James of St George
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James of St George was a 13th-century Savoyard master mason and military architect best known for designing many of King Edward I’s great castles in Wales.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James of St George canonical | 4 |
| James of Saint George | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2156650 — 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: James of St George Context triple: [Harlech Castle, architect, James of St George]
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A.
Nicholas of Guildford
Nicholas of Guildford is a medieval English writer believed by some scholars to be the author of the Middle English debate poem *The Owl and the Nightingale*.
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B.
John of Cornwall
John of Cornwall was a 13th-century English nobleman, the son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, and a member of the Plantagenet royal family.
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C.
Roger de Montgomery
Roger de Montgomery was an 11th-century Norman nobleman and close ally of William the Conqueror who became Earl of Shrewsbury and a major landholder in post-Conquest England.
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D.
John Knightbridge
John Knightbridge was a benefactor whose legacy in moral philosophy is commemorated through a prestigious professorship at the University of Cambridge.
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E.
St. George
St. George is a waterfront neighborhood on the northeastern tip of Staten Island in New York City, known for its ferry terminal, civic buildings, and views of the Manhattan skyline.
- 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: James of St George Target entity description: James of St George was a 13th-century Savoyard master mason and military architect best known for designing many of King Edward I’s great castles in Wales.
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A.
Nicholas of Guildford
Nicholas of Guildford is a medieval English writer believed by some scholars to be the author of the Middle English debate poem *The Owl and the Nightingale*.
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B.
John of Cornwall
John of Cornwall was a 13th-century English nobleman, the son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, and a member of the Plantagenet royal family.
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C.
Roger de Montgomery
Roger de Montgomery was an 11th-century Norman nobleman and close ally of William the Conqueror who became Earl of Shrewsbury and a major landholder in post-Conquest England.
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D.
John Knightbridge
John Knightbridge was a benefactor whose legacy in moral philosophy is commemorated through a prestigious professorship at the University of Cambridge.
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E.
St. George
St. George is a waterfront neighborhood on the northeastern tip of Staten Island in New York City, known for its ferry terminal, civic buildings, and views of the Manhattan skyline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
13th-century person
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Savoyard ⓘ architect ⓘ master mason ⓘ military architect ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Duchy of Savoy
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surface form:
County of Savoy
England ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Edwardian castle-building program in Wales
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Welsh Wars ⓘ
surface form:
Edwardian conquest of Wales
|
| centuryOfActivity |
13th century
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14th century ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Duchy of Savoy
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surface form:
County of Savoy
|
| countryOfOrigin |
Duchy of Savoy
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surface form:
County of Savoy
|
| designed |
Aberystwyth Castle
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Beaumaris Castle ⓘ Caernarfon Castle ⓘ Conwy Castle ⓘ Flint Castle ⓘ Harlech ⓘ
surface form:
Harlech Castle
Rhuddlan ⓘ
surface form:
Rhuddlan Castle
|
| employer | Edward I of England ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
castle architecture
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fortification design ⓘ military architecture ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | later British castle architecture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contribution to concentric castle design
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designing Edward I’s castles in Wales ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Aberystwyth Castle
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Beaumaris Castle ⓘ Caernarfon Castle ⓘ Conwy Castle ⓘ Flint Castle ⓘ Harlech ⓘ
surface form:
Harlech Castle
Rhuddlan ⓘ
surface form:
Rhuddlan Castle
|
| occupation |
architect
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master mason ⓘ military engineer ⓘ |
| patron | Edward I of England ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King’s Master Mason
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Master of the King’s Works in Wales ⓘ |
| style | concentric castle design ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: James of St George Description of subject: James of St George was a 13th-century Savoyard master mason and military architect best known for designing many of King Edward I’s great castles in Wales.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
James of Saint George