Charles II of Scotland
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Charles II of Scotland was the 17th-century Stuart monarch who was restored to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1660 after the English Civil War and Interregnum.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles II of Scotland canonical | 3 |
| Charles II as King of Scots | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1912566 — 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: Charles II of Scotland Context triple: [James VII of Scotland, predecessorAsKingOfScotland, Charles II of Scotland]
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A.
James II of Scotland
James II of Scotland was a 15th-century king whose turbulent reign was marked by efforts to curb the power of the great nobles and consolidate royal authority before his death in 1460.
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B.
James I of Scotland
James I of Scotland was a 15th-century King of Scots whose turbulent reign was marked by his long English captivity, efforts to centralize royal authority, and eventual assassination in 1437.
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C.
James VII of Scotland
James VII of Scotland (also James II of England and Ireland) was the last Catholic monarch of Britain, whose reign ended with the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
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D.
James V of Scotland
James V of Scotland was a 16th-century King of Scots from the House of Stuart and the father of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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E.
Edward of Scotland
Edward of Scotland was a medieval Scottish royal, likely a prince of the House of Dunkeld and brother to Edmund of Scotland.
- 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: Charles II of Scotland Target entity description: Charles II of Scotland was the 17th-century Stuart monarch who was restored to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1660 after the English Civil War and Interregnum.
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A.
James II of Scotland
James II of Scotland was a 15th-century king whose turbulent reign was marked by efforts to curb the power of the great nobles and consolidate royal authority before his death in 1460.
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B.
James I of Scotland
James I of Scotland was a 15th-century King of Scots whose turbulent reign was marked by his long English captivity, efforts to centralize royal authority, and eventual assassination in 1437.
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C.
James VII of Scotland
James VII of Scotland (also James II of England and Ireland) was the last Catholic monarch of Britain, whose reign ended with the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
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D.
James V of Scotland
James V of Scotland was a 16th-century King of Scots from the House of Stuart and the father of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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E.
Edward of Scotland
Edward of Scotland was a medieval Scottish royal, likely a prince of the House of Dunkeld and brother to Edmund of Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of England
ⓘ
King of Ireland ⓘ King of Scotland ⓘ human ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1630-05-29 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
St James's Palace, London ⓘ
surface form:
St James's Palace
|
| burialPlace |
Westminster Abbey, London
ⓘ
surface form:
Westminster Abbey
|
| coronation |
1651-01-01 (as King of Scotland at Scone)
ⓘ
1661-04-23 (as King of England, Scotland and Ireland at Westminster Abbey) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of England
ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1685-02-06 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
Palace of Whitehall ⓘ
surface form:
Whitehall Palace
|
| father | Charles I of England ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| house | House of Stuart ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Restoration court culture
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numerous illegitimate children ⓘ patronage of the arts and sciences ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Stuart ⓘ |
| monarchOf |
Kingdom of England
ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| mother | Henrietta Maria of France ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Great Fire of London
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Great Plague of London ⓘ Restoration of the monarchy in 1660 ⓘ Second Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ Third Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of England
ⓘ
King of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ King of Ireland ⓘ Kings of Scotland ⓘ
surface form:
King of Scotland
|
| predecessor |
English Commonwealth
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of England
|
| regnalName |
Charles II of England
ⓘ
surface form:
Charles II
|
| reignEnd | 1685-02-06 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1660-05-29 ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism
ⓘ
Church of England ⓘ |
| sibling |
Elizabeth Stuart
ⓘ
surface form:
Elizabeth Stuart (daughter of Charles I)
Henrietta of England ⓘ
surface form:
Henrietta Anne of England
Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester ⓘ James II of England ⓘ Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange ⓘ Princess Anne Stuart ⓘ
surface form:
Princess Anne of Austria (Anne Stuart, daughter of Charles I)
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| spouse |
Catherine of Braganza (as queen consort of Scotland)
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surface form:
Catherine of Braganza
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| successor | James II of England ⓘ |
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: Charles II of Scotland Description of subject: Charles II of Scotland was the 17th-century Stuart monarch who was restored to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1660 after the English Civil War and Interregnum.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Charles II as King of Scots
subject surface form:
John Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk