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
Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon Earl
Frederick Field (businessman)
surface form: Frederick Field
Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon Earl
Douglas Durst
Edward, Prince of Wales heir apparent
Al-Muhtadee Billah heir apparent
Alexander IV
surface form: Alexander IV of Macedon
heir apparent
11th Earl of Angus
surface form: Archibald Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus
Earl
Roger de Montgomery Earl
Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza heir apparent
Ivan Ivanovich heir apparent
George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus Earl
Domhnall I, Earl of Mar Earl
Paul Mellon
The Eaglet heir apparent
Máel Muire of Atholl Earl
Hugh d'Avranches Earl
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus Earl
Edward Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke heir apparent
Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria heir apparent
Gustaf Adolf, Prince of Sweden heir apparent
Robert Wood Johnson III
Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare Earl
Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich of Russia heir apparent
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus Earl
Charles, Dauphin of France (1492–1495) heir apparent
William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus Earl
Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester Earl
Charles James, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay heir apparent
Alexei Alexeyevich Romanov heir apparent
Prince Leleiohoku II heir apparent
José, Prince of Brazil heir apparent
Carlos de Austria heir apparent
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick Earl
Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke Earl
Tsarevich Alexei Alexeyevich of Russia heir apparent
Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke Earl
Nau Nihal Singh heir apparent
Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare Earl
Tsarevich Ilya Fyodorovich heir apparent
Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (as father of Peter II, she was his granddaughter; this triple may be uncertain)
surface form: Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia
heir apparent
Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke Earl
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke Earl
Tanya Dubash
Philip Herbert, Earl of Montgomery Earl
Henry of Scotland heir apparent
Duncan, Earl of Carrick Earl
Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester Earl
Alexander, Earl of Carrick Earl
Balthasar Charles of Austria heir apparent