heir

C1063
concept

An heir is an individual legally or customarily entitled to inherit property, titles, or responsibilities from another person, typically upon that person's death.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
heir apparent 216
Earl 206
heir canonical 48

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: heir
Generated description
An heir is an individual legally or customarily entitled to inherit property, titles, or responsibilities from another person, typically upon that person's death.

Instances (474)

Instance Via concept surface
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex Earl
Vincent Astor
Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France heir apparent
German Crown Prince Wilhelm heir apparent
Edward of Middleham heir apparent
Prince Arthur, Duke of Brittany heir apparent
Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas Earl
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas Earl
James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas Earl
William IX, Count of Poitiers heir apparent
Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales heir apparent
James Carnegie, 2nd Earl of Southesk Earl
Louis de France heir apparent
Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands heir apparent
James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas Earl
James Carnegie, 3rd Earl of Southesk Earl
Şehzade Mustafa heir apparent
Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg heir apparent
David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk Earl
Louis, Duke of Burgundy heir apparent
Máel Coluim I, Earl of Fife Earl
Napoleon II heir apparent
Máel Coluim II, Earl of Fife Earl
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury Earl
Donnchad III, Earl of Fife Earl
Ivan the Young heir apparent
Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby Earl
Donnchad V, Earl of Fife Earl
Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby Earl
Toyotomi Tsurumatsu heir apparent
Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein heir apparent
William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester Earl
Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby Earl
Edward the Exile heir apparent
Donnchad VII, Earl of Fife Earl
Ness Wadia
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria heir apparent
Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex Earl
Æthelstan Atheling heir apparent
John Stewart, Earl of Carrick heir apparent
James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby Earl
John, Prince of Asturias heir apparent
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers Earl
William Pitt the Elder Earl
Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall Earl
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster Earl
Alfonso, Prince of Asturias heir apparent
Elisabeth Theresia Maria Helena heir apparent
Alexander Stewart
surface form: Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay
heir apparent
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick Earl