Hugh Bigod Earl of Norfolk

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Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, was a powerful 12th-century English nobleman and magnate who played a prominent role in baronial opposition to King Henry II.

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Label	Occurrences
Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk	3
Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk	3
Hugh Bigod	2
Hugh Bigod Earl of Norfolk canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12062427 — 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 Bigod Earl of Norfolk
Context triple: [Revolt of 1173–1174, belligerent, Hugh Bigod Earl of Norfolk]

A. Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk
Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, was a prominent 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and royal official who became one of the most powerful magnates in East Anglia and a key figure in the early English earldom of Norfolk.
B. Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk
Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, was a younger son of King Edward I of England who became a prominent nobleman and ancestor of later English royal lines in the early 14th century.
C. Duke of Northumberland
The Duke of Northumberland is a hereditary British noble title held by the head of the Percy family, historically one of England’s most powerful aristocratic dynasties and major landowners.
D. John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman and military leader from the powerful Mowbray family who played a significant role in the politics of late medieval England.
E. Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, was a prominent 16th-century English nobleman and courtier closely connected to the Tudor monarchy and involved in the political and religious affairs of Elizabeth I’s reign.
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 Bigod Earl of Norfolk
Target entity description: Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, was a powerful 12th-century English nobleman and magnate who played a prominent role in baronial opposition to King Henry II.

A. Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk
Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, was a prominent 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and royal official who became one of the most powerful magnates in East Anglia and a key figure in the early English earldom of Norfolk.
B. Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk
Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, was a younger son of King Edward I of England who became a prominent nobleman and ancestor of later English royal lines in the early 14th century.
C. Duke of Northumberland
The Duke of Northumberland is a hereditary British noble title held by the head of the Percy family, historically one of England’s most powerful aristocratic dynasties and major landowners.
D. John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman and military leader from the powerful Mowbray family who played a significant role in the politics of late medieval England.
E. Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, was a prominent 16th-century English nobleman and courtier closely connected to the Tudor monarchy and involved in the political and religious affairs of Elizabeth I’s reign.
F. None of above. chosen