Richard, Duke of Gloucester
E534485
Richard, Duke of Gloucester—later King Richard III of England—was a powerful Yorkist noble and military commander during the Wars of the Roses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard, Duke of Gloucester canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5499687 — 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: Richard, Duke of Gloucester Context triple: [Battle of Barnet, hasParticipant, Richard, Duke of Gloucester]
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A.
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester was a 15th-century English prince, statesman, and notable patron of humanist learning and literature.
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B.
Edward, Prince of Wales
Edward, Prince of Wales was the heir apparent to the British throne in the early 20th century who later became King Edward VIII before abdicating in 1936.
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C.
Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence
Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence—later King William IV of the United Kingdom—was a British royal and former naval officer who reigned from 1830 to 1837.
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D.
Robert of Gloucester
Robert of Gloucester was a 12th-century English nobleman and military leader who played a central role in supporting Empress Matilda during the civil war known as The Anarchy.
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E.
Henry Benedict Stuart
Henry Benedict Stuart was the younger son of James Francis Edward Stuart who became a Roman Catholic cardinal and the last serious Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland in the Jacobite line.
- 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: Richard, Duke of Gloucester Target entity description: Richard, Duke of Gloucester—later King Richard III of England—was a powerful Yorkist noble and military commander during the Wars of the Roses.
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A.
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester was a 15th-century English prince, statesman, and notable patron of humanist learning and literature.
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B.
Edward, Prince of Wales
Edward, Prince of Wales was the heir apparent to the British throne in the early 20th century who later became King Edward VIII before abdicating in 1936.
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C.
Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence
Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence—later King William IV of the United Kingdom—was a British royal and former naval officer who reigned from 1830 to 1837.
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D.
Robert of Gloucester
Robert of Gloucester was a 12th-century English nobleman and military leader who played a central role in supporting Empress Matilda during the civil war known as The Anarchy.
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E.
Henry Benedict Stuart
Henry Benedict Stuart was the younger son of James Francis Edward Stuart who became a Roman Catholic cardinal and the last serious Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland in the Jacobite line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English monarch
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human ⓘ military commander ⓘ noble ⓘ |
| allegiance | House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Shakespeare’s play "Richard III" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Barnet
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Bosworth Field NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Tewkesbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1452-10-02 ⓘ |
| birthName | Richard Plantagenet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Fotheringhay Castle
NERFINISHED
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Northamptonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Greyfriars, Leicester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Edward of Middleham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Wars of the Roses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coronationDate | 1483-07-06 ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in battle ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1485-08-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Bosworth Field
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leicestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | House of Plantagenet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Richard, 3rd Duke of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchOf | Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Cecily Neville, Duchess of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Richard III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
last Plantagenet king of England
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last king of the House of York ⓘ role in the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower ⓘ |
| position |
Constable of England
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Great Chamberlain of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Edward V of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reburialPlace | Leicester Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regnalNumber | III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1485-08-22 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1483-06-26 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sibling |
Edward IV of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Anne Neville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | His Grace ⓘ |
| successor | Henry VII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Duke of Gloucester
NERFINISHED
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King of England ⓘ Lord Protector of England ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: Richard, Duke of Gloucester Description of subject: Richard, Duke of Gloucester—later King Richard III of England—was a powerful Yorkist noble and military commander during the Wars of the Roses.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Richard III of England
subject surface form:
Dukedom of Gloucester (1461 creation)