James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray
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James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray was a Scottish nobleman of the early 17th century who inherited the Moray earldom and played a role in the political affairs of post-Reformation Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11630066 — 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 Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray Context triple: [Moray family, notableMember, James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray]
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A.
David Stewart, Earl of Moray
David Stewart, Earl of Moray, was a late 14th-century Scottish nobleman and son of King Robert II of Scotland, notable for his role within the powerful Stewart dynasty.
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B.
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman of the powerful Black Douglas family who played a leading role in the dynastic conflicts against King James II of Scotland.
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C.
Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray
Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and military leader who played a key role in Robert the Bruce’s campaigns during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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D.
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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E.
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King David II.
- 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 Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray Target entity description: James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray was a Scottish nobleman of the early 17th century who inherited the Moray earldom and played a role in the political affairs of post-Reformation Scotland.
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A.
David Stewart, Earl of Moray
David Stewart, Earl of Moray, was a late 14th-century Scottish nobleman and son of King Robert II of Scotland, notable for his role within the powerful Stewart dynasty.
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B.
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman of the powerful Black Douglas family who played a leading role in the dynastic conflicts against King James II of Scotland.
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C.
Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray
Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and military leader who played a key role in Robert the Bruce’s campaigns during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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D.
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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E.
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King David II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl
ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ peer of Scotland ⓘ |
| activity | landed magnate in northern Scotland ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Moray earldom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scottish Reformation settlement ⓘ |
| citizenship | Scottish ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| era | early 17th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | James Stewart, 1st Lord Doune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feudalJurisdiction |
lands of Moray
ⓘ
lordship of Doune ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | Earldom of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldTitleBy | right of his wife ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-Reformation Scotland ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Lord ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| mother | Margaret Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | earl ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Lord Abernethy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lord Doune NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Strathdearn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
involvement in feuds among Scottish nobility
ⓘ
role in governance of post-Reformation Scotland ⓘ |
| ordinalInTitle | 2nd Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | post-Reformation Scottish politics ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Scottish Protestant nobility ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | Parliament of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Highlands of Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lowlands of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| residence |
Doune Castle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moray, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | Scottish aristocracy ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth Stuart, 2nd Countess of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| successorTitleContext | succeeded in Moray earldom through his wife ⓘ |
| territorialDesignation | Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Earl of Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleAcquiredThrough | marriage to Elizabeth Stuart, 2nd Countess of Moray ⓘ |
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 Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray Description of subject: James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray was a Scottish nobleman of the early 17th century who inherited the Moray earldom and played a role in the political affairs of post-Reformation Scotland.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Moray family