Comyn family
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The Comyn family was a powerful medieval Scottish noble dynasty that played a major role in the politics and conflicts of 13th- and early 14th-century Scotland.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Comyn family canonical | 10 |
| Clan Comyn | 5 |
| Comyn | 1 |
| Comyn family of Scotland | 1 |
| Comyns | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5121676 — 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: Comyn family Context triple: [Blair Castle, foundedBy, Comyn family]
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A.
Clan Douglas
Clan Douglas is a powerful and historically influential Scottish clan that played a major role in medieval and early modern Scottish politics, warfare, and nobility.
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B.
Clan Forbes
Clan Forbes is a historic Scottish Highland clan traditionally associated with Aberdeenshire and known for its long-standing noble lineage and role in Scottish history.
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C.
Clan Bruce
Clan Bruce is a historic Scottish clan of Norman origin best known for producing Robert the Bruce, the king who secured Scotland’s independence in the early 14th century.
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D.
Clan Munro
Clan Munro is a historic Highland Scottish clan traditionally associated with Easter Ross and noted for its military service and loyalty to the Scottish and later British crowns.
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E.
Clan Hay
Clan Hay is a historic Scottish Highland clan traditionally associated with lands in Aberdeenshire and Perthshire, known for its role in Scottish history and distinctive Hay tartan.
- 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: Comyn family Target entity description: The Comyn family was a powerful medieval Scottish noble dynasty that played a major role in the politics and conflicts of 13th- and early 14th-century Scotland.
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A.
Clan Douglas
Clan Douglas is a powerful and historically influential Scottish clan that played a major role in medieval and early modern Scottish politics, warfare, and nobility.
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B.
Clan Forbes
Clan Forbes is a historic Scottish Highland clan traditionally associated with Aberdeenshire and known for its long-standing noble lineage and role in Scottish history.
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C.
Clan Bruce
Clan Bruce is a historic Scottish clan of Norman origin best known for producing Robert the Bruce, the king who secured Scotland’s independence in the early 14th century.
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D.
Clan Munro
Clan Munro is a historic Highland Scottish clan traditionally associated with Easter Ross and noted for its military service and loyalty to the Scottish and later British crowns.
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E.
Clan Hay
Clan Hay is a historic Scottish Highland clan traditionally associated with lands in Aberdeenshire and Perthshire, known for its role in Scottish history and distinctive Hay tartan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish noble family
ⓘ
medieval dynasty ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Balliol family
ⓘ
MacDougall family ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | three garbs (wheatsheaves) or on a field gules ⓘ |
| conflict |
conflict with supporters of Robert the Bruce
ⓘ
rivalry with the Bruce family ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| declineCause | defeat by Robert the Bruce and his supporters ⓘ |
| declineEvent | forfeiture of Comyn lands after Bruce’s victory ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scots ⓘ |
| floruit |
13th century
ⓘ
early 14th century ⓘ |
| heldOffice |
Guardian of Scotland
ⓘ
linked to:
Guardians of Scotland
|
| influenced | medieval Scottish politics ⓘ |
| language |
Latin
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| memberOf | Scottish nobility ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Great Cause (Scottish succession dispute)
ⓘ
linked to:
Scottish succession crisis of 1290–1292
Wars of Scottish Independence ⓘ
linked to:
First War of Scottish Independence
murder of John Comyn III of Badenoch by Robert the Bruce ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan
ⓘ
Elizabeth Comyn ⓘ
linked to:
Joan Comyn
Joan Comyn ⓘ John Comyn I of Badenoch ⓘ John Comyn II of Badenoch ⓘ
linked to:
John Comyn I of Badenoch
John Comyn III of Badenoch ⓘ
linked to:
John Comyn I of Badenoch
John Comyn, Earl of Buchan ⓘ
linked to:
John Comyn
Margaret Comyn ⓘ Richard Comyn ⓘ Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith ⓘ William Comyn, Earl of Buchan ⓘ |
| notablePeriod |
13th century
ⓘ
14th century ⓘ |
| origin | Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | supporters of the Balliol claim to the Scottish throne ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Earl of Buchan
ⓘ
Earl of Menteith ⓘ Lord of Badenoch ⓘ Lord of Lochaber ⓘ |
| region |
Highlands of Scotland
ⓘ
linked to:
Scottish Highlands
northeast Scotland ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| seat |
Badenoch
ⓘ
Buchan ⓘ Inverlochy Castle ⓘ
linked to:
Inverlochy
Ruthven (in Badenoch) ⓘ |
| supportedClaimant | John Balliol ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Comyn family Description of subject: The Comyn family was a powerful medieval Scottish noble dynasty that played a major role in the politics and conflicts of 13th- and early 14th-century Scotland.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Earls of Buchan
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