George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton
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George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and professional soldier who served prominently in the French and later the English armies under King Charles II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9094573 — 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: George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton Context triple: [Earl of Dumbarton, hasFirstHolder, George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton]
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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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William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
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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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Alexander Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie
Alexander Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie, was a 19th-century Scottish businessman and Liberal politician who was elevated to the peerage and is notably associated with Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire.
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E.
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, was a prominent Scottish soldier, diplomat, and statesman who served as a senior British commander during the War of the Austrian Succession.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton Target entity description: George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and professional soldier who served prominently in the French and later the English armies under King Charles II.
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A.
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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B.
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
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C.
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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D.
Alexander Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie
Alexander Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie, was a 19th-century Scottish businessman and Liberal politician who was elevated to the peerage and is notably associated with Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire.
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E.
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, was a prominent Scottish soldier, diplomat, and statesman who served as a senior British commander during the War of the Austrian Succession.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish nobleman
ⓘ
human ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Kingdom of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Scotland ⓘ |
| child | George Douglas, 2nd Earl of Dumbarton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace | St Germain-en-Laye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit | 17th century ⓘ |
| givenName | George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
French
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| memberOf | Clan Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | major general ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Earl of Dumbarton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
command of the Royal Regiment of Foot
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loyalty to the Stuart monarchy ⓘ service in the French Army ⓘ |
| occupation |
nobleman
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Franco-Spanish War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Third Anglo-Dutch War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peerage | Peerage of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
colonel of the Royal Regiment of Foot
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commander of the Royal Regiment of Foot ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| servedIn |
English Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Charles II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Ormond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Anne Wheatley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | James II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleCreatedBy | Charles II of England 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: George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton Description of subject: George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and professional soldier who served prominently in the French and later the English armies under King Charles II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.