Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers
E761326
Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman, soldier, and courtier who rose to power through his marriage to Jacquetta of Luxembourg and as the father of Queen Elizabeth Woodville, consort of King Edward IV.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers canonical | 3 |
| Richard Woodville (younger) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8734569 — 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.
Target entity: Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers Context triple: [Cecily of York, maternalGrandfather, Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers]
-
A.
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, was an English nobleman, soldier, and patron of learning in the late 15th century, noted for his influence at the Yorkist court and his role in the turbulent politics surrounding the Wars of the Roses.
-
B.
Charles Neville
Charles Neville was an American saxophonist best known as a founding member of the New Orleans funk and R&B group The Neville Brothers.
-
C.
Sir John Woodville
Sir John Woodville was an English nobleman of the influential Woodville family during the Wars of the Roses in the 15th century.
-
D.
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known as "the Kingmaker," was a powerful 15th-century English nobleman whose shifting alliances and military influence decisively shaped the dynastic struggle between the houses of York and Lancaster.
-
E.
John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick
John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick, was an English nobleman and soldier of the mid-16th century, known as the son and heir of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, and for his role in the political and military affairs of Edward VI’s reign.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers Target entity description: Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman, soldier, and courtier who rose to power through his marriage to Jacquetta of Luxembourg and as the father of Queen Elizabeth Woodville, consort of King Edward IV.
-
A.
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, was an English nobleman, soldier, and patron of learning in the late 15th century, noted for his influence at the Yorkist court and his role in the turbulent politics surrounding the Wars of the Roses.
-
B.
Charles Neville
Charles Neville was an American saxophonist best known as a founding member of the New Orleans funk and R&B group The Neville Brothers.
-
C.
Sir John Woodville
Sir John Woodville was an English nobleman of the influential Woodville family during the Wars of the Roses in the 15th century.
-
D.
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known as "the Kingmaker," was a powerful 15th-century English nobleman whose shifting alliances and military influence decisively shaped the dynastic struggle between the houses of York and Lancaster.
-
E.
John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick
John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick, was an English nobleman and soldier of the mid-16th century, known as the son and heir of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, and for his role in the political and military affairs of Edward VI’s reign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
15th-century English person
ⓘ
Earl ⓘ English nobleman ⓘ courtier ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| allegiance |
House of Lancaster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edward IV of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Woodville NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacquetta of Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Edgecote Moor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Towton NERFINISHED ⓘ Hundred Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ Wars of the Roses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | c. 1405 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution by beheading ⓘ |
| child |
Anne Woodville
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Woodville NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacquetta Woodville NERFINISHED ⓘ John Woodville NERFINISHED ⓘ Katherine Woodville NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Woodville NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Woodville NERFINISHED ⓘ Martha Woodville NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Woodville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 12 August 1469 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1469 ⓘ |
| executedBy | supporters of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick ⓘ |
| familyName | Woodville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Richard Wydeville (the elder) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| militaryRank | knight ⓘ |
| mother | Joan Bittlesgate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
1st Earl Rivers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baron Rivers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
execution after the Battle of Edgecote Moor
ⓘ
father of Queen Elizabeth Woodville ⓘ secret marriage to Jacquetta of Luxembourg ⓘ |
| notableWork |
service in the Hundred Years' War
ⓘ
service in the Wars of the Roses ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Baron Rivers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Constable of Rochester Castle ⓘ Earl Rivers NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice of the Peace for Northamptonshire ⓘ Lord Treasurer of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Seneschal of Aquitaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Jacquetta of Luxembourg 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.
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.
Subject: Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers Description of subject: Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman, soldier, and courtier who rose to power through his marriage to Jacquetta of Luxembourg and as the father of Queen Elizabeth Woodville, consort of King Edward IV.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.