Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset canonical | 6 |
| Edmund Beaufort | 1 |
| Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4046848 — 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.
Target entity: Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset Context triple: [Beaufort family, hasNotableMember, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset]
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Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset
Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, was a short-lived English prince of the early Tudor dynasty, known primarily as the younger son of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York.
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John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, was an English nobleman and legitimized son of John of Gaunt whose descendants played a key role in the Wars of the Roses and the rise of the Tudor dynasty.
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Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, was a powerful English nobleman and uncle to Edward VI who effectively ruled England as Lord Protector during the early years of the young king’s reign.
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Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, was an early 15th-century English nobleman, military commander, and half-uncle of King Henry V who played a prominent role in the Hundred Years’ War and royal government.
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Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort
Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century English nobleman and politician who held high offices under King Charles II and Queen Anne and was influential in both court and regional affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset
Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, was a short-lived English prince of the early Tudor dynasty, known primarily as the younger son of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York.
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B.
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, was an English nobleman and legitimized son of John of Gaunt whose descendants played a key role in the Wars of the Roses and the rise of the Tudor dynasty.
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C.
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, was a powerful English nobleman and uncle to Edward VI who effectively ruled England as Lord Protector during the early years of the young king’s reign.
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D.
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, was an early 15th-century English nobleman, military commander, and half-uncle of King Henry V who played a prominent role in the Hundred Years’ War and royal government.
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E.
Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort
Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century English nobleman and politician who held high offices under King Charles II and Queen Anne and was influential in both court and regional affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Duke of Somerset
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English nobleman ⓘ Lancastrian leader ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| allegiance | House of Lancaster ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Margaret of Anjou ⓘ |
| birthYear | c. 1406 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| child |
Anne Beaufort
ONNED1
ⓘ
Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ Eleanor Beaufort ⓘ Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots ⓘ
surface form:
Joan Beaufort
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 22 May 1455 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
St Albans, Hertfordshire
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surface form:
St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
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| father | John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName |
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Edmund Beaufort
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| grandfather |
John of Gaunt
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surface form:
John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
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| greatGrandfather | King Edward III of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedIn | First Battle of St Albans ⓘ |
| militaryConflict |
Hundred Years' War
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Wars of the Roses ⓘ |
| mother | Margaret Holland ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Beaufort family
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surface form:
House of Beaufort
|
| notableBattle |
Battle of Baugé
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First Battle of St Albans ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of St Albans (1455)
Siege of Orléans ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading the Lancastrian cause in the early Wars of the Roses
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loss of English territories in France ⓘ |
| politicalRival |
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
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surface form:
Richard, Duke of York
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| position |
Captain of Calais
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Constable of England ⓘ Lieutenant of France ⓘ Privy councillor ⓘ |
| regencyFaction | leader of the court party supporting Henry VI ⓘ |
| regencyPeriod | minority and reign of Henry VI ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| roleInConflict | Lancastrian commander in the Wars of the Roses ⓘ |
| servedUnder | King Henry VI of England ⓘ |
| sibling |
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset
NERFINISHED
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Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Beaufort
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| spouse | Eleanor Beauchamp ⓘ |
| title |
2nd Duke of Somerset
NERFINISHED
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Earl of Dorset NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquess of Dorset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (8)
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