Gregor MacGregor (Cazique of Poyais)

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adventurer con artist fraudster human soldier

Gregor MacGregor, known as the Cazique of Poyais, was a 19th-century Scottish soldier, adventurer, and infamous fraudster who orchestrated a major land-settlement scam by inventing the fictional Central American country of Poyais.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cazique of Poyais	2
Gregor MacGregor (Cazique of Poyais) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11379336 — 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: Gregor MacGregor (Cazique of Poyais)
Context triple: [Clan MacGregor, notableMember, Gregor MacGregor (Cazique of Poyais)]

A. Lope de Aguirre
Lope de Aguirre was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador notorious for his brutal rebellion against the Spanish Crown during a doomed expedition in search of the legendary El Dorado in South America.
B. Lempira
Lempira was a 16th-century Lenca chieftain and national hero of Honduras who led indigenous resistance against Spanish conquest.
C. Amílcar
Amílcar is the given name of Brazilian sculptor, graphic designer, and concrete artist Amílcar de Castro.
D. Andrés de Santa Cruz
Andrés de Santa Cruz was a 19th-century Bolivian-Peruvian military leader and statesman who served as President of Bolivia and attempted to unite Peru and Bolivia in a confederation.
E. Cacique
Cacique is the traditional nickname of Chilean football club Colo-Colo, evoking the image of an indigenous tribal chief as a symbol of leadership and strength.
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: Gregor MacGregor (Cazique of Poyais)
Target entity description: Gregor MacGregor, known as the Cazique of Poyais, was a 19th-century Scottish soldier, adventurer, and infamous fraudster who orchestrated a major land-settlement scam by inventing the fictional Central American country of Poyais.

A. Lope de Aguirre
Lope de Aguirre was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador notorious for his brutal rebellion against the Spanish Crown during a doomed expedition in search of the legendary El Dorado in South America.
B. Lempira
Lempira was a 16th-century Lenca chieftain and national hero of Honduras who led indigenous resistance against Spanish conquest.
C. Amílcar
Amílcar is the given name of Brazilian sculptor, graphic designer, and concrete artist Amílcar de Castro.
D. Andrés de Santa Cruz
Andrés de Santa Cruz was a 19th-century Bolivian-Peruvian military leader and statesman who served as President of Bolivia and attempted to unite Peru and Bolivia in a confederation.
E. Cacique
Cacique is the traditional nickname of Chilean football club Colo-Colo, evoking the image of an indigenous tribal chief as a symbol of leadership and strength.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	adventurer ⓘ con artist ⓘ fraudster ⓘ human ⓘ soldier ⓘ
activityLocation	Central America ⓘ Edinburgh ⓘ London ⓘ linked to: London, England Paris ⓘ
alias	Cazique of Poyais ⓘ linked to: Gregor MacGregor (Cazique of Poyais)
allegiance	New Granada ⓘ linked to: Republic of New Granada United Kingdom ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ
birthDate	1786-12-24 ⓘ
birthPlace	Glengyle ⓘ Perthshire ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
burialPlace	Caracas ⓘ
claimedTitle	Cazique of Poyais ⓘ linked to: Gregor MacGregor (Cazique of Poyais) Prince of Poyais ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate	1845-12-04 ⓘ
deathPlace	Caracas ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Scottish people ⓘ
fraudScheme	issuing Poyais government bonds ⓘ recruitment of settlers to Poyais ⓘ sale of land certificates for Poyais ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
militaryRank	colonel ⓘ general ⓘ
name	Gregor MacGregor ⓘ linked to: Gregor MacGregor (conman)
notableEvent	Poyais colonists’ disastrous voyage in 1822 ⓘ trial for fraud in France ⓘ
notableFor	Poyais fraud ⓘ inventing the fictional country of Poyais ⓘ land-settlement scam in Central America ⓘ
occupation	adventurer ⓘ confidence trickster ⓘ military officer ⓘ soldier ⓘ
relative	Francisco de Miranda ⓘ
servedIn	British Army ⓘ Spanish American wars of independence ⓘ linked to: Latin American independence movements Venezuelan War of Independence ⓘ
spouse	Josefa Antonia Andrea Aristeguieta y Lovera ⓘ Maria Bowater ⓘ