John Stewart, Duke of Albany
E205427
John Stewart, Duke of Albany, was a prominent early 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as governor and de facto ruler of Scotland during the minority of King James V.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Stewart, Duke of Albany canonical | 1 |
| John, Duke of Albany | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1301093 — 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: John Stewart, Duke of Albany Context triple: [James V of Scotland, regent, John Stewart, Duke of Albany]
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A.
Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany
Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany was a powerful Scottish nobleman who effectively ruled Scotland as regent during the late 14th and early 15th centuries, overshadowing the weak reigns of his royal relatives.
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B.
Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany
Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany, was a powerful early 15th-century Scottish nobleman and regent, whose downfall and execution marked a major shift in the balance of power within the Scottish monarchy.
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C.
Duke of Albany
The Duke of Albany is a historical Scottish and later British noble title traditionally granted to close relatives of the reigning monarch, often associated with the royal house of Stuart.
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D.
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany, was a 15th-century Scottish prince and nobleman, notable for his turbulent rivalry with his brother King James III and his involvement in continental and domestic power struggles.
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E.
Charles Edward, Duke of Albany
Charles Edward, Duke of Albany was the Jacobite prince better known as "Bonnie Prince Charlie," a key figure in the 1745 Jacobite uprising against British rule.
- 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: John Stewart, Duke of Albany Target entity description: John Stewart, Duke of Albany, was a prominent early 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as governor and de facto ruler of Scotland during the minority of King James V.
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A.
Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany
Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany was a powerful Scottish nobleman who effectively ruled Scotland as regent during the late 14th and early 15th centuries, overshadowing the weak reigns of his royal relatives.
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B.
Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany
Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany, was a powerful early 15th-century Scottish nobleman and regent, whose downfall and execution marked a major shift in the balance of power within the Scottish monarchy.
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C.
Duke of Albany
The Duke of Albany is a historical Scottish and later British noble title traditionally granted to close relatives of the reigning monarch, often associated with the royal house of Stuart.
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D.
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany, was a 15th-century Scottish prince and nobleman, notable for his turbulent rivalry with his brother King James III and his involvement in continental and domestic power struggles.
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E.
Charles Edward, Duke of Albany
Charles Edward, Duke of Albany was the Jacobite prince better known as "Bonnie Prince Charlie," a key figure in the 1745 Jacobite uprising against British rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Duke
ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ regent ⓘ |
| associatedWithMonarch | James V of Scotland ⓘ |
| centuryOfBirth | 15th century ⓘ |
| centuryOfDeath | 16th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| deFactoRulerOf | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| era | Renaissance Scotland ⓘ |
| familyName | Stewart ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| governed | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Scotland ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
Scottish political leader
ⓘ
guardian of the young James V ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
French
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty |
House of Stuart
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Stewart
|
| nobleJurisdiction | Albany ⓘ |
| nobleRank | peer of Scotland ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Duke of Albany ⓘ |
| notableFor |
acting as de facto ruler of Scotland
ⓘ
serving as governor of Scotland during the minority of James V ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Scotland
ⓘ
Regent of Scotland ⓘ |
| realmServed | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| regencyDuring | minority of King James V of Scotland ⓘ |
| regencyFor | James V of Scotland ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfActivity | early 16th century ⓘ |
| titleHolderOf | Duchy of Albany ⓘ |
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: John Stewart, Duke of Albany Description of subject: John Stewart, Duke of Albany, was a prominent early 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as governor and de facto ruler of Scotland during the minority of King James V.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
John, Duke of Albany