William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
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William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, was an influential early 17th-century English nobleman, courtier, and patron of the arts closely associated with William Shakespeare and the Jacobean literary world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4056108 — 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 Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke Context triple: [First Folio of Shakespeare, includesDedicationTo, William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke]
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John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, was a 14th-century English nobleman and military commander who played a prominent role in the early stages of the Hundred Years' War.
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B.
1st Earl of Pembroke
The 1st Earl of Pembroke was a prominent English noble title in the High Middle Ages, most famously held by the knight and statesman William Marshal, a key figure in the reigns of several Plantagenet kings.
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Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke
Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, was a 13th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and magnate who briefly held the powerful Pembroke earldom as one of the sons and successors of the famed knight William Marshal.
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D.
Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke
Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke, was a 13th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and magnate who briefly held the powerful Pembroke earldom as one of the sons and successors of the famed knight William Marshal.
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E.
Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent 13th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and military leader who became one of the most powerful magnates in England and Ireland and famously rebelled against King Henry III.
- 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 Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke Target entity description: William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, was an influential early 17th-century English nobleman, courtier, and patron of the arts closely associated with William Shakespeare and the Jacobean literary world.
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A.
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, was a 14th-century English nobleman and military commander who played a prominent role in the early stages of the Hundred Years' War.
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B.
1st Earl of Pembroke
The 1st Earl of Pembroke was a prominent English noble title in the High Middle Ages, most famously held by the knight and statesman William Marshal, a key figure in the reigns of several Plantagenet kings.
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C.
Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke
Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, was a 13th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and magnate who briefly held the powerful Pembroke earldom as one of the sons and successors of the famed knight William Marshal.
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D.
Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke
Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke, was a 13th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and magnate who briefly held the powerful Pembroke earldom as one of the sons and successors of the famed knight William Marshal.
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E.
Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent 13th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and military leader who became one of the most powerful magnates in England and Ireland and famously rebelled against King Henry III.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl
ⓘ
English nobleman ⓘ courtier ⓘ member of the English peerage ⓘ patron of the arts ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jacobean literary world
ⓘ
Court of James I of England ⓘ
surface form:
King James I's court
Shakespearean drama ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Salisbury Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1580-04-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1630-04-10 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
New College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ |
| era | early 17th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Herbert ⓘ |
| father | Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfActivity |
court politics
ⓘ
literary patronage ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Herbert ⓘ |
| monarchServed |
Charles I of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James I of England ONNED1 ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Sidney ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Earl ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
3rd Earl of Pembroke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Earl of Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence at the court of James I
ⓘ
support of English Renaissance literature ⓘ |
| notableWork | patronage of the First Folio of Shakespeare ⓘ |
| parliamentaryRole | member of the House of Lords ⓘ |
| patronOf |
Ben Jonson
ⓘ
Inigo Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ John Donne ⓘ William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Wilton House estate
ⓘ
surface form:
Wilton House
Wiltshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Baynard's Castle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| positionHeld |
Chancellor of the University of Oxford
ⓘ
Lord Chamberlain of the Household ⓘ Lord Steward of the Household NERFINISHED ⓘ Warden of the Stannaries ONDG ⓘ |
| religion | Church of England ⓘ |
| residence | Wilton House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Lady Mary Talbot ONDG ⓘ |
| subjectOf | dedication of the First Folio of Shakespeare ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke Description of subject: William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, was an influential early 17th-century English nobleman, courtier, and patron of the arts closely associated with William Shakespeare and the Jacobean literary world.
Referenced by (6)
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