William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset

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William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset was a prominent 17th-century English nobleman and politician who played a significant role during the reigns of James I and Charles I, including involvement in high-profile court and parliamentary affairs.

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Label	Occurrences
William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset canonical	3
William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset (new creation)	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18078811 — 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 Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Context triple: [Duke of Somerset, notableBearer, William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset]

A. Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, was a prominent Lancastrian military commander and nobleman during the later stages of the Wars of the Roses in 15th-century England.
B. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman and military commander who played a leading role for the Lancastrian cause during the early stages of the Wars of the Roses.
C. Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset
Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, was a prominent Lancastrian noble and military commander during the Wars of the Roses who was captured and executed after the Yorkist victory at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.
D. Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset
Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman, military commander in the Hundred Years’ War, and key Lancastrian leader during the early stages of the Wars of the Roses.
E. Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset
Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset, was an English nobleman of the early 15th century from the influential Beaufort family, closely connected to the Lancastrian line during the Hundred Years’ War.
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 Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Target entity description: William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset was a prominent 17th-century English nobleman and politician who played a significant role during the reigns of James I and Charles I, including involvement in high-profile court and parliamentary affairs.

A. Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, was a prominent Lancastrian military commander and nobleman during the later stages of the Wars of the Roses in 15th-century England.
B. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman and military commander who played a leading role for the Lancastrian cause during the early stages of the Wars of the Roses.
C. Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset
Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, was a prominent Lancastrian noble and military commander during the Wars of the Roses who was captured and executed after the Yorkist victory at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.
D. Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset
Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman, military commander in the Hundred Years’ War, and key Lancastrian leader during the early stages of the Wars of the Roses.
E. Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset
Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset, was an English nobleman of the early 15th century from the influential Beaufort family, closely connected to the Lancastrian line during the Hundred Years’ War.
F. None of above. chosen