James Stewart, Regent Moray
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James Stewart, Regent Moray, was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as regent for the young James VI and played a central role in the political and religious upheavals of the Scottish Reformation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Stewart, Regent Moray canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11630065 — 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: James Stewart, Regent Moray Context triple: [Moray family, notableMember, James Stewart, Regent Moray]
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A.
David Stewart, Earl of Moray
David Stewart, Earl of Moray, was a late 14th-century Scottish nobleman and son of King Robert II of Scotland, notable for his role within the powerful Stewart dynasty.
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B.
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman of the powerful Black Douglas family who played a leading role in the dynastic conflicts against King James II of Scotland.
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C.
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King David II.
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D.
James Stewart, Duke of Ross
James Stewart, Duke of Ross was a late 15th-century Scottish prince and younger son of King James III, noted for holding high ecclesiastical offices including the archbishopric of St Andrews.
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E.
John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox
John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and influential member of the powerful Stewart family, deeply involved in the turbulent politics of the reigns of James V and Mary, Queen 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: James Stewart, Regent Moray Target entity description: James Stewart, Regent Moray, was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as regent for the young James VI and played a central role in the political and religious upheavals of the Scottish Reformation.
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A.
David Stewart, Earl of Moray
David Stewart, Earl of Moray, was a late 14th-century Scottish nobleman and son of King Robert II of Scotland, notable for his role within the powerful Stewart dynasty.
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B.
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman of the powerful Black Douglas family who played a leading role in the dynastic conflicts against King James II of Scotland.
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C.
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King David II.
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D.
James Stewart, Duke of Ross
James Stewart, Duke of Ross was a late 15th-century Scottish prince and younger son of King James III, noted for holding high ecclesiastical offices including the archbishopric of St Andrews.
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E.
John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox
John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and influential member of the powerful Stewart family, deeply involved in the turbulent politics of the reigns of James V and Mary, Queen of Scots.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16th-century person
ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ human ⓘ regent ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| era | Early Modern period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Stewart ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
politics
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religious reform ⓘ statecraft ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Latin
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Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| memberOf |
House of Stewart
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linked to:
House of Stuart
|
| nobleTitle | Earl of Moray ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Scottish Reformation
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assassination at Linlithgow ⓘ regency for James VI of Scotland ⓘ |
| notableFor |
central role in political upheavals of the Scottish Reformation
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central role in religious upheavals of the Scottish Reformation ⓘ governance of Scotland during minority of James VI ⓘ |
| notableRole | leader of the Protestant Lords of the Congregation ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership in the Scottish Reformation ⓘ |
| opponent | Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Scottish civil conflicts of the 1560s
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conflicts surrounding Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Scotland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Linlithgow ⓘ |
| politicalMovement | Scottish Reformation ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Earl of Moray
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Regent of Scotland ⓘ |
| regentFor |
James VI of Scotland
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linked to:
James VI and I
|
| religion |
Calvinism
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Protestantism ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| residence | Scotland ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: James Stewart, Regent Moray Description of subject: James Stewart, Regent Moray, was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as regent for the young James VI and played a central role in the political and religious upheavals of the Scottish Reformation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
the Moray family