Earl of Moray
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The Earl of Moray is a historic Scottish noble title traditionally associated with the province of Moray and held by prominent figures in Scotland’s medieval and early modern history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Earl of Moray canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11499340 — 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: Earl of Moray Context triple: [Countess of Moray, genderFormOf, Earl of Moray]
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A.
1st Earl of Moray
The 1st Earl of Moray was a prominent Scottish noble title most famously held by James Stewart, the illegitimate half-brother of Mary, Queen of Scots, who served as Regent of Scotland during her son James VI’s minority.
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B.
Earl of Darnley
The Earl of Darnley is a historic Scottish noble title most famously associated with Henry Stuart, the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, and later used as a subsidiary title by the Dukes of Richmond.
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C.
Earl of Montrose
The Earl of Montrose is a historic Scottish noble title most famously borne by members of the Graham family, notably the Royalist general James Graham during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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D.
John Erskine, Earl of Mar
John Erskine, Earl of Mar, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician best known for initiating and commanding the Jacobite rising of 1715 in an effort to restore the Stuart monarchy.
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E.
Earl of Stair
The Earl of Stair is a Scottish peerage title historically associated with the influential Dalrymple family, prominent in law, politics, and military service.
- 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: Earl of Moray Target entity description: The Earl of Moray is a historic Scottish noble title traditionally associated with the province of Moray and held by prominent figures in Scotland’s medieval and early modern history.
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A.
1st Earl of Moray
The 1st Earl of Moray was a prominent Scottish noble title most famously held by James Stewart, the illegitimate half-brother of Mary, Queen of Scots, who served as Regent of Scotland during her son James VI’s minority.
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B.
Earl of Darnley
The Earl of Darnley is a historic Scottish noble title most famously associated with Henry Stuart, the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, and later used as a subsidiary title by the Dukes of Richmond.
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C.
Earl of Montrose
The Earl of Montrose is a historic Scottish noble title most famously borne by members of the Graham family, notably the Royalist general James Graham during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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D.
John Erskine, Earl of Mar
John Erskine, Earl of Mar, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician best known for initiating and commanding the Jacobite rising of 1715 in an effort to restore the Stuart monarchy.
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E.
Earl of Stair
The Earl of Stair is a Scottish peerage title historically associated with the influential Dalrymple family, prominent in law, politics, and military service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish noble title
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Scottish nobleman ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ |
| associatedWithTerritory | Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath |
1332
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1570 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling | Earl of Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedClan |
Clan Murray
NERFINISHED
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Clan Stewart of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Scots
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Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| hasTitleHolder |
Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray
NERFINISHED
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Douglas Stuart, 20th Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Douglas Stuart, 14th 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, 15th Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Stuart, 9th Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (Regent) NERFINISHED ⓘ James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ James Stewart, 3rd Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ James Stuart, 4th Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldTitle |
Earl of Moray
NERFINISHED
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Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
Important in early modern Scottish politics
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Important in medieval Scottish politics ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Province of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamilyType | Peerage title ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Earl ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Companion of Robert the Bruce
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Half-brother of Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ Leader of the Scottish Reformation party ⓘ |
| partOf | Peerage of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Regent of Scotland ⓘ |
| traditionalCreationType | Feudal earldom ⓘ |
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: Earl of Moray Description of subject: The Earl of Moray is a historic Scottish noble title traditionally associated with the province of Moray and held by prominent figures in Scotland’s medieval and early modern history.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Moray family