William de Burgh
E1001371
William de Burgh was a 12th–13th century Anglo-Norman nobleman who established the powerful de Burgh dynasty in Ireland, becoming one of the leading magnates in the Anglo-Norman colonization of the island.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William de Burgh canonical | 3 |
| Walter de Burgo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12628540 — 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: William de Burgh Context triple: [de Burgh family, founder, William de Burgh]
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A.
John de Burgh
John de Burgh was an Anglo-Irish nobleman of the early 14th century, heir to the Earldom of Ulster and a member of the powerful de Burgh (Burke) dynasty.
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B.
Gilles de Burgh
Gilles de Burgh was a medieval noblewoman of the influential de Burgh family who became the mother of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland.
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C.
Edmund de Burgh
Edmund de Burgh was a member of the powerful Anglo-Norman de Burgh family in medieval Ireland, connected by kinship to Elizabeth de Burgh, Queen of Scots.
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D.
Robert FitzHamon
Robert FitzHamon was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and military leader best known for his role in the Norman conquest of Glamorgan and as a prominent supporter of William II of England.
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E.
Hugh de Cressingham
Hugh de Cressingham was an English royal official and treasurer in Scotland who became infamous for his role in the Wars of Scottish Independence and his death at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297.
- 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: William de Burgh Target entity description: William de Burgh was a 12th–13th century Anglo-Norman nobleman who established the powerful de Burgh dynasty in Ireland, becoming one of the leading magnates in the Anglo-Norman colonization of the island.
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A.
John de Burgh
John de Burgh was an Anglo-Irish nobleman of the early 14th century, heir to the Earldom of Ulster and a member of the powerful de Burgh (Burke) dynasty.
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B.
Gilles de Burgh
Gilles de Burgh was a medieval noblewoman of the influential de Burgh family who became the mother of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland.
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C.
Edmund de Burgh
Edmund de Burgh was a member of the powerful Anglo-Norman de Burgh family in medieval Ireland, connected by kinship to Elizabeth de Burgh, Queen of Scots.
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D.
Robert FitzHamon
Robert FitzHamon was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and military leader best known for his role in the Norman conquest of Glamorgan and as a prominent supporter of William II of England.
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E.
Hugh de Cressingham
Hugh de Cressingham was an English royal official and treasurer in Scotland who became infamous for his role in the Wars of Scottish Independence and his death at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglo-Norman nobleman
ⓘ
founder of dynasty ⓘ medieval Irish magnate ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early 13th century
ⓘ
late 12th century ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Connacht lordships
ⓘ
linked to:
Clanricarde lordship
western Ireland ⓘ
linked to:
Western Ireland
|
| centuryOfActivity |
12th century
ⓘ
13th century ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Anglo-Norman ⓘ |
| familyName |
de Burgh
ⓘ
linked to:
de Burgh family
|
| founded |
de Burgh dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
de Burgh family
|
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Clanricarde Burkes
ⓘ
linked to:
Clanricarde
Earls of Ulster (de Burgh) ⓘ House of Burke ⓘ Mac William Íochtar (Burkes of Mayo) ⓘ
linked to:
Mac William Íochtar
|
| hasTitle | lord ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
key figure in establishing Anglo-Norman power in Connacht
ⓘ
one of the leading magnates in Anglo-Norman Ireland ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Latin
ⓘ
Norman French ⓘ
linked to:
Anglo-Norman
|
| mainLocationOfActivity |
Connacht
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
de Burgh dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
de Burgh family
|
| notableFor |
establishing the de Burgh dynasty in Ireland
ⓘ
role in Anglo-Norman colonization of Ireland ⓘ |
| partOf |
Anglo-Norman aristocracy in Ireland
ⓘ
Anglo-Norman invasion and settlement of Ireland ⓘ
linked to:
Norman invasion of Ireland
|
| positionHeld | Lord in Ireland ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
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: William de Burgh Description of subject: William de Burgh was a 12th–13th century Anglo-Norman nobleman who established the powerful de Burgh dynasty in Ireland, becoming one of the leading magnates in the Anglo-Norman colonization of the island.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: William de Burgh