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
Arthur I of Brittany heir apparent
John Courtenay, 15th Earl of Devon Earl
John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey Earl
3rd Earl of Douglas
surface form: Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas
Earl
Ninan Cuyochi heir apparent
Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith Earl
Raymond IV of Antioch heir apparent
Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia heir apparent
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly Earl
Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke Earl
Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly Earl
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark heir apparent
Francesco IV Gonzaga heir apparent
John of Denmark heir apparent
Napoleon, King of Rome heir apparent
Tomáš Baťa Jr.
Donnchad II, Earl of Fife Earl
Prince Muhammad Azam heir apparent
Louis, Dauphin of France heir apparent
Norman Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes Earl
Frederick Louis
surface form: Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales
heir apparent
George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes Earl
Chin-kim heir apparent
John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes Earl
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex Earl
Dmitry the Grandson heir apparent
Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans heir apparent
Henry James FitzRoy, Earl of Euston heir apparent
Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland Earl
Louis Joseph, Duke of Burgundy heir apparent
John de Dunbar Earl
Smith Reynolds
Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury Earl
Dukes of Montrose
surface form: James Graham, Marquess of Graham
heir apparent
6th Earl of Douglas
surface form: James Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas
Earl
William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey Earl
Donnchad
surface form: Donnchad, Earl of Fife
Earl
1st Earl of Essex (second creation)
surface form: William Parr, 1st Earl of Essex (second creation)
Earl
William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas Earl
David Stewart
surface form: David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn
heir apparent
Infante João, Hereditary Prince of Portugal heir apparent
David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay heir apparent
George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews heir apparent
John Erskine, Earl of Mar Earl
William FitzOsbern Earl
Guillaume Jean Joseph Marie de Nassau heir apparent
Christopher Stokowski
Drusus Julius Caesar heir apparent
John, Dauphin of France heir apparent
Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby Earl