duke

C1537
concept

A duke is a high-ranking nobleman, typically just below a prince or king, who often governs a duchy and holds significant social, political, and economic influence within a monarchy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
duke canonical 484
Duke 76

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: duke
Generated description
A duke is a high-ranking nobleman, typically just below a prince or king, who often governs a duchy and holds significant social, political, and economic influence within a monarchy.

Instances (556)

Instance Via concept surface
Charles the Rash
John Stewart, Duke of Albany Duke
Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
Robert the Old
the Duke of Venice
surface form: Duke of Venice (Othello)
Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon Duke
Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme
Mary
surface form: Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Conrad the Younger
11th Duke of Marlborough
Duke Leto Atreides
Lorenzo de’ Medici, Duke of Urbino Duke
Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Liudolf, Duke of Swabia
William, Duke of Württemberg
Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron
Francis, Duke of Anjou Duke
Charles Edward, Duke of Albany
Bruno, Duke of Saxony
Charles, Duke of Guise
Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Alfonso IV d’Este, Duke of Modena Duke
Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough Duke
John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Claude, Duke of Chevreuse
Charles II of Orléans-Longueville
John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham Duke
Francis, Duke of Longueville
House of Egmond
surface form: Charles II, Duke of Guelders
William the Rich Duke
James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie
Otto the Child
Marshal Luxembourg
Claude, Duke of Guise
Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford
Louis II d’Orléans, Duke of Longueville Duke
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Charles of Egmond
John I, Duke of Brittany
Prince Edward Augustus
García Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alba
John II, Duke of Brittany
Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia
John IV, Duke of Brittany
William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire
Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Francis I, Duke of Brittany