Humphrey of Lancaster
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Humphrey of Lancaster, also known as Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, was a 15th-century English prince, soldier, and influential patron of learning who played a key role during the Hundred Years’ War and the minority of Henry VI.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Humphrey of Lancaster canonical | 2 |
| “Good Duke Humphrey” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10462382 — 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: Humphrey of Lancaster Context triple: [Humphrey, hasNotableBearer, Humphrey of Lancaster]
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Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster was a prominent 14th-century English nobleman and royal cousin who played a key role in the politics of Edward II and Edward III’s reigns, notably in the opposition to Edward II and the early governance of Edward III.
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Edmund of Lancaster
Edmund of Lancaster was a 13th-century English prince, son of King Henry III, who became a powerful nobleman and military leader as Earl of Lancaster and Leicester.
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Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, was a 14th-century English prince and nobleman whose lineage played a key role in the later Wars of the Roses through the Yorkist claim to the throne.
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D.
Henry Beaufort
Henry Beaufort was a powerful English cardinal and statesman of the late 14th and early 15th centuries, influential in both church and royal politics during the reigns of the Lancastrian kings.
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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: Humphrey of Lancaster Target entity description: Humphrey of Lancaster, also known as Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, was a 15th-century English prince, soldier, and influential patron of learning who played a key role during the Hundred Years’ War and the minority of Henry VI.
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A.
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster was a prominent 14th-century English nobleman and royal cousin who played a key role in the politics of Edward II and Edward III’s reigns, notably in the opposition to Edward II and the early governance of Edward III.
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B.
Edmund of Lancaster
Edmund of Lancaster was a 13th-century English prince, son of King Henry III, who became a powerful nobleman and military leader as Earl of Lancaster and Leicester.
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C.
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, was a 14th-century English prince and nobleman whose lineage played a key role in the later Wars of the Roses through the Yorkist claim to the throne.
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D.
Henry Beaufort
Henry Beaufort was a powerful English cardinal and statesman of the late 14th and early 15th centuries, influential in both church and royal politics during the reigns of the Lancastrian kings.
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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 (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Duke of Gloucester
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English prince ⓘ human ⓘ medieval soldier ⓘ patron of learning ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Good Duke Humphrey
NERFINISHED
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Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St Albans Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1390 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1447 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | royal household of England ⓘ |
| familyName | of Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Henry IV of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Humphrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
French
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Middle English ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | English army ⓘ |
| mother | Mary de Bohun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | English humanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cultural patronage at court
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opposition to peace with France in the 1430s ⓘ role during the minority of Henry VI ⓘ support of humanist scholars ⓘ |
| notableWork |
donation of manuscripts to the University of Oxford
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patronage of humanist scholarship ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Battle of Agincourt
NERFINISHED
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English campaigns in France ⓘ Hundred Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ siege of Harfleur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | England ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Bury St Edmunds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Constable of Dover Castle
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Duke of Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Buckingham NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Protector of England ⓘ Warden of the Cinque Ports NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regentOf | Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| royalHouse | House of Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Henry V of England
NERFINISHED
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John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Eleanor Cobham
NERFINISHED
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Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uncle | Henry VI of England 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: Humphrey of Lancaster Description of subject: Humphrey of Lancaster, also known as Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, was a 15th-century English prince, soldier, and influential patron of learning who played a key role during the Hundred Years’ War and the minority of Henry VI.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
“Good Duke Humphrey”