Butler of Ormond
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The Butler of Ormond is a prominent Anglo-Irish noble house historically associated with the Earls and Marquesses of Ormond, influential in Irish politics and landholding from the medieval period onward.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Butler of Ormond canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12222911 — 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: Butler of Ormond Context triple: [Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles, dynasticConnection, Butler of Ormond]
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A.
Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond
Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond, was a prominent 15th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman who served as Lord Chamberlain to King Henry VII and played a key role in Tudor-era politics.
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B.
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond, was a prominent Anglo-Irish nobleman of the Tudor era, closely connected to the English court and influential in Irish political affairs.
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C.
Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond
Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond, was an early 17th-century Irish nobleman and prominent member of the Butler dynasty who played a significant role in the political and land disputes of his time.
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D.
James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond
James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond, was a prominent 15th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman who played a key role in Irish and English politics during the late medieval period.
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E.
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond, was a prominent 16th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman who played a key role in Tudor politics and the governance of Ireland.
- 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: Butler of Ormond Target entity description: The Butler of Ormond is a prominent Anglo-Irish noble house historically associated with the Earls and Marquesses of Ormond, influential in Irish politics and landholding from the medieval period onward.
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A.
Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond
Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond, was a prominent 15th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman who served as Lord Chamberlain to King Henry VII and played a key role in Tudor-era politics.
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B.
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond, was a prominent Anglo-Irish nobleman of the Tudor era, closely connected to the English court and influential in Irish political affairs.
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C.
Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond
Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond, was an early 17th-century Irish nobleman and prominent member of the Butler dynasty who played a significant role in the political and land disputes of his time.
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D.
James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond
James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond, was a prominent 15th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman who played a key role in Irish and English politics during the late medieval period.
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E.
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond, was a prominent 16th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman who played a key role in Tudor politics and the governance of Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglo-Irish family
ⓘ
noble house ⓘ |
| allegiance | English Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aristocraticNetwork | Anglo-Irish nobility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aristocraticStatus | high nobility in Ireland ⓘ |
| associatedTitleTerritory | Ormond in Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Earls of Ormond
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marquesses of Ormond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicRole | land-based wealth ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Anglo-Irish ⓘ |
| feudalStatus | landed magnates ⓘ |
| governanceInfluencePeriod | from medieval period onward GENERATED ⓘ |
| governanceRole | local governance in Ormond region ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
County Tipperary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ormond NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern Ireland ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | shaped regional power structures in Ireland ⓘ |
| landholdingRole | major landowners in Ireland ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| nobleFamilyType | peerage family ⓘ |
| nobleRankRange |
earl
ⓘ
marquess ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large estates in Ireland
ⓘ
role in Anglo-Irish relations ⓘ |
| notableTitleHeld |
Earl of Ormond
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marquess of Ormond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfProminence |
early modern period
ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | supporters of English administration in Ireland ⓘ |
| politicalInfluenceArea |
Irish Parliament
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Lordship of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalRole | influential in Irish politics ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Anglicanism (broadly)
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglicanism
Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | aristocracy ⓘ |
| socialRole | patrons of local society ⓘ |
| typeOfInheritance |
hereditary estates
ⓘ
hereditary titles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Butler of Ormond Description of subject: The Butler of Ormond is a prominent Anglo-Irish noble house historically associated with the Earls and Marquesses of Ormond, influential in Irish politics and landholding from the medieval period onward.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.