William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney
E941427
William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman notable for his roles as Earl of Orkney and Caithness and as the builder of the famed Rosslyn Chapel.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney canonical | 2 |
| 3rd Earl of Orkney | 1 |
| William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness | 1 |
| William Sinclair, 3rd Lord Sinclair | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11622226 — 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.
Target entity: William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney Context triple: [Clan Sinclair, hasNotableTitleHolder, William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney]
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William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness
William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and influential member of the Sinclair family, noted for his political power, extensive landholdings, and prominent role in medieval Scottish affairs.
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Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney
Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, was a 14th-century Scottish-Norwegian nobleman and explorer traditionally associated with the Sinclair family and later legends of pre-Columbian voyages to North America.
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George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney
George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, was a prominent early 18th-century Scottish soldier and nobleman who became one of Britain’s leading generals during the War of the Spanish Succession.
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John Stewart, Earl of Buchan
John Stewart, Earl of Buchan, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and military commander of the early 15th century who notably fought for France during the Hundred Years’ War and was killed at the Battle of Verneuil in 1424.
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E.
William Graham, 5th Earl of Menteith
William Graham, 5th Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman of the early 16th century who held significant regional power and influence in the central Highlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney Target entity description: William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman notable for his roles as Earl of Orkney and Caithness and as the builder of the famed Rosslyn Chapel.
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A.
William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness
William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and influential member of the Sinclair family, noted for his political power, extensive landholdings, and prominent role in medieval Scottish affairs.
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B.
Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney
Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, was a 14th-century Scottish-Norwegian nobleman and explorer traditionally associated with the Sinclair family and later legends of pre-Columbian voyages to North America.
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C.
George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney
George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, was a prominent early 18th-century Scottish soldier and nobleman who became one of Britain’s leading generals during the War of the Spanish Succession.
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D.
John Stewart, Earl of Buchan
John Stewart, Earl of Buchan, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and military commander of the early 15th century who notably fought for France during the Hundred Years’ War and was killed at the Battle of Verneuil in 1424.
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E.
William Graham, 5th Earl of Menteith
William Graham, 5th Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman of the early 16th century who held significant regional power and influence in the central Highlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl
ⓘ
Earl of Caithness ⓘ Earl of Orkney ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Kingdom of Denmark-Norway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalPatronage | Rosslyn Chapel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStylePromoted | Late Gothic ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Caithness
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orkney Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosslyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Rosslyn Chapel? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 15th century ⓘ |
| child |
Oliver Sinclair of Roslin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness (younger line)? NERFINISHED ⓘ William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| familyName | Sinclair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| heldFrom | King of Norway (for Orkney) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
building Rosslyn Chapel
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holding the Earldom of Caithness ⓘ holding the Earldom of Orkney ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Latin
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| laterHeldFrom | King of Scotland (for Caithness) ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Sinclair family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitleTransferredTo | Crown of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBuildingCommissioned | Rosslyn Chapel GENERATED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Rosslyn Chapel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronageArea |
church building
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religious institutions ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Baron of Roslin
NERFINISHED
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Earl of Caithness NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Chancellor of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Caithness
NERFINISHED
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Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ Roslin, Midlothian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Lady Elizabeth Douglas
NERFINISHED
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Marjory Sutherland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surrenderedTitle | Earldom of Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surrenderedTitleTo | King James III of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
1st Earl of Caithness
NERFINISHED
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3rd Earl of Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney Description of subject: William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman notable for his roles as Earl of Orkney and Caithness and as the builder of the famed Rosslyn Chapel.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.