Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster
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Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster, was a prominent 13th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman who expanded his family's power in Ireland and established the de Burghs as one of the island's leading dynasties.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster canonical | 6 |
| Walter de Burgh of Athassel | 1 |
| Walter de Burgh of Ulster | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12733773 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster Context triple: [Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster, father, Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster]
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Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster, was a powerful Anglo-Irish nobleman of the late 13th and early 14th centuries who dominated Irish politics and was a key ally of the English crown.
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William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster
William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, was a powerful 14th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman whose murder in 1333 triggered a major collapse of English authority in much of Ireland.
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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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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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John de Courcy
John de Courcy was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman knight and adventurer who led the Norman conquest of much of Ulster in Ireland and ruled there as a powerful semi-independent lord.
- 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: Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster Target entity description: Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster, was a prominent 13th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman who expanded his family's power in Ireland and established the de Burghs as one of the island's leading dynasties.
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A.
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster, was a powerful Anglo-Irish nobleman of the late 13th and early 14th centuries who dominated Irish politics and was a key ally of the English crown.
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B.
William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster
William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, was a powerful 14th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman whose murder in 1333 triggered a major collapse of English authority in much of Ireland.
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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.
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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E.
John de Courcy
John de Courcy was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman knight and adventurer who led the Norman conquest of much of Ulster in Ireland and ruled there as a powerful semi-independent lord.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
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Instruction
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Subject: Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster Description of subject: Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster, was a prominent 13th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman who expanded his family's power in Ireland and established the de Burghs as one of the island's leading dynasties.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster
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Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster
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Richard Óg
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Richard Óg
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Richard Óg
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2nd Earl of Ulster
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2nd Earl of Ulster