Elizabeth de Clare
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Elizabeth de Clare was a 14th-century English noblewoman and wealthy heiress whose endowment helped found and shape Clare College at the University of Cambridge.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth de Clare canonical | 17 |
| Eleanor de Clare | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T785533 — 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: Elizabeth de Clare Context triple: [Clare College, Cambridge, namedAfter, Elizabeth de Clare]
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Philippa of Lancaster
Philippa of Lancaster was an English-born queen consort of Portugal from the House of Lancaster, whose marriage to King John I helped solidify the Anglo-Portuguese alliance and produced several influential royal children, including Henry the Navigator.
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B.
Thomasine Clopton
Thomasine Clopton was the first wife of John Winthrop, the future Puritan leader and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and a member of an English gentry family.
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C.
Eleanor of England, Countess of Pembroke
Eleanor of England, Countess of Pembroke, was a 13th-century English princess and noblewoman who, through her influential marriage to William Marshal the Younger, became a prominent figure in the politics and aristocracy of the Angevin realm.
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D.
Margaret of England, Countess of Pembroke
Margaret of England, Countess of Pembroke, was a 14th-century English princess and noblewoman, notable as a daughter of King Edward III and a member of the influential Plantagenet dynasty.
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Mary of Waltham, Duchess of Brittany
Mary of Waltham, Duchess of Brittany, was a 14th-century English princess, daughter of King Edward III, who became duchess through her marriage to John IV, Duke of Brittany.
- 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: Elizabeth de Clare Target entity description: Elizabeth de Clare was a 14th-century English noblewoman and wealthy heiress whose endowment helped found and shape Clare College at the University of Cambridge.
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A.
Philippa of Lancaster
Philippa of Lancaster was an English-born queen consort of Portugal from the House of Lancaster, whose marriage to King John I helped solidify the Anglo-Portuguese alliance and produced several influential royal children, including Henry the Navigator.
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B.
Thomasine Clopton
Thomasine Clopton was the first wife of John Winthrop, the future Puritan leader and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and a member of an English gentry family.
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C.
Eleanor of England, Countess of Pembroke
Eleanor of England, Countess of Pembroke, was a 13th-century English princess and noblewoman who, through her influential marriage to William Marshal the Younger, became a prominent figure in the politics and aristocracy of the Angevin realm.
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D.
Margaret of England, Countess of Pembroke
Margaret of England, Countess of Pembroke, was a 14th-century English princess and noblewoman, notable as a daughter of King Edward III and a member of the influential Plantagenet dynasty.
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E.
Mary of Waltham, Duchess of Brittany
Mary of Waltham, Duchess of Brittany, was a 14th-century English princess, daughter of King Edward III, who became duchess through her marriage to John IV, Duke of Brittany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English noblewoman
ⓘ
founder of Clare College, Cambridge ⓘ heiress ⓘ medieval noble ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Elizabeth de Burgh
ⓘ
linked to:
Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster
|
| associatedDynasty |
Plantagenet
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Plantagenet
|
| associatedWith | Clare College, University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| benefactorOf | religious houses in England and Wales ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1295 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Tewkesbury
|
| burialPlace |
St Mary’s Church, Ware, Hertfordshire
ⓘ
linked to:
St Mary’s Church, Ware
|
| causeOfNotability | inheritance of extensive de Clare estates ⓘ |
| child |
Elizabeth d’Amory
ⓘ
Isabel de Verdun ⓘ William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster ⓘ
linked to:
William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1360 ⓘ |
| era | 14th century ⓘ |
| father |
Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester
ⓘ
linked to:
Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester
|
| grandfather | Edward I of England ⓘ |
| grandmother | Eleanor of Castile ⓘ |
| heritage | Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ |
| knownFor |
major benefactor of Clare College, Cambridge
ⓘ
one of the greatest heiresses of early 14th‑century England ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Anglo-Norman French
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglo-Norman
Middle English ⓘ |
| mother | Joan of Acre ⓘ |
| name | Elizabeth de Clare ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | de Clare family ⓘ |
| notableWork | Endowment of Clare College, University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Clare, Suffolk, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Clare, Suffolk
Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales ⓘ |
| sibling |
Eleanor de Clare
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Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester ⓘ
linked to:
Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester
Margaret de Clare ⓘ |
| socialRole | landed magnate ⓘ |
| spouse |
John de Burgh
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Roger d’Amory ⓘ Theobald de Verdun, 2nd Baron Verdun ⓘ |
| title | Lady of Clare ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Elizabeth de Clare Description of subject: Elizabeth de Clare was a 14th-century English noblewoman and wealthy heiress whose endowment helped found and shape Clare College at the University of Cambridge.
Referenced by (18)
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