Edgar, King of Scotland

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King of Scotland human medieval monarch

Edgar, King of Scotland was a late 11th-century Scottish monarch from the House of Dunkeld who ruled after the turbulent reigns of his father Malcolm III and brother Donald III, helping to stabilize the kingdom.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Edgar of Scotland	26
Edgar, King of Scotland canonical	5
Edgar (no regnal number used in Scotland)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T296632 — 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: Edgar, King of Scotland
Context triple: [Edward, son of Malcolm III and Margaret, sibling, Edgar, King of Scotland]

A. Alexander III of Scotland
Alexander III of Scotland was a 13th-century King of Scots whose reign is noted for relative peace, prosperity, and the consolidation of Scottish independence, particularly through the acquisition of the Western Isles.
B. William II of Scotland
William II of Scotland, better known as William III of England, was the Dutch-born Protestant prince who came to the British throne in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and ruled jointly with his wife Mary II.
C. Alexander I of Scotland
Alexander I of Scotland was a 12th-century King of Scots known for consolidating royal authority and supporting ecclesiastical reform.
D. Alexander II of Scotland
Alexander II of Scotland was a 13th-century King of Scots (reigning from 1214 to 1249) known for consolidating royal authority, resolving conflicts with England, and expanding Scottish influence into the Western Isles.
E. Malcolm III of Scotland
Malcolm III of Scotland was an 11th-century King of Scots whose long reign helped consolidate the Scottish kingdom and establish the House of Dunkeld.
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: Edgar, King of Scotland
Target entity description: Edgar, King of Scotland was a late 11th-century Scottish monarch from the House of Dunkeld who ruled after the turbulent reigns of his father Malcolm III and brother Donald III, helping to stabilize the kingdom.

A. Alexander III of Scotland
Alexander III of Scotland was a 13th-century King of Scots whose reign is noted for relative peace, prosperity, and the consolidation of Scottish independence, particularly through the acquisition of the Western Isles.
B. William II of Scotland
William II of Scotland, better known as William III of England, was the Dutch-born Protestant prince who came to the British throne in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and ruled jointly with his wife Mary II.
C. Alexander I of Scotland
Alexander I of Scotland was a 12th-century King of Scots known for consolidating royal authority and supporting ecclesiastical reform.
D. Alexander II of Scotland
Alexander II of Scotland was a 13th-century King of Scots (reigning from 1214 to 1249) known for consolidating royal authority, resolving conflicts with England, and expanding Scottish influence into the Western Isles.
E. Malcolm III of Scotland
Malcolm III of Scotland was an 11th-century King of Scots whose long reign helped consolidate the Scottish kingdom and establish the House of Dunkeld.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	King of Scotland ⓘ human ⓘ medieval monarch ⓘ
associatedWith	Dunfermline Abbey ⓘ court at Edinburgh ⓘ
birthDate	c. 1074 ⓘ
burialPlace	Dunfermline Abbey ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes (traditionally assumed) ⓘ
children	none known ⓘ
conflict	struggle for the Scottish throne against Donald III ⓘ
coronationPlace	Scone, Scotland ⓘ linked to: Scone, Perthshire, Scotland
coRulerOrRival	Donald III of Scotland ⓘ
countryRuled	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathDate	8 January 1107 ⓘ
deathPlace	Edinburgh, Scotland ⓘ linked to: Edinburgh
dynasty	Dunkeld dynasty ⓘ
era	early 12th century ⓘ late 11th century ⓘ
father	Malcolm III of Scotland ⓘ
fullName	Edgar of Scotland ⓘ linked to: Edgar, King of Scotland
house	House of Dunkeld ⓘ
languageContext	ruled a kingdom where Gaelic, Old English, and Norse influences coexisted ⓘ
maritalStatus	never married ⓘ
mother	Margaret of Wessex ⓘ
notableAct	confirmed and protected the reforms associated with Queen Margaret ⓘ granted lands and privileges to religious houses ⓘ
notableFor	relatively peaceful reign compared to predecessors ⓘ transition figure between older Gaelic kingship and more Anglo-Norman influences ⓘ
parentOf	none ⓘ
policy	helped stabilize the Scottish kingdom after civil conflict ⓘ maintained peace with the Kingdom of England ⓘ
predecessor	Donald III of Scotland ⓘ
regnalNumber	Edgar (no regnal number used in Scotland) ⓘ linked to: Edgar, King of Scotland
reignEnd	1107 ⓘ
reignStart	1097 ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sibling	Alexander I of Scotland ⓘ David I of Scotland ⓘ Edgar Ætheling (nephew, not sibling) ⓘ linked to: Edgar Ætheling Edmund of Scotland ⓘ Ethelred of Scotland ⓘ linked to: Indulf of Scotland Matilda of Scotland ⓘ linked to: Edith of Scotland (Matilda of Scotland)
successor	Alexander I of Scotland ⓘ
supportedBy	Norman and Anglo-Norman allies ⓘ William II of England ⓘ
title	King of Scots ⓘ

How these facts were elicited