James, Duke of Rothesay
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James, Duke of Rothesay was the short-lived eldest son and heir apparent of King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor, whose early death altered the line of succession to the Scottish throne.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James, Duke of Rothesay canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11600481 — 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, Duke of Rothesay Context triple: [Margaret Tudor, child, James, Duke of Rothesay]
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A.
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King James I of Scotland who died in childhood, preventing him from ascending the throne.
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B.
Charles James, Duke of Rothesay
Charles James, Duke of Rothesay was the short-lived eldest son of King Charles I of England and Scotland, who died in infancy and never acceded to the throne.
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C.
David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay
David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Robert III of Scotland, whose early death in 1402 under suspicious circumstances made him a notable and tragic figure in late medieval Scottish history.
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D.
Duke of Rothesay
The Duke of Rothesay is the traditional title held by the heir apparent to the Scottish throne, now used for the heir to the British crown when in Scotland.
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E.
David of Scotland, Prince of Scotland
David of Scotland, Prince of Scotland, was the younger son of King Alexander III whose early death left his elder brother as the primary heir to the Scottish throne, contributing to the later succession crisis.
- 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, Duke of Rothesay Target entity description: James, Duke of Rothesay was the short-lived eldest son and heir apparent of King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor, whose early death altered the line of succession to the Scottish throne.
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A.
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King James I of Scotland who died in childhood, preventing him from ascending the throne.
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B.
Charles James, Duke of Rothesay
Charles James, Duke of Rothesay was the short-lived eldest son of King Charles I of England and Scotland, who died in infancy and never acceded to the throne.
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C.
David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay
David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Robert III of Scotland, whose early death in 1402 under suspicious circumstances made him a notable and tragic figure in late medieval Scottish history.
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D.
Duke of Rothesay
The Duke of Rothesay is the traditional title held by the heir apparent to the Scottish throne, now used for the heir to the British crown when in Scotland.
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E.
David of Scotland, Prince of Scotland
David of Scotland, Prince of Scotland, was the younger son of King Alexander III whose early death left his elder brother as the primary heir to the Scottish throne, contributing to the later succession crisis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish prince
ⓘ
heir apparent ⓘ |
| associatedTitleTerritory |
Carrick
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ Rothesay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Scotland ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasticSignificance | his early death altered the line of succession to the Scottish throne ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Scottish ⓘ |
| father | James IV of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | James Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfather | James III of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandmother | Margaret of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heirApparentOf | James IV of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra | late 15th–early 16th century Scotland ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| maternalDynasty | Tudor dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maternalGrandfather | Henry VII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maternalGrandmother | Elizabeth of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchAsParent | James IV of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Margaret Tudor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motherNationality | English ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Earl of Carrick
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lord of the Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince and Great Steward of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being heir apparent to the Scottish throne
ⓘ
being the eldest son of James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor ⓘ dying in infancy ⓘ |
| paternalDynasty | Stewart dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Duke of Rothesay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Henry VIII of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James V of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| royalHouse | House of Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Arthur, Duke of Rothesay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James V of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successionStatus | heir apparent who predeceased his father ⓘ |
| title | Duke of Rothesay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: James, Duke of Rothesay Description of subject: James, Duke of Rothesay was the short-lived eldest son and heir apparent of King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor, whose early death altered the line of succession to the Scottish throne.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Margaret Tudor