Macbeth, King of Scotland
E395405
Macbeth, King of Scotland, was an 11th-century Scottish monarch whose life and reign inspired William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy "Macbeth."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macbeth, King of Scotland canonical | 5 |
| Macbeth of Scotland | 2 |
| Macbeth mac Findlaech | 1 |
| Son of Macbeth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3863301 — 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: Macbeth, King of Scotland Context triple: [Lulach of Scotland, predecessor, Macbeth, King of Scotland]
-
A.
Edgar, King of Scotland
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.
-
B.
Prince of Scotland
The Prince of Scotland was a medieval royal title traditionally held by the heir apparent to the Scottish throne.
-
C.
1st Marquess of Macduff
The 1st Marquess of Macduff was a Scottish peer from the Duff family who was elevated from Earl Fife and became a prominent aristocrat in the late 19th century.
-
D.
King Bruce
King Bruce is a character from the Rankin/Bass stop-motion Easter special "The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town," serving as the young ruler whose growth and changing attitudes shape much of the story’s conflict and resolution.
-
E.
Richard MacDuff
Richard MacDuff is a central character in Douglas Adams's novel "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," portrayed as a somewhat hapless but intelligent software engineer entangled in the story's bizarre, time-twisting mysteries.
- 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: Macbeth, King of Scotland Target entity description: Macbeth, King of Scotland, was an 11th-century Scottish monarch whose life and reign inspired William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy "Macbeth."
-
A.
Edgar, King of Scotland
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.
-
B.
Prince of Scotland
The Prince of Scotland was a medieval royal title traditionally held by the heir apparent to the Scottish throne.
-
C.
1st Marquess of Macduff
The 1st Marquess of Macduff was a Scottish peer from the Duff family who was elevated from Earl Fife and became a prominent aristocrat in the late 19th century.
-
D.
King Bruce
King Bruce is a character from the Rankin/Bass stop-motion Easter special "The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town," serving as the young ruler whose growth and changing attitudes shape much of the story’s conflict and resolution.
-
E.
Richard MacDuff
Richard MacDuff is a central character in Douglas Adams's novel "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," portrayed as a somewhat hapless but intelligent software engineer entangled in the story's bizarre, time-twisting mysteries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
11th-century monarch
ⓘ
King of Scotland ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mac Bethad mac Findláich
ⓘ
Macbeth mac Findlaech ⓘ
linked to:
Macbeth, King of Scotland
Macbeth of Scotland ⓘ
linked to:
Macbeth, King of Scotland
|
| associatedWith |
Alba
ⓘ
Moray ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Lumphanan
ⓘ
Battle of Pitgaveny ⓘ |
| birthCentury | 11th century ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1005 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Scotland ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Iona (traditional attribution)
ⓘ
linked to:
Iona
|
| causeOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 15 August 1057 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | near Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ⓘ |
| dynasty | House of Moray ⓘ |
| father | Findláech mac Ruaidrí ⓘ |
| givenName |
Mac Bethad mac Findlaích
ⓘ
linked to:
Mac Bethad mac Findláich
|
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalContext | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | more stable ruler than his literary depiction suggests ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
"Macbeth" (tragedy by William Shakespeare)
ⓘ
linked to:
Macbeth
Holinshed’s Chronicles-based literary portrayals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the historical basis for Shakespeare’s Macbeth
ⓘ
killing King Duncan I and seizing the Scottish throne ⓘ |
| language | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| notableWork | his rule over the Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| occupation | monarch ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | tyrannical usurper in Shakespeare’s play ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
"Macbeth" by William Shakespeare
ⓘ
linked to:
Macbeth
|
| powerBase | northern Scotland ⓘ |
| predecessor | Duncan I of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1057 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1040 ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| ruledRegion |
Kingdom of Alba
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Scotland
|
| sourceOfInformation |
Holinshed’s Chronicles
ⓘ
linked to:
Holinshed's Chronicles
medieval Scottish chronicles ⓘ |
| spouse | Gruoch of Scotland ⓘ |
| stepSon | Lulach of Scotland ⓘ |
| successor | Lulach of Scotland ⓘ |
| title | King of Scots ⓘ |
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: Macbeth, King of Scotland Description of subject: Macbeth, King of Scotland, was an 11th-century Scottish monarch whose life and reign inspired William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy "Macbeth."
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Macbeth, King of Scotland
linked to: Macbeth, King of Scotland
linked to: Macbeth, King of Scotland
linked to: Macbeth, King of Scotland