Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland
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Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, was a prominent English nobleman of the early 16th century, closely involved in northern governance and Tudor court politics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5639019 — 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: Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland Context triple: [President of the Council of the North, firstHolder, Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland]
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Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, was a prominent English nobleman of the late 15th century whose shifting loyalties during the Wars of the Roses significantly influenced the balance of power between the houses of York and Lancaster.
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Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, was an 18th-century British nobleman, soldier, and politician who became a prominent peer and influential figure in Georgian England.
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Duke of Northumberland
The Duke of Northumberland is a hereditary British noble title held by the head of the Percy family, historically one of England’s most powerful aristocratic dynasties and major landowners.
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Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton was an influential English nobleman, courtier, and statesman under King James I, noted for his political maneuvering, architectural patronage, and involvement in several major Jacobean court scandals.
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E.
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, was a prominent English nobleman and military officer of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known as one of King Charles II’s acknowledged illegitimate sons who held high rank and influence at court.
- 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: Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland Target entity description: Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, was a prominent English nobleman of the early 16th century, closely involved in northern governance and Tudor court politics.
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A.
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, was a prominent English nobleman of the late 15th century whose shifting loyalties during the Wars of the Roses significantly influenced the balance of power between the houses of York and Lancaster.
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B.
Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, was an 18th-century British nobleman, soldier, and politician who became a prominent peer and influential figure in Georgian England.
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C.
Duke of Northumberland
The Duke of Northumberland is a hereditary British noble title held by the head of the Percy family, historically one of England’s most powerful aristocratic dynasties and major landowners.
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D.
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton was an influential English nobleman, courtier, and statesman under King James I, noted for his political maneuvering, architectural patronage, and involvement in several major Jacobean court scandals.
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E.
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, was a prominent English nobleman and military officer of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known as one of King Charles II’s acknowledged illegitimate sons who held high rank and influence at court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl
ⓘ
English nobleman ⓘ member of the House of Percy ⓘ |
| activeYears | early 16th century ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Pilgrimage of Grace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| betrothedTo | Anne Boleyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Hackney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfTitleExtinction | died without legitimate male heir ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1502 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1537 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | court of Henry VIII ⓘ |
| employer | Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Tudor period ⓘ |
| familyName | Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| health | frequently ill in later life ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Tudor court politics
ⓘ
northern governance of England ⓘ |
| issue | no surviving legitimate children ⓘ |
| monarchServed | Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Catherine Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Percy family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | 6th Earl of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in administration of northern England under Henry VIII ⓘ |
| notableWork | governance of the English northern borders ⓘ |
| parliamentaryRole | English peer in the House of Lords ⓘ |
| patronage | northern gentry and retainers ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | England ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Hackney
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middlesex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStance | did not openly support the Pilgrimage of Grace ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Earl of Northumberland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Justice of the Peace in the north of England ⓘ Lord Warden of the East March NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Warden of the Middle March NERFINISHED ⓘ member of the King’s Council ⓘ |
| relationshipWith | former suitor of Anne Boleyn ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Alnwick Castle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leconfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Wressle Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Anne Percy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eleanor Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ Mabel Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Alan Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Ingelram Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Josceline Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir William Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Lady Mary Talbot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mary Talbot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseFather | George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorRelation | earldom recreated for kinsman Thomas Percy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland Description of subject: Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, was a prominent English nobleman of the early 16th century, closely involved in northern governance and Tudor court politics.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Thomas Wolsey