William, Earl of Gloucester
E671072
William, Earl of Gloucester was a 12th-century English nobleman, son of Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and a prominent landholder and patron of religious institutions in the west of England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William, Earl of Gloucester canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7392066 — 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, Earl of Gloucester Context triple: [Keynsham Abbey, foundedBy, William, Earl of Gloucester]
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A.
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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B.
Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester
Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester was a powerful 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and military leader, best known as a key supporter of Empress Matilda during the civil war known as The Anarchy.
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C.
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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D.
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, was a prominent 14th-century English prince and political figure who played a leading role in opposition to the government of his nephew, King Richard II.
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E.
Duke of Clarence and Avondale
The Duke of Clarence and Avondale was a British royal dukedom most notably held by Prince Albert Victor, the eldest son of the future King Edward VII and a one-time second in line to the throne.
- 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, Earl of Gloucester Target entity description: William, Earl of Gloucester was a 12th-century English nobleman, son of Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and a prominent landholder and patron of religious institutions in the west of England.
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A.
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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B.
Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester
Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester was a powerful 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and military leader, best known as a key supporter of Empress Matilda during the civil war known as The Anarchy.
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C.
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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D.
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, was a prominent 14th-century English prince and political figure who played a leading role in opposition to the government of his nephew, King Richard II.
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E.
Duke of Clarence and Avondale
The Duke of Clarence and Avondale was a British royal dukedom most notably held by Prince Albert Victor, the eldest son of the future King Edward VII and a one-time second in line to the throne.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English nobleman
ⓘ
earl ⓘ medieval noble ⓘ |
| allegiance | Angevin kings of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Bristol
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Keynsham Abbey (probable) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfBirth | 12th century ⓘ |
| centuryOfDeath | 12th century ⓘ |
| child |
Amice of Gloucester
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isabel, Countess of Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ Mabel of Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 1116 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1183 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1183 ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| father | Robert, Earl of Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | Gloucestershire (as chief magnate) ⓘ |
| heldFeudalBarony | Feudal barony of Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Anglo-Norman French
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| mainAreaOfActivity | west of England ⓘ |
| mother | Mabel FitzRobert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Earl of Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | succession to the earldom of Gloucester after Robert, Earl of Gloucester’s death ⓘ |
| notableFamilyConnection | illegitimate grandson of Henry I of England ⓘ |
| notableFor | large landholdings in Gloucestershire and the west of England ⓘ |
| paternalGrandfather | Henry I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronOf |
Keynsham Abbey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
St James Priory, Bristol NERFINISHED ⓘ Tewkesbury Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ religious institutions in the west of England ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Gloucestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | England ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Earl of Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| socialRank | high nobility ⓘ |
| spouse | Hawise de Beaumont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1147 ⓘ |
| titleInheritedFrom | Robert, Earl of Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: William, Earl of Gloucester Description of subject: William, Earl of Gloucester was a 12th-century English nobleman, son of Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and a prominent landholder and patron of religious institutions in the west of England.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.