Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
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Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman and military leader who played a key role in the Wars of the Roses before being killed at the Battle of Towton.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11670992 — 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: Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland Context triple: [Percy family, notableMember, Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland]
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Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman and leading Lancastrian military commander during the early stages of the Wars of the Roses.
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B.
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, was a prominent English nobleman of the late 15th century whose shifting loyalties during the Wars of the Roses significantly influenced the balance of power between the houses of York and Lancaster.
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C.
Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland
Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, was a prominent English nobleman of the early 16th century, closely involved in northern governance and Tudor court politics.
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Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, was a powerful 14th-century English nobleman and military leader who played a central role in the politics and conflicts of northern England during the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV.
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E.
Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, was an 18th-century British nobleman, soldier, and politician who became a prominent peer and influential figure in Georgian England.
- 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: Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland Target entity description: Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman and military leader who played a key role in the Wars of the Roses before being killed at the Battle of Towton.
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A.
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman and leading Lancastrian military commander during the early stages of the Wars of the Roses.
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B.
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, was a prominent English nobleman of the late 15th century whose shifting loyalties during the Wars of the Roses significantly influenced the balance of power between the houses of York and Lancaster.
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C.
Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland
Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, was a prominent English nobleman of the early 16th century, closely involved in northern governance and Tudor court politics.
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D.
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, was a powerful 14th-century English nobleman and military leader who played a central role in the politics and conflicts of northern England during the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV.
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E.
Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, was an 18th-century British nobleman, soldier, and politician who became a prominent peer and influential figure in Georgian England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl
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English nobleman ⓘ member of the English peerage ⓘ military leader ⓘ |
| allegiance | House of Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Northumberland
NERFINISHED
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Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Towton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Wakefield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Yorkshire (probable) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | death in battle ⓘ |
| child |
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Wars of the Roses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1421 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1461-03-29 ⓘ |
| deathEvent | Battle of Towton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 15th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldOffice |
Warden of the Eastern March
ⓘ
Warden of the Middle March ⓘ |
| heldTitle | Lord Poynings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| militaryRank | commander ⓘ |
| mother | Eleanor Neville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Earl of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership of Lancastrian forces at Towton
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role in the Wars of the Roses ⓘ |
| ordinalNumber | 3 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | England ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Towton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Lancastrian ⓘ |
| predecessor | Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Northern England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| socialRank | high nobility ⓘ |
| spouse | Eleanor Poynings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedMonarch | Henry VI of England 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: Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland Description of subject: Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman and military leader who played a key role in the Wars of the Roses before being killed at the Battle of Towton.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.