from the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas
Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas, was a prominent Scottish nobleman of the early 18th century and the last male head of the powerful Douglas family.
- 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 V Target entity description: Robert de Brus V was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman and claimant to the Scottish throne, best known as the grandfather of King Robert the Bruce.
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A.
Thomas de Brus
Thomas de Brus was a medieval Scottish nobleman of the influential Bruce family, known primarily as a brother of King Robert the Bruce and a participant in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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B.
Alexander de Brus
Alexander de Brus was a Scottish nobleman of the influential Bruce family, known primarily as a brother of King Robert the Bruce and a supporter of his cause during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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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.
David II of Scotland
David II of Scotland was King of Scots from 1329 to 1371, whose troubled reign was marked by exile, captivity in England, and ongoing conflicts stemming from the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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E.
Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas
Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas, was a prominent Scottish nobleman of the early 18th century and the last male head of the powerful Douglas family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish nobleman
ⓘ
claimant to the Scottish throne ⓘ medieval noble ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Kingdom of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basisOfClaim | descent from David, Earl of Huntingdon ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Guisborough Priory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfBirth | 13th century ⓘ |
| centuryOfDeath | 13th century ⓘ |
| child |
Bernard de Brus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isabel Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard de Brus NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert de Brus VI NERFINISHED ⓘ William de Brus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| claim | Scottish throne ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1215 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 31 March 1295 ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| familyName | de Brus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Robert de Brus IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feudalTitle | Lord of Hartlepool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| grandchild | Robert the Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldLandIn |
Annandale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cleveland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | House of Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
Anglo-Norman French
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maternalGrandfather | David, Earl of Huntingdon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Isabel of Huntingdon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Bruce family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a claimant to the Scottish throne during the Great Cause
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being the grandfather of King Robert the Bruce ⓘ |
| participatedIn | the Great Cause (Scottish succession dispute) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Lochmaben Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Guardian of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Robert de Brus IV as Lord of Annandale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Isabel de Clare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Robert de Brus VI as Lord of Annandale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedBy | many Scottish nobles in his claim to the throne ⓘ |
| title | Lord of Annandale 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 V Description of subject: Robert de Brus V was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman and claimant to the Scottish throne, best known as the grandfather of King Robert the Bruce.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.