Edward Balliol
E430169
Edward Balliol was a 14th-century claimant to the Scottish throne who, with English support, briefly ruled Scotland during the Second War of Scottish Independence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edward Balliol canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3643806 — 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: Edward Balliol Context triple: [John Balliol, child, Edward Balliol]
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A.
Donald III of Scotland
Donald III of Scotland was a late 11th-century King of Scots whose brief and contested reign followed that of his brother Malcolm III amid dynastic struggles for the Scottish throne.
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B.
Thomas de Brus
Thomas de Brus was a medieval Scottish nobleman of the influential Bruce family, known primarily as a brother of King Robert the Bruce and a participant in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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C.
William II of Scotland
William II of Scotland, better known as William III of England, was the Dutch-born Protestant prince who came to the British throne in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and ruled jointly with his wife Mary II.
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D.
William II of Scotland
William II of Scotland was a medieval Scottish king whose reign is obscure and often conflated with other rulers due to limited historical records.
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E.
Walter of Moray
Walter of Moray was a prominent 13th-century Scottish noble and landowner who played a key role in the politics and territorial consolidation of medieval 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: Edward Balliol Target entity description: Edward Balliol was a 14th-century claimant to the Scottish throne who, with English support, briefly ruled Scotland during the Second War of Scottish Independence.
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A.
Donald III of Scotland
Donald III of Scotland was a late 11th-century King of Scots whose brief and contested reign followed that of his brother Malcolm III amid dynastic struggles for the Scottish throne.
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B.
Thomas de Brus
Thomas de Brus was a medieval Scottish nobleman of the influential Bruce family, known primarily as a brother of King Robert the Bruce and a participant in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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C.
William II of Scotland
William II of Scotland, better known as William III of England, was the Dutch-born Protestant prince who came to the British throne in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and ruled jointly with his wife Mary II.
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D.
William II of Scotland
William II of Scotland was a medieval Scottish king whose reign is obscure and often conflated with other rulers due to limited historical records.
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E.
Walter of Moray
Walter of Moray was a prominent 13th-century Scottish noble and landowner who played a key role in the politics and territorial consolidation of medieval Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
14th-century monarch
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King of Scots ⓘ claimant to the throne ⓘ medieval Scottish noble ⓘ |
| abdicated | yes ⓘ |
| abdicationDate | 1356 ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Anglo-Scottish nobles
ⓘ
Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1283 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | probably France ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Doncaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| claimedTitle | King of Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Second War of Scottish Independence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wars of Scottish Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coronationDate | 1332-09-24 ⓘ |
| coronationPlace | Scone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1367 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Wheatley, Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| event |
abdication of the Scottish throne in favor of Edward III
ⓘ
invasion of Scotland in 1332 ⓘ |
| father | John Balliol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Edward Balliol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Isabella de Warenne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Balliol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Dupplin Moor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Halidon Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an English-backed claimant to the Scottish throne
ⓘ
briefly ruling parts of Scotland during the Second War of Scottish Independence ⓘ |
| opponent |
David II of Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scottish Bruce loyalists ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Scots ⓘ |
| predecessor | Robert I of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1356 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1332 ⓘ |
| residence | England ⓘ |
| successor | David II of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Edward III of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | King of Scots (disputed) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Edward Balliol Description of subject: Edward Balliol was a 14th-century claimant to the Scottish throne who, with English support, briefly ruled Scotland during the Second War of Scottish Independence.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.