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 IV, Duke of Alençon Duke
Francis Stephen of Lorraine Duke
Marshal François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi
surface form: François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi
John
surface form: John Egerton, 2nd Duke of Bridgewater
Duke
Jacques of Savoy, Duke of Nemours
7th Duke of Broglie
surface form: Louis de Broglie
Ernst II Bernhard Karl August
Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow
Charles-Eugène, Duke of Elbeuf
Louis I, Duke of Bavaria
Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham Duke
Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
John Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough
Johann, Duke of Saxony
Henry II the Pious
John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough
Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma Duke
Frederick William I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Frederick Augustus I, Duke of Oldenburg
John
surface form: John the Fearless
Louis de Vendôme, Duke of Mercœur
John I, Duke of Burgundy
Ernest II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
served as main residence of Henry the Lion
surface form: Henry the Lion
Livio Odescalchi
Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria
Peregrine Hyde Osborne
Íñigo López de Mendoza y Luna, 2nd Duke of the Infantado
Richard Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Duke of the Infantado
Thomas Osborne, 3rd Duke of Leeds
Philip
surface form: Philip the Bold
Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington
Robert I
surface form: Robert I, Duke of Burgundy
Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Philip
surface form: Philip the Good
Gilbert of Lotharingia
Francis
surface form: Francis, Duke of Guise
Duke
Louis Joseph
surface form: Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme
Henry I, Duke of Brabant
Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy
Conrad the Red
Burchard III, Duke of Swabia
Henry II, Duke of Brabant
Francis of Lorraine Duke
Henry III, Duke of Brabant
William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose Duke
Gisulf II of Friuli