Bohun family
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The Bohun family was a powerful Anglo-Norman noble dynasty prominent in medieval England, noted especially for its earls of Hereford and Essex and its influence in royal politics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bohun family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13117581 — 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: Bohun family Context triple: [Agnes de Bohun, memberOf, Bohun family]
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Bornemisza family
The Bornemisza family is a historic Hungarian noble lineage that became especially prominent through its union with the industrialist Thyssen dynasty, forming the influential Thyssen-Bornemisza family.
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B.
Potocki family
The Potocki family is a prominent Polish noble lineage that played a major role in the political, cultural, and economic life of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and later Poland.
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C.
Sobieski dynasty
The Sobieski dynasty was a prominent Polish noble family that produced King John III Sobieski, famed for his military leadership and victory over the Ottomans at the Battle of Vienna in 1683.
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D.
Cieszyn Piasts
The Cieszyn Piasts were a regional branch of the Polish Piast royal dynasty that ruled the Duchy of Cieszyn in Silesia during the Middle Ages and early modern period.
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E.
Branicki family
The Branicki family is a prominent Polish noble lineage historically influential in politics, culture, and landownership, associated with several major estates and magnate residences.
- 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: Bohun family Target entity description: The Bohun family was a powerful Anglo-Norman noble dynasty prominent in medieval England, noted especially for its earls of Hereford and Essex and its influence in royal politics.
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A.
Bornemisza family
The Bornemisza family is a historic Hungarian noble lineage that became especially prominent through its union with the industrialist Thyssen dynasty, forming the influential Thyssen-Bornemisza family.
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B.
Potocki family
The Potocki family is a prominent Polish noble lineage that played a major role in the political, cultural, and economic life of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and later Poland.
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C.
Sobieski dynasty
The Sobieski dynasty was a prominent Polish noble family that produced King John III Sobieski, famed for his military leadership and victory over the Ottomans at the Battle of Vienna in 1683.
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D.
Cieszyn Piasts
The Cieszyn Piasts were a regional branch of the Polish Piast royal dynasty that ruled the Duchy of Cieszyn in Silesia during the Middle Ages and early modern period.
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E.
Branicki family
The Branicki family is a prominent Polish noble lineage historically influential in politics, culture, and landownership, associated with several major estates and magnate residences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglo-Norman dynasty
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noble family ⓘ |
| allegiance | House of Plantagenet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Barons' Wars in England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wars of Scottish Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithMonarch |
Edward I of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edward II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward III of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | Azure, a bend argent cotised or between six lions rampant or ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| decline | main male line extinct in the 14th century ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Norman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feudalBarony |
feudal barony of Hereford
NERFINISHED
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feudal barony of Trowbridge ⓘ |
| heldOffice | Constable of England ⓘ |
| inheritance | estates divided between co-heiresses ⓘ |
| knownFor |
earls of Essex
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
earls of Hereford NERFINISHED ⓘ influence in English royal politics ⓘ |
| language |
Anglo-Norman
NERFINISHED
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Middle English ⓘ |
| maritalAlliance |
married into the English royal family
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married into the House of Lancaster ⓘ married into the House of York ⓘ |
| nobleTitleHeld |
Earl of Essex
NERFINISHED
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Earl of Hereford NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Northampton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Eleanor de Bohun
NERFINISHED
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Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford NERFINISHED ⓘ Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford NERFINISHED ⓘ Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford NERFINISHED ⓘ Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford NERFINISHED ⓘ Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford NERFINISHED ⓘ Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary de Bohun NERFINISHED ⓘ William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatedAs | Anglo-Norman magnate family after the Norman Conquest ⓘ |
| politicalRole | influential in royal politics of medieval England ⓘ |
| region |
Essex
NERFINISHED
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Gloucestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ Herefordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| seat |
Brecon Castle
NERFINISHED
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Caldecot Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Pleshey Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | high nobility ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
High Middle Ages
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Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
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: Bohun family Description of subject: The Bohun family was a powerful Anglo-Norman noble dynasty prominent in medieval England, noted especially for its earls of Hereford and Essex and its influence in royal politics.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.