Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon
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Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon, was a prominent 14th-century English nobleman and military commander who served under King Edward III during the early phases of the Hundred Years’ War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12778018 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon Context triple: [Margaret de Bohun, Countess of Devon, spouse, Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon]
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John Courtenay, 15th Earl of Devon
John Courtenay, 15th Earl of Devon, was a prominent Lancastrian nobleman during the Wars of the Roses who was killed fighting against the Yorkists in 1471.
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B.
William Courtenay, Earl of Devon
William Courtenay, Earl of Devon, was an English nobleman of the late 15th and early 16th centuries who rose to prominence at the Tudor court through his marriage into the royal family and his restoration to the earldom of Devon under Henry VIII.
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Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter
Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter, was an English nobleman and prominent Tudor courtier who was a cousin of King Henry VIII and was executed for alleged treason in 1539.
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D.
Herbert, Earl of Torrington
Herbert, Earl of Torrington was a late 17th-century English admiral best known for his controversial leadership in early battles of the Nine Years’ War, including major naval engagements against the French.
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Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset
Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, was an 18th-century British nobleman and politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and held several high offices under Kings George I and George II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon Target entity description: Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon, was a prominent 14th-century English nobleman and military commander who served under King Edward III during the early phases of the Hundred Years’ War.
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A.
John Courtenay, 15th Earl of Devon
John Courtenay, 15th Earl of Devon, was a prominent Lancastrian nobleman during the Wars of the Roses who was killed fighting against the Yorkists in 1471.
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B.
William Courtenay, Earl of Devon
William Courtenay, Earl of Devon, was an English nobleman of the late 15th and early 16th centuries who rose to prominence at the Tudor court through his marriage into the royal family and his restoration to the earldom of Devon under Henry VIII.
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C.
Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter
Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter, was an English nobleman and prominent Tudor courtier who was a cousin of King Henry VIII and was executed for alleged treason in 1539.
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D.
Herbert, Earl of Torrington
Herbert, Earl of Torrington was a late 17th-century English admiral best known for his controversial leadership in early battles of the Nine Years’ War, including major naval engagements against the French.
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E.
Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset
Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, was an 18th-century British nobleman and politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and held several high offices under Kings George I and George II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl of Devon
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English nobleman ⓘ medieval military commander ⓘ |
| allegiance | Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aristocraticTitleOrdinal | 2nd ⓘ |
| associatedWith | English medieval aristocracy ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 14th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| familyName | Courtenay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feudalStatus | tenant-in-chief of the Crown ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Hugh ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | lands associated with the Earldom of Devon ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Middle English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | English feudal host ⓘ |
| militaryRole | commander in the English forces ⓘ |
| monarchServed | Edward III of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Courtenay family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | earl ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Earl of Devon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
military leadership in early phases of the Hundred Years' War
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service under King Edward III ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Hundred Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
2nd Earl of Devon
NERFINISHED
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English peer ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Edward III of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| titleHolderOf | Earldom of Devon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon Description of subject: Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon, was a prominent 14th-century English nobleman and military commander who served under King Edward III during the early phases of the Hundred Years’ War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.