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
Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk Earl
David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn Earl
Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil heir apparent
6th Earl of Coventry Earl
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset Earl
James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater Earl
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone Earl
Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford Earl
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
surface form: Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
heir apparent
Alexander, Prince of Scotland heir apparent
Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus Earl
Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles heir apparent
Vishwasrao heir apparent
Lucius Aelius Caesar adoptive heir
A&P heir Huntington Hartford
surface form: Huntington Hartford
William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire Earl
William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas Earl
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas Earl
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry Earl
George Dunbar, Earl of March Earl
William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster Earl
William Douglas, 3rd Earl of Queensberry Earl
Napoleon, Prince Imperial heir apparent
Niall, Earl of Carrick Earl
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas Earl
John, Prince of Brazil heir apparent
Alfonso, Prince of Asturias heir apparent
Afonso, Prince of Portugal heir apparent
Timothy Mellon
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland Earl
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus heir apparent
Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross Earl
Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco heir apparent
John Bruce heir apparent
Crown Prince of Denmark heir apparent
Prince William of the Netherlands (1819–1890) heir apparent
Arianne Martell heir apparent
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall Earl
Carlos, Prince of Asturias heir apparent
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria heir apparent
Francis, Dauphin of France heir apparent
Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria Earl
Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon Earl
Simon de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton Earl
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton Earl
Durst family
surface form: Robert Durst
real estate heir
Yara Greyjoy
William of Aumale Earl
Carlo, Duke of Calabria heir apparent
Crown Prince of the Ming dynasty heir apparent