Hugh Swynford
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Hugh Swynford was a 14th-century English knight and landowner best known as the first husband of Katherine Swynford, later the mistress and third wife of John of Gaunt.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hugh Swynford canonical | 1 |
| Sir Hugh Swynford | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11648839 — 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: Hugh Swynford Context triple: [Katherine Swynford, spouse, Hugh Swynford]
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A.
John of Gaunt
John of Gaunt was a powerful 14th-century English prince and statesman, Duke of Lancaster, whose influence shaped the politics of the late medieval English monarchy.
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B.
Piers Gaveston
Piers Gaveston was a Gascon-born nobleman and soldier whose close relationship with King Edward II of England made him a powerful and controversial figure at court, ultimately leading to his exile and execution by hostile barons.
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C.
Hugh Despenser the Elder
Hugh Despenser the Elder was a powerful English nobleman and royal favorite of Edward II, whose influence and land acquisitions helped spark baronial opposition and ultimately led to his execution in 1326.
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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.
Hugh Despenser the Younger
Hugh Despenser the Younger was a powerful and unpopular English nobleman whose dominance at the court of Edward II and ruthless pursuit of wealth helped provoke the baronial revolt that led to his execution in 1326.
- 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: Hugh Swynford Target entity description: Hugh Swynford was a 14th-century English knight and landowner best known as the first husband of Katherine Swynford, later the mistress and third wife of John of Gaunt.
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A.
John of Gaunt
John of Gaunt was a powerful 14th-century English prince and statesman, Duke of Lancaster, whose influence shaped the politics of the late medieval English monarchy.
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B.
Piers Gaveston
Piers Gaveston was a Gascon-born nobleman and soldier whose close relationship with King Edward II of England made him a powerful and controversial figure at court, ultimately leading to his exile and execution by hostile barons.
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C.
Hugh Despenser the Elder
Hugh Despenser the Elder was a powerful English nobleman and royal favorite of Edward II, whose influence and land acquisitions helped spark baronial opposition and ultimately led to his execution in 1326.
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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.
Hugh Despenser the Younger
Hugh Despenser the Younger was a powerful and unpopular English nobleman whose dominance at the court of Edward II and ruthless pursuit of wealth helped provoke the baronial revolt that led to his execution in 1326.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English knight
ⓘ
landowner ⓘ person ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 14th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| floruit | 14th century ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Blanche Swynford
ⓘ
Margaret Swynford ⓘ Thomas Swynford ⓘ |
| languageOfUse | Middle English ⓘ |
| marriageOrderOfSpouse | first husband of Katherine Swynford ⓘ |
| militaryRank | knight ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
lord of Coleby
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lord of Kettlethorpe ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the household of John of Gaunt
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being the first husband of Katherine Swynford ⓘ |
| occupation |
knight
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landowner ⓘ |
| positionHeld | lord of manors in Lincolnshire ⓘ |
| relative |
Blanche Swynford
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Katherine Swynford ⓘ Margaret Swynford ⓘ Thomas Swynford ⓘ |
| residence |
Coleby, Lincolnshire
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Kettlethorpe, Lincolnshire ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| socialClass | gentry ⓘ |
| spouse | Katherine Swynford ⓘ |
| spouseOfPersonWhoLaterMarried | John of Gaunt ⓘ |
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: Hugh Swynford Description of subject: Hugh Swynford was a 14th-century English knight and landowner best known as the first husband of Katherine Swynford, later the mistress and third wife of John of Gaunt.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hugh Swynford