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
Gaius Caesar heir apparent
Malise, Earl of Strathearn and Menteith Earl
Sir George Crichton Earl
George Randolph Hearst
Robert Wood Johnson IV
Lucius Caesar heir apparent
Haakon Magnus heir apparent
Keppel
surface form: Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle
Earl
Robert de Mowbray Earl
Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt
William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby Earl
William Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby Earl
Ronald S. Lauder
John Graham, 4th Earl of Menteith Earl
Joseph Ferdinand
surface form: Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria
heir apparent
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant heir apparent
William Graham, 5th Earl of Menteith Earl
John Graham, 6th Earl of Menteith Earl
Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland Earl
William Graham, 7th Earl of Menteith Earl
Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland Earl
John Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford heir apparent
John Seward Johnson I
William Godolphin, Marquess of Blandford heir apparent
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia heir apparent
Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland Earl
William Graham, 9th Earl of Menteith Earl
John Montagu
surface form: John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich
Earl
John Jacob Astor VI
Patrick Graham, Earl of Menteith Earl
Eugene du Pont Jr.
William Arthur Philip Louis heir apparent
Crown Prince of Jordan heir apparent
James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth Earl
Louis, Grand Dauphin heir apparent
Dmitry Ivanovich heir apparent
Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias heir apparent
Edmund of Lancaster Earl
Diego, Prince of Asturias heir apparent
John Manuel, Prince of Portugal heir apparent
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster Earl
Charles of Austria, Prince of Asturias heir apparent
Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield Earl
Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch Earl
al-Qasim heir apparent
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway heir apparent
William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington heir apparent
Jacques-Victor Henry heir apparent
John
surface form: John Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk
Earl
Arthur, Prince of Wales heir apparent