Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly
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Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who became a leading magnate in the northeast Highlands and a key supporter of the Stewart monarchy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5789644 — 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 Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly Context triple: [Clan Gordon, notableMember, Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly]
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George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as a leading figure in the politics of the Scottish Highlands and at the court of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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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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George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus
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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D.
John Erskine, Earl of Mar
John Erskine, Earl of Mar, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician best known for initiating and commanding the Jacobite rising of 1715 in an effort to restore the Stuart monarchy.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly Target entity description: Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who became a leading magnate in the northeast Highlands and a key supporter of the Stewart monarchy.
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A.
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as a leading figure in the politics of the Scottish Highlands and at the court of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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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.
George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus
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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D.
John Erskine, Earl of Mar
John Erskine, Earl of Mar, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician best known for initiating and commanding the Jacobite rising of 1715 in an effort to restore the Stuart monarchy.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
15th-century person
ⓘ
Earl ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 15th century ⓘ |
| allegiance | Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Scottish Highlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scottish court ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Scotland ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 15 July 1470 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Alexander Seton of Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| heldTerritory |
Badenoch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Huntly NERFINISHED ⓘ Lochaber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Gaelic
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
James II of Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James III of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchServed |
James II of Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James III of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Elizabeth Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Clan Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Earl ⓘ |
| notableEvent | rise of the Gordon family in the northeast Highlands ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a leading magnate in the northeast Highlands
ⓘ
supporting the Stewart monarchy ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | royalist ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Lord Chancellor of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | creation of the Earldom of Huntly ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence | northeast Highlands of Scotland ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| spouse |
Egidia Hay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elizabeth Crichton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | House of Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
1st Earl of Huntly
NERFINISHED
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Lord Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly Description of subject: Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who became a leading magnate in the northeast Highlands and a key supporter of the Stewart monarchy.
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