Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas
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Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas was a powerful late 14th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader from the influential Black Douglas family, prominent in the politics and warfare of medieval Scotland.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas canonical | 4 |
| 3rd Earl of Douglas | 1 |
| Archibald Douglas (Guardian of Scotland) | 1 |
| Archibald the Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6415711 — 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: Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas Context triple: [Isabella Stewart, Countess of Fife, parentOf, Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas]
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Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas
Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader who played a major role in the turbulent politics and warfare of late medieval Scotland.
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B.
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble and magnate whose rivalry with the crown played a central role in the turbulent politics of late medieval Scotland.
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C.
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas was a powerful 14th-century Scottish noble and military leader, prominent in the Wars of Scottish Independence and a key figure of the influential Black Douglas family.
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James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate whose conflict with King James II led to his murder and the downfall of the Black Douglas family.
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E.
James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas
James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble whose rebellion against King James II led to the downfall and forfeiture of the once-dominant Black 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: Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas Target entity description: Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas was a powerful late 14th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader from the influential Black Douglas family, prominent in the politics and warfare of medieval Scotland.
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A.
Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas
Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader who played a major role in the turbulent politics and warfare of late medieval Scotland.
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B.
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble and magnate whose rivalry with the crown played a central role in the turbulent politics of late medieval Scotland.
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C.
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas was a powerful 14th-century Scottish noble and military leader, prominent in the Wars of Scottish Independence and a key figure of the influential Black Douglas family.
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D.
James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate whose conflict with King James II led to his murder and the downfall of the Black Douglas family.
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E.
James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas
James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble whose rebellion against King James II led to the downfall and forfeiture of the once-dominant Black Douglas family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl of Douglas
ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ medieval military leader ⓘ member of the Black Douglas family ⓘ |
| activeInCentury |
14th century
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15th century ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1328 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Douglas, South Lanarkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Douglas of Balveny NERFINISHED ⓘ William Douglas of Drumlanrig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 24 December 1400 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Threave Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| familyName | Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Archibald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Latin
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Scottish military commander ⓘ |
| mother | Agnes Dunbar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Black Douglas branch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Douglas family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Otterburn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Poitiers (as part of Scottish-French forces) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expansion of Douglas power in southern Scotland
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role in Scottish-French Auld Alliance ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership in Anglo-Scottish border warfare ⓘ |
| ordinal | 3rd Earl of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Anglo-Scottish Wars
NERFINISHED
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Hundred Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Earl of Douglas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Justiciar of Lothian ⓘ Lord of Galloway NERFINISHED ⓘ Warden of the Marches ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Douglasdale
NERFINISHED
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Galloway NERFINISHED ⓘ Threave Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Joan Moray
NERFINISHED
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Joan Stewart, Countess of Morton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedMonarch |
Robert II of Scotland
NERFINISHED
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Robert III of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Earl of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas Description of subject: Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas was a powerful late 14th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader from the influential Black Douglas family, prominent in the politics and warfare of medieval Scotland.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Archibald the Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas
this entity surface form:
3rd Earl of Douglas
subject surface form:
Battle of Halidon Hill
this entity surface form:
Archibald Douglas (Guardian of Scotland)