House of Percy
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The House of Percy is a powerful and historically influential English noble family, long associated with the Earldom and later Dukedom of Northumberland and prominent roles in medieval and early modern British politics and warfare.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House of Percy canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7582589 — 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: House of Percy Context triple: [Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, house, House of Percy]
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A.
Bluff Hall
Bluff Hall is a historic 19th-century mansion and museum in Demopolis, Alabama, noted for its Greek Revival architecture and role in the region’s antebellum history.
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B.
Peveril Castle
Peveril Castle is a medieval Norman fortress overlooking the village of Castleton in England’s Peak District, known for its dramatic hilltop ruins and historical significance.
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C.
Inchmore
Inchmore is an island in Lough Ree, Ireland, known for its natural scenery and historical associations.
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D.
Locksley Hall
Locksley Hall is a dramatic monologue poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that reflects on lost love, youthful idealism, and disillusionment with Victorian society.
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E.
House of Penthièvre
The House of Penthièvre was a prominent French noble family that played a central role in the medieval succession disputes and politics of the Duchy of Brittany.
- 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: House of Percy Target entity description: The House of Percy is a powerful and historically influential English noble family, long associated with the Earldom and later Dukedom of Northumberland and prominent roles in medieval and early modern British politics and warfare.
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A.
Bluff Hall
Bluff Hall is a historic 19th-century mansion and museum in Demopolis, Alabama, noted for its Greek Revival architecture and role in the region’s antebellum history.
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B.
Peveril Castle
Peveril Castle is a medieval Norman fortress overlooking the village of Castleton in England’s Peak District, known for its dramatic hilltop ruins and historical significance.
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C.
Inchmore
Inchmore is an island in Lough Ree, Ireland, known for its natural scenery and historical associations.
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D.
Locksley Hall
Locksley Hall is a dramatic monologue poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that reflects on lost love, youthful idealism, and disillusionment with Victorian society.
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E.
House of Penthièvre
The House of Penthièvre was a prominent French noble family that played a central role in the medieval succession disputes and politics of the Duchy of Brittany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | noble family ⓘ |
| alliedWith | House of Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | Or, a lion rampant azure ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
Marcher lords on the Anglo-Scottish border
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leaders in the Wars of the Roses ⓘ major northern magnates in medieval England ⓘ opponents of King Henry IV of England ⓘ participants in the Hundred Years' War ⓘ supporters of the Lancastrian cause ⓘ |
| holdsTitle |
Baron Lovaine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baron Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Battle of Shrewsbury
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hundred Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ Pilgrimage of Grace NERFINISHED ⓘ Rising of the North NERFINISHED ⓘ Wars of the Roses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAncestor | William de Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEstate |
Albury Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syon House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Percy (Hotspur) NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSeat |
Alnwick Castle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warkworth Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTitle |
Duke of Northumberland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Earl of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronage | religious houses in Northumberland ⓘ |
| region |
Northern England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rivalOf |
House of Neville
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: House of Percy Description of subject: The House of Percy is a powerful and historically influential English noble family, long associated with the Earldom and later Dukedom of Northumberland and prominent roles in medieval and early modern British politics and warfare.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.