Chronicle of the Kings of Alba
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The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba is a medieval Scottish historical text that records the reigns of early Scottish kings and is a key source for the history of the kingdom of Alba.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chronicle of the Kings of Alba canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3863318 — 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: Chronicle of the Kings of Alba Context triple: [Lulach of Scotland, describedBySource, Chronicle of the Kings of Alba]
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A.
Kings of the Picts
The Kings of the Picts were the early medieval monarchs who ruled the Pictish kingdoms in what is now eastern and northern Scotland before their eventual unification with the Scots.
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B.
Lord of Galloway
The Lord of Galloway was a powerful medieval Scottish noble title associated with the influential Black Douglas family and their control over the Galloway region in southwestern Scotland.
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C.
The Kingis Quair
The Kingis Quair is a 15th-century Scots poem, traditionally attributed to King James I of Scotland, that recounts his captivity in England and his courtly love for Joan Beaufort.
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D.
Saga of Magnus Barefoot
Saga of Magnus Barefoot is a medieval Norse saga recounting the life, reign, and military campaigns of the Norwegian king Magnus III, known as Magnus Barefoot.
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E.
Historia Regum Britanniae
Historia Regum Britanniae is a 12th-century pseudo-historical chronicle by Geoffrey of Monmouth that popularized many legendary accounts of early British kings, including the stories of King Arthur.
- 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: Chronicle of the Kings of Alba Target entity description: The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba is a medieval Scottish historical text that records the reigns of early Scottish kings and is a key source for the history of the kingdom of Alba.
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A.
Kings of the Picts
The Kings of the Picts were the early medieval monarchs who ruled the Pictish kingdoms in what is now eastern and northern Scotland before their eventual unification with the Scots.
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B.
Lord of Galloway
The Lord of Galloway was a powerful medieval Scottish noble title associated with the influential Black Douglas family and their control over the Galloway region in southwestern Scotland.
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C.
The Kingis Quair
The Kingis Quair is a 15th-century Scots poem, traditionally attributed to King James I of Scotland, that recounts his captivity in England and his courtly love for Joan Beaufort.
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D.
Saga of Magnus Barefoot
Saga of Magnus Barefoot is a medieval Norse saga recounting the life, reign, and military campaigns of the Norwegian king Magnus III, known as Magnus Barefoot.
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E.
Historia Regum Britanniae
Historia Regum Britanniae is a 12th-century pseudo-historical chronicle by Geoffrey of Monmouth that popularized many legendary accounts of early British kings, including the stories of King Arthur.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin chronicle
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Scottish chronicle ⓘ medieval historical text ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Scottish monarchy
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linked to:
Kings of Scotland
medieval Scottish historiography ⓘ |
| contains |
brief narrative notices
ⓘ
regnal list ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 10th century (approximate) ⓘ |
| describes |
kingdom of Alba
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linked to:
Kingdom of Scotland
|
| focusesOn |
political events in early medieval Scotland
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succession of kings ⓘ |
| genre |
historiography
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royal chronicle ⓘ |
| historicalDiscipline | medieval Scottish studies ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Alba ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
early medieval Scotland
ⓘ
kings of Alba ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | survives in later manuscript copies ⓘ |
| records | reigns of early Scottish kings ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Pictish king-lists
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Scottish regnal lists ⓘ |
| significance |
key source for early Scottish history
ⓘ
key source for the history of the kingdom of Alba ⓘ |
| sourceType | primary source ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
10th century
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9th century ⓘ |
| usedBy | modern historians of Scotland ⓘ |
| usedFor |
reconstructing chronology of early Scottish kings
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studying formation of the kingdom of Alba ⓘ |
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Subject: Chronicle of the Kings of Alba Description of subject: The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba is a medieval Scottish historical text that records the reigns of early Scottish kings and is a key source for the history of the kingdom of Alba.
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