Lady Margaret Douglas
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Lady Margaret Douglas was a prominent 16th-century Scottish noblewoman and Tudor court figure, granddaughter of Henry VII and a key dynastic link in the succession claims that shaped British royal politics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lady Margaret Douglas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8877994 — 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: Lady Margaret Douglas Context triple: [Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, mother, Lady Margaret Douglas]
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A.
Lady Margaret Douglas
Lady Margaret Douglas was a Scottish noblewoman of the powerful Douglas family, notable as the mother of Archibald Campbell, 10th Earl of Argyll, and for her connections to prominent aristocratic lineages in 17th-century Scotland.
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B.
Margaret Douglas, Fair Maid of Galloway
Margaret Douglas, known as the Fair Maid of Galloway, was a 15th-century Scottish noblewoman of the powerful Douglas family whose marriages were central to the clan’s political ambitions and succession.
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C.
Lady Jane Stewart
Lady Jane Stewart was a British aristocrat of the Stewart family and the mother of John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough.
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D.
Margaret Stanley
Margaret Stanley was an English noblewoman of the late 15th and early 16th centuries, notable as a member of the influential Stanley family during the Tudor period.
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E.
Margaret Holland
Margaret Holland was an English noblewoman of the late 14th and early 15th centuries, notable for her influential family connections within the English and Scottish royal houses.
- 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: Lady Margaret Douglas Target entity description: Lady Margaret Douglas was a prominent 16th-century Scottish noblewoman and Tudor court figure, granddaughter of Henry VII and a key dynastic link in the succession claims that shaped British royal politics.
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A.
Lady Margaret Douglas
Lady Margaret Douglas was a Scottish noblewoman of the powerful Douglas family, notable as the mother of Archibald Campbell, 10th Earl of Argyll, and for her connections to prominent aristocratic lineages in 17th-century Scotland.
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B.
Margaret Douglas, Fair Maid of Galloway
Margaret Douglas, known as the Fair Maid of Galloway, was a 15th-century Scottish noblewoman of the powerful Douglas family whose marriages were central to the clan’s political ambitions and succession.
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C.
Lady Jane Stewart
Lady Jane Stewart was a British aristocrat of the Stewart family and the mother of John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough.
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D.
Margaret Stanley
Margaret Stanley was an English noblewoman of the late 15th and early 16th centuries, notable as a member of the influential Stanley family during the Tudor period.
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E.
Margaret Holland
Margaret Holland was an English noblewoman of the late 14th and early 15th centuries, notable for her influential family connections within the English and Scottish royal houses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16th-century noble
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Scottish noblewoman ⓘ Tudor courtier ⓘ |
| betrothedTo | Lord Thomas Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1515-10-08 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Harbottle Castle, Northumberland, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Charles Stuart, 1st Earl of Lennox
NERFINISHED
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Elizabeth Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1578-03-07 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | London, England ⓘ |
| dynasticHouse |
House of Douglas
NERFINISHED
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House of Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Tudor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Tudor period ⓘ |
| familyName | Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Lady Margaret Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Margaret ⓘ |
| grandchild | James VI and I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfather | Henry VII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandmother | Elizabeth of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| halfBrother | James V of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imprisonedAt | Tower of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imprisonedBy | Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Early Modern English
NERFINISHED
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Middle Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Margaret Tudor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Countess of Lennox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a granddaughter of Henry VII of England
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being a key dynastic link in Tudor and Stuart succession ⓘ grandmother of James VI of Scotland and I of England ⓘ mother of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ |
| politicalRole |
participant in Tudor court factional politics
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supporter of Catholic and conservative interests at court ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Lady of the Bedchamber to Mary I of England
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Lady-in-waiting at the court of Henry VIII ⓘ Lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn ⓘ Lady-in-waiting to Catherine Howard ⓘ |
| reasonForImprisonment | romantic involvement with Lord Thomas Howard without royal consent ⓘ |
| relative |
Elizabeth I of England
NERFINISHED
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Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary, Queen of Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox 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: Lady Margaret Douglas Description of subject: Lady Margaret Douglas was a prominent 16th-century Scottish noblewoman and Tudor court figure, granddaughter of Henry VII and a key dynastic link in the succession claims that shaped British royal politics.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.