George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus
E525414
George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose marriage into the Douglas family founded the influential “Red Douglas” line.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5358618 — 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: George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus Context triple: [Red Douglas branch, notableMember, George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus]
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George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus
George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and influential member of the Douglas family who played a key role in the turbulent politics of late medieval Scotland.
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B.
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus was a prominent late 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate who played a significant role in the politics of the Douglas family and the Scottish crown.
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C.
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus was a powerful late 15th- and early 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman, known for his dominant influence over King James V of Scotland and his central role in the turbulent politics of the Douglas family.
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D.
Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus
Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, was a powerful Scottish nobleman and regent who dominated Scottish politics in the early 16th century and was the second husband of Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII.
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E.
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus was a powerful Scottish nobleman and statesman of the early 16th century, known for his dominance over the young King James V and his central role in the turbulent politics of the Scottish court.
- 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: George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus Target entity description: George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose marriage into the Douglas family founded the influential “Red Douglas” line.
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A.
George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus
George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and influential member of the Douglas family who played a key role in the turbulent politics of late medieval Scotland.
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B.
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus was a prominent late 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate who played a significant role in the politics of the Douglas family and the Scottish crown.
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C.
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus was a powerful late 15th- and early 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman, known for his dominant influence over King James V of Scotland and his central role in the turbulent politics of the Douglas family.
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D.
Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus
Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, was a powerful Scottish nobleman and regent who dominated Scottish politics in the early 16th century and was the second husband of Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII.
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E.
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus was a powerful Scottish nobleman and statesman of the early 16th century, known for his dominance over the young King James V and his central role in the turbulent politics of the Scottish court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish nobleman
ⓘ
earl ⓘ |
| allegiance | Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty |
House of Douglas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTerritory | Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
14th century
ⓘ
15th century ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1403 ⓘ |
| deathCause | battle injury ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scots ⓘ |
| familyName | Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founderOf | Red Douglas branch of the House of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleRank | earl ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Scots
ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| marriageAlliance | House of Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Margaret Stewart, Lady of Galloway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
House of Douglas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Red Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Earl of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding the Red Douglas line
ⓘ
marriage into the royal Stewart family ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Battle of Homildon Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Battle of Homildon Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Earl of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Lowlands of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
James I of Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert II of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert III of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| socialClass | aristocracy ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Stewart, Countess of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleCreation | first creation of the Earldom of Angus for the Red Douglas line ⓘ |
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: George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus Description of subject: George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose marriage into the Douglas family founded the influential “Red Douglas” line.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.