Earldom of Moray
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The Earldom of Moray is a historic Scottish peerage title linked to the province of Moray, long associated with powerful noble families and significant roles in Scotland’s medieval and early modern politics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Earldom of Moray canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11499338 — 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: Earldom of Moray Context triple: [Countess of Moray, associatedWith, Earldom of Moray]
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A.
Earldom of Fife
The Earldom of Fife was one of medieval Scotland’s most powerful and prestigious earldoms, traditionally associated with the ancient mormaers of Fife and key roles in the Scottish royal succession.
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B.
Earldom of Strathearn
The Earldom of Strathearn was a medieval Scottish noble title and territorial lordship centered in the Strathearn region of Perthshire, historically held by powerful earls who played key roles in the kingdom’s politics.
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C.
Earldom of Angus
The Earldom of Angus was a powerful medieval Scottish noble title long associated with the influential Douglas family and a key force in Scottish politics.
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D.
Earldom of Menteith
The Earldom of Menteith was a medieval Scottish noble title and territorial lordship centered in the historic region of Menteith in central Scotland.
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E.
Dukedom of Fife
The Dukedom of Fife is a British peerage title in the United Kingdom, historically associated with the Scottish nobility and notably created for Alexander Duff, who married Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of King Edward VII.
- 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: Earldom of Moray Target entity description: The Earldom of Moray is a historic Scottish peerage title linked to the province of Moray, long associated with powerful noble families and significant roles in Scotland’s medieval and early modern politics.
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A.
Earldom of Fife
The Earldom of Fife was one of medieval Scotland’s most powerful and prestigious earldoms, traditionally associated with the ancient mormaers of Fife and key roles in the Scottish royal succession.
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B.
Earldom of Strathearn
The Earldom of Strathearn was a medieval Scottish noble title and territorial lordship centered in the Strathearn region of Perthshire, historically held by powerful earls who played key roles in the kingdom’s politics.
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C.
Earldom of Angus
The Earldom of Angus was a powerful medieval Scottish noble title long associated with the influential Douglas family and a key force in Scottish politics.
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D.
Earldom of Menteith
The Earldom of Menteith was a medieval Scottish noble title and territorial lordship centered in the historic region of Menteith in central Scotland.
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E.
Dukedom of Fife
The Dukedom of Fife is a British peerage title in the United Kingdom, historically associated with the Scottish nobility and notably created for Alexander Duff, who married Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of King Edward VII.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish earldom
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hereditary peerage title ⓘ |
| associatedClan |
Clan Murray
NERFINISHED
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Clan Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedFamily |
Randolph family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stewart family NERFINISHED ⓘ Stuart family of Doune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Scottish Reformation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scottish Wars of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ regency government of Scotland ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| currentCreation | third creation of 1562 ⓘ |
| feudalJurisdiction | Province of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstCreationDate | c. 1312 ⓘ |
| firstCreationMonarch | Robert I of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstHolder | Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerSeat | Doune Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMultipleCreations | true ⓘ |
| hasTitleHolder |
Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray (new creation)
NERFINISHED
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Francis Douglas Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Stuart, 10th Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Stuart, 11th Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Stuart, 13th Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Stuart, 7th Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (Regent) NERFINISHED ⓘ James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ James Stuart, 4th Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ John Douglas Stuart, 21st Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
major role in early modern Scottish politics
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major role in medieval Scottish politics ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle |
English
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Scots ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Province of Moray
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Earl ⓘ |
| notableCreation | third creation of 1562 ⓘ |
| notableEvent | assassination of James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, in 1570 ⓘ |
| notableHolder | James Stewart, Regent Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableHolderRole | Regent of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peerage | Peerage of Scotland ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence | north-east Scotland ⓘ |
| seat | Darnaway Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extant ⓘ |
| style | Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thirdCreationHolder | James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (Regent) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thirdCreationMonarch | Mary, Queen of Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Earldom of Moray Description of subject: The Earldom of Moray is a historic Scottish peerage title linked to the province of Moray, long associated with powerful noble families and significant roles in Scotland’s medieval and early modern politics.
Referenced by (1)
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