Humphrey, 2nd Earl of Buckingham
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Humphrey, 2nd Earl of Buckingham was a late 14th-century English nobleman of the House of Lancaster, grandson of King Edward III and son of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.
All labels observed (1)
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| Humphrey, 2nd Earl of Buckingham canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15975492 — 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: Humphrey, 2nd Earl of Buckingham Context triple: [Anne of Gloucester, sibling, Humphrey, 2nd Earl of Buckingham]
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Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham
Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, was a powerful 15th-century English nobleman and military leader who played a prominent role in the early stages of the Wars of the Roses.
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Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, was a powerful 15th-century English nobleman and one-time ally of Richard III who later rebelled against him and was executed, and has been historically suspected as a possible culprit in the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower.
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C.
The Earl of Buckingham
The Earl of Buckingham is a noble title in the Peerage of England historically associated with prominent aristocratic families and political influence.
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2nd Earl of Buckingham
The 2nd Earl of Buckingham was an English noble title held by George Villiers, a prominent 17th-century aristocrat, statesman, and courtier during the reigns of Charles II and James II.
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Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, was a powerful English nobleman of the late 15th and early 16th centuries whose wealth, royal blood, and perceived threat to the Tudor monarchy led to his execution for treason under King Henry VIII.
- 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: Humphrey, 2nd Earl of Buckingham Target entity description: Humphrey, 2nd Earl of Buckingham was a late 14th-century English nobleman of the House of Lancaster, grandson of King Edward III and son of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.
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A.
Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham
Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, was a powerful 15th-century English nobleman and military leader who played a prominent role in the early stages of the Wars of the Roses.
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B.
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, was a powerful 15th-century English nobleman and one-time ally of Richard III who later rebelled against him and was executed, and has been historically suspected as a possible culprit in the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower.
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C.
The Earl of Buckingham
The Earl of Buckingham is a noble title in the Peerage of England historically associated with prominent aristocratic families and political influence.
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D.
2nd Earl of Buckingham
The 2nd Earl of Buckingham was an English noble title held by George Villiers, a prominent 17th-century aristocrat, statesman, and courtier during the reigns of Charles II and James II.
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E.
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, was a powerful English nobleman of the late 15th and early 16th centuries whose wealth, royal blood, and perceived threat to the Tudor monarchy led to his execution for treason under King Henry VIII.
- F. None of above. chosen
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