Mary Ruthven, Countess of Gowrie
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Mary Ruthven, Countess of Gowrie, was a Scottish noblewoman of the influential Ruthven family, known for her role in the turbulent political and religious affairs of late 16th-century Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
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| Mary Ruthven, Countess of Gowrie canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22641674 — 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: Mary Ruthven, Countess of Gowrie Context triple: [Ruthven family, notableMember, Mary Ruthven, Countess of Gowrie]
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Margaret Stewart, Countess of Mar
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Mar, was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman who held the ancient earldom of Mar in her own right and played a notable role in the politics of medieval Scotland.
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B.
Margaret Graham of Lovat
Margaret Graham of Lovat was a Scottish noblewoman of the 14th century, notable as the mother of Euphemia de Ross, who became Queen of Scots through her marriage to King Robert II.
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C.
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Douglas
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Douglas, was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman and royal daughter whose marriage into the powerful Douglas family strengthened the political alliances of the early Stewart monarchy.
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D.
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish noblewoman of the Stewart family who held the Angus title in her own right and was the mother of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas.
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E.
Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish noblewoman and granddaughter of Henry VII whose lineage made her a key dynastic figure in the Tudor succession.
- 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: Mary Ruthven, Countess of Gowrie Target entity description: Mary Ruthven, Countess of Gowrie, was a Scottish noblewoman of the influential Ruthven family, known for her role in the turbulent political and religious affairs of late 16th-century Scotland.
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A.
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Mar
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Mar, was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman who held the ancient earldom of Mar in her own right and played a notable role in the politics of medieval Scotland.
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B.
Margaret Graham of Lovat
Margaret Graham of Lovat was a Scottish noblewoman of the 14th century, notable as the mother of Euphemia de Ross, who became Queen of Scots through her marriage to King Robert II.
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C.
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Douglas
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Douglas, was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman and royal daughter whose marriage into the powerful Douglas family strengthened the political alliances of the early Stewart monarchy.
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D.
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus
Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish noblewoman of the Stewart family who held the Angus title in her own right and was the mother of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas.
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E.
Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish noblewoman and granddaughter of Henry VII whose lineage made her a key dynastic figure in the Tudor succession.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.