Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford
E695065
15th-century English person
English nobleman
Lancastrian military leader
baron in the Peerage of England
medieval English noble
Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, was a 15th-century English nobleman and Lancastrian military leader during the Wars of the Roses.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron Clifford | 2 |
| Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford canonical | 2 |
| 8th Baron de Clifford | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7820678 — 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: Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford Context triple: [First Battle of St Albans, killed, Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford]
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A.
Robert de Clifford
Robert de Clifford was a prominent medieval English nobleman and soldier, notably the 1st Baron de Clifford and Lord Warden of the Marches under King Edward I.
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B.
Sir Thomas Clifford
Sir Thomas Clifford was a 17th-century English statesman and member of the Cabal ministry who served as a close advisor to King Charles II.
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C.
Baron Mortimer of Wigmore
Baron Mortimer of Wigmore was a prominent medieval English baronial title held by the powerful Mortimer family, whose members played key roles in the politics and conflicts of the Welsh Marches and the English crown.
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D.
John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland
John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland, was a British nobleman, soldier, and politician best known for his leading role in establishing the Royal Academy of Music in London in the early 19th century.
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E.
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster was a powerful English nobleman and cousin to King Edward II who led baronial opposition to the king and was eventually executed for his role in the rebellion.
- 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: Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford Target entity description: Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, was a 15th-century English nobleman and Lancastrian military leader during the Wars of the Roses.
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A.
Robert de Clifford
Robert de Clifford was a prominent medieval English nobleman and soldier, notably the 1st Baron de Clifford and Lord Warden of the Marches under King Edward I.
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B.
Sir Thomas Clifford
Sir Thomas Clifford was a 17th-century English statesman and member of the Cabal ministry who served as a close advisor to King Charles II.
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C.
Baron Mortimer of Wigmore
Baron Mortimer of Wigmore was a prominent medieval English baronial title held by the powerful Mortimer family, whose members played key roles in the politics and conflicts of the Welsh Marches and the English crown.
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D.
John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland
John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland, was a British nobleman, soldier, and politician best known for his leading role in establishing the Royal Academy of Music in London in the early 19th century.
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E.
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster was a powerful English nobleman and cousin to King Edward II who led baronial opposition to the king and was eventually executed for his role in the rebellion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
15th-century English person
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English nobleman ⓘ Lancastrian military leader ⓘ baron in the Peerage of England ⓘ medieval English noble ⓘ |
| allegiance | House of Lancaster ⓘ |
| conflict | Wars of the Roses ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| familyName | Clifford ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | English feudal levy ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Clifford family
ⓘ
linked to:
the Clifford family
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| nobleTitle |
Baron de Clifford
ⓘ
linked to:
Baron Clifford
|
| ordinalNumber |
8th Baron de Clifford
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linked to:
Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford
|
| participatedIn | Wars of the Roses ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Lancastrian
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linked to:
House of Lancaster
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| positionHeld |
Baron de Clifford
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linked to:
Baron Clifford
|
| socialClass | English peerage ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 15th century ⓘ |
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: Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford Description of subject: Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, was a 15th-century English nobleman and Lancastrian military leader during the Wars of the Roses.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford
subject linked to:
the Clifford family
linked to: Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford
linked to: Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford