Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus

E608521

Scottish noblewoman countess suo jure member of the Stewart family

Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish noblewoman of the Stewart family who held the Angus title in her own right and was the mother of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus canonical	3
Margaret Stewart	2
Margaret Stewart of Angus	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6623267 — 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: Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus
Context triple: [James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, mother, Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus]

A. Margaret Stewart, Countess of Douglas
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Douglas, was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman and royal daughter whose marriage into the powerful Douglas family strengthened the political alliances of the early Stewart monarchy.
B. Margaret Stewart of Galloway
Margaret Stewart of Galloway was a 13th-century Scottish noblewoman of the influential Stewart family and the mother of Marjorie, Countess of Carrick, linking her to the ancestry of Robert the Bruce.
C. Margaret Stewart, Countess of Mar
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Mar, was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman who held the ancient earldom of Mar in her own right and played a notable role in the politics of medieval Scotland.
D. Margaret Stewart
Margaret Stewart was a 16th-century Scottish noblewoman best known as the wife of the Protestant reformer John Knox.
E. Margaret Stewart
Margaret Stewart was a Scottish noblewoman of the late 16th century who became the wife of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, a prominent English admiral under Queen Elizabeth I.
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: Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus
Target entity description: Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish noblewoman of the Stewart family who held the Angus title in her own right and was the mother of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas.

A. Margaret Stewart, Countess of Douglas
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Douglas, was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman and royal daughter whose marriage into the powerful Douglas family strengthened the political alliances of the early Stewart monarchy.
B. Margaret Stewart of Galloway
Margaret Stewart of Galloway was a 13th-century Scottish noblewoman of the influential Stewart family and the mother of Marjorie, Countess of Carrick, linking her to the ancestry of Robert the Bruce.
C. Margaret Stewart, Countess of Mar
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Mar, was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman who held the ancient earldom of Mar in her own right and played a notable role in the politics of medieval Scotland.
D. Margaret Stewart
Margaret Stewart was a Scottish noblewoman of the late 16th century who became the wife of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, a prominent English admiral under Queen Elizabeth I.
E. Margaret Stewart
Margaret Stewart was a 16th-century Scottish noblewoman best known as the wife of the Protestant reformer John Knox.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (26)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish noblewoman ⓘ countess suo jure ⓘ member of the Stewart family ⓘ
associatedDynasty	Douglas family NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Scottish people ⓘ
familyName	Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ
floruit	15th century ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
givenName	Margaret ⓘ
heldTitleInHerOwnRight	Countess of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfUse	Scots ⓘ
maritalAllianceWith	House of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ
motherOf	George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleRank	countess ⓘ
nobleTitle	Countess of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being the mother of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas ⓘ holding the Angus title in her own right ⓘ
partOf	Scottish peerage ⓘ
positionHeld	Countess of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialClass	nobility ⓘ
spouse	William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ
titleHolderOf	Earldom of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas → mother → Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus ⓘ

Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany → child → Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Margaret Stewart

Archibald the Grim → spouse → Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Margaret Stewart of Angus

James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas → mother → Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus ⓘ

Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas → mother → Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus ⓘ

William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry → mother → Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus ⓘ