The Kingis Quair
E141044
The Kingis Quair is a 15th-century Scots poem, traditionally attributed to King James I of Scotland, that recounts his captivity in England and his courtly love for Joan Beaufort.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Kingis Quair canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1233145 — 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: The Kingis Quair Context triple: [James I of Scotland, notableWork, The Kingis Quair]
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A.
Lady of the Thistle
Lady of the Thistle is the title given to a female member of the Order of the Thistle, Scotland’s highest order of chivalry.
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B.
Lord of Annandale
Lord of Annandale was a prominent Scottish feudal title historically held by the Bruce family, associated with extensive lands in Annandale and significant influence in medieval Scotland.
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C.
King of Scots
The King of Scots was the monarch who ruled over the medieval and early modern Scottish kingdom before its union with England.
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D.
Books of Kings
The Books of Kings are historical and theological narratives in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that recount the reigns of Israel’s and Judah’s monarchs, the role of prophets, and the spiritual decline leading to exile.
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E.
Donde Plowman
Donde Plowman is an American academic administrator and leadership scholar who serves as the chief executive of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
- 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: The Kingis Quair Target entity description: The Kingis Quair is a 15th-century Scots poem, traditionally attributed to King James I of Scotland, that recounts his captivity in England and his courtly love for Joan Beaufort.
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A.
Lady of the Thistle
Lady of the Thistle is the title given to a female member of the Order of the Thistle, Scotland’s highest order of chivalry.
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B.
Lord of Annandale
Lord of Annandale was a prominent Scottish feudal title historically held by the Bruce family, associated with extensive lands in Annandale and significant influence in medieval Scotland.
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C.
King of Scots
The King of Scots was the monarch who ruled over the medieval and early modern Scottish kingdom before its union with England.
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D.
Books of Kings
The Books of Kings are historical and theological narratives in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that recount the reigns of Israel’s and Judah’s monarchs, the role of prophets, and the spiritual decline leading to exile.
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E.
Donde Plowman
Donde Plowman is an American academic administrator and leadership scholar who serves as the chief executive of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
15th-century poem
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Middle Scots poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| about | love of James I of Scotland for Joan Beaufort ⓘ |
| author | James I of Scotland ⓘ |
| contains | allegorical dream vision ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 15th century ⓘ |
| depicts | captivity of James I of Scotland in England ⓘ |
| disputedAuthorship | true ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Fortune
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Minerva ⓘ Venus ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical poetry
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courtly love poetry ⓘ |
| historicalContext | captivity of James I of Scotland in England (1406–1424) ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Troilus and Criseyde ⓘ |
| language |
Scots
ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Scots
Scots ⓘ |
| literaryForm | narrative poem ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Scottish Chaucerianism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
important example of Middle Scots courtly poetry
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major work of early Scottish literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Chaucerian tradition ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | James I of Scotland ⓘ |
| manuscriptLocation | Bodleian Library ⓘ |
| mentions |
Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots
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surface form:
Joan Beaufort
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| metre | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| numberOfLines | 197 stanzas (traditionally counted) ⓘ |
| protagonist | James I of Scotland ⓘ |
| setting |
England
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Tower of London ⓘ |
| structure | stanzaic ⓘ |
| subject |
personal experience of imprisonment
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vision of a lady seen from a window ⓘ |
| theme |
consolation through love
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courtly love ⓘ fortune and destiny ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ royal identity ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Scots ⓘ |
| titleMeaning |
King’s Book
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surface form:
The King’s Book
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| traditionallyAttributedTo | James I of Scotland ⓘ |
| uses |
allegory
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dream vision framework ⓘ |
| verseForm | rhyme royal ⓘ |
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Subject: The Kingis Quair Description of subject: The Kingis Quair is a 15th-century Scots poem, traditionally attributed to King James I of Scotland, that recounts his captivity in England and his courtly love for Joan Beaufort.
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