Earl of Stirling
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The Earl of Stirling was a Scottish peerage title historically associated with William Alexander, a 17th-century colonial promoter and statesman involved in early North American settlement schemes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Earl of Stirling canonical | 2 |
| Earl of Stirling (claimed) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11408020 — 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: Earl of Stirling Context triple: [William Alexander, Lord Stirling, nobleTitleClaim, Earl of Stirling]
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A.
Earl of Perth
The Earl of Perth is a Scottish peerage title historically associated with the influential Drummond family, prominent in Scottish and Jacobite politics.
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B.
Earl of Dumfries
The Earl of Dumfries is a Scottish peerage title historically associated with the Crichton-Stuart family, notably linked to the Marquesses of Bute.
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C.
Earl of Glasgow
The Earl of Glasgow is a Scottish noble title in the Peerage of Scotland, historically held by members of the Boyle family, one of whom served as Governor of New Zealand.
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D.
Earl of Forth
The Earl of Forth was a Scottish noble title in the Peerage of Scotland, notably held by the Royalist general Patrick Ruthven during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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E.
Earl of Carrick
The Earl of Carrick was a medieval Scottish noble title associated with the ruling family of Carrick in southwestern Scotland, notably held by Robert the Bruce before he became King of Scots.
- 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: Earl of Stirling Target entity description: The Earl of Stirling was a Scottish peerage title historically associated with William Alexander, a 17th-century colonial promoter and statesman involved in early North American settlement schemes.
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A.
Earl of Perth
The Earl of Perth is a Scottish peerage title historically associated with the influential Drummond family, prominent in Scottish and Jacobite politics.
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B.
Earl of Dumfries
The Earl of Dumfries is a Scottish peerage title historically associated with the Crichton-Stuart family, notably linked to the Marquesses of Bute.
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C.
Earl of Glasgow
The Earl of Glasgow is a Scottish noble title in the Peerage of Scotland, historically held by members of the Boyle family, one of whom served as Governor of New Zealand.
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D.
Earl of Forth
The Earl of Forth was a Scottish noble title in the Peerage of Scotland, notably held by the Royalist general Patrick Ruthven during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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E.
Earl of Carrick
The Earl of Carrick was a medieval Scottish noble title associated with the ruling family of Carrick in southwestern Scotland, notably held by Robert the Bruce before he became King of Scots.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Scottish peerage title ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Stirling, Scotland
ⓘ
linked to:
Stirling
Tullibody ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nova Scotia
ⓘ
Scottish colonization of North America ⓘ William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling ⓘ
linked to:
Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
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| category |
Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Scotland
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Scottish noble titles ⓘ Titles created in 1633 ⓘ |
| connectedDynasty | House of Stuart ⓘ |
| controversy | 19th-century disputed claims and alleged forgeries ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| createdBy | James VI and I ⓘ |
| creationDate | 1633 ⓘ |
| extinctionDate | 17th century ⓘ |
| extinctionReason | failure of male line ⓘ |
| firstHolder |
William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
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| grantedFor |
colonial promotion
ⓘ
services to the Crown ⓘ |
| hasClaimant | Alexander Humphrys-Alexander (disputed, 19th century) ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | lands in Nova Scotia (nominal) ⓘ |
| hereditary | true ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Scottish feudal law ⓘ |
| monarchAtCreation |
Charles I of England
ⓘ
Charles I of Scotland ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Earl ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with proprietary colonial schemes in North America
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connection with early Scottish attempts to colonize Nova Scotia ⓘ |
| peerage | Peerage of Scotland ⓘ |
| region | Stirlingshire ⓘ |
| relatedTitle | Baronet of Nova Scotia ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| styleOfAddress | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| subordinateTitle |
Lord Alexander of Tullibody
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Viscount of Stirling ⓘ |
| succession | male-preference primogeniture ⓘ |
| territorialDesignation | Stirling ⓘ |
| titleHolder |
Henry Alexander, 3rd Earl of Stirling
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Henry Alexander, 4th Earl of Stirling ⓘ William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling ⓘ
linked to:
Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
William Alexander, 2nd Earl of Stirling ⓘ
linked to:
Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
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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: Earl of Stirling Description of subject: The Earl of Stirling was a Scottish peerage title historically associated with William Alexander, a 17th-century colonial promoter and statesman involved in early North American settlement schemes.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Earl of Stirling