Earl of Worcester

E304159

character in a play fictional character nobleman

The Earl of Worcester is a key nobleman and conspirator in Shakespeare’s history play "Henry IV, Part 1," instrumental in organizing the rebellion against King Henry IV.

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Label	Occurrences
Earl of Worcester canonical	3

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	character in a play ⓘ fictional character ⓘ nobleman ⓘ
allegiance	Percy family ⓘ
appearsIn	Henry IV, Part 1 ⓘ
appearsInAct	Henry IV, Part 1 ⓘ surface form: Act 1 of Henry IV, Part 1 Henry IV, Part 1 ⓘ surface form: Act 2 of Henry IV, Part 1 Henry IV, Part 1 ⓘ surface form: Act 3 of Henry IV, Part 1 Henry IV, Part 1 ⓘ surface form: Act 4 of Henry IV, Part 1 Henry IV, Part 1 ⓘ surface form: Act 5 of Henry IV, Part 1
associatedTheme	civil war in England ⓘ loyalty and betrayal ⓘ political ambition ⓘ rebellion ⓘ
conspiresWith	Archbishop of York ⓘ Earl of Northumberland ⓘ Henry Percy ⓘ surface form: Hotspur
countryOfOriginOfWork	England ⓘ
creator	William Shakespeare ⓘ
dramaticFunction	foil to King Henry IV ⓘ instigator of rebellion ⓘ political strategist ⓘ
firstPerformanceCentury	17th century ⓘ
firstPublicationCentury	17th century ⓘ
genre	history play character ⓘ
hasTitle	Earl ⓘ
historicalBasis	Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester ⓘ
languageOfWork	Early Modern English ⓘ
literaryPeriod	English Renaissance ⓘ
medium	theatre ⓘ
narrativeRole	antagonist to the king’s cause ⓘ supporting character ⓘ
opposes	King Henry IV of England ⓘ surface form: King Henry IV
partOfSeries	Shakespeare’s Henry VI plays ⓘ surface form: Shakespeare’s second tetralogy
relatedWork	Henry IV, Part 2 ⓘ Henry V of England ⓘ surface form: Henry V King Richard II of England ⓘ surface form: Richard II
relativeOf	Henry Percy ⓘ surface form: Hotspur
roleInPlot	key conspirator against King Henry IV ⓘ organizer of the rebellion against King Henry IV ⓘ
setDuringReignOf	King Henry IV of England ⓘ surface form: Henry IV of England
setIn	medieval England ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry IV, Part 1 → mainCharacter → Earl of Worcester ⓘ

Worcester County, Maryland → namedAfter → Earl of Worcester ⓘ

1 Henry IV → featuresCharacter → Earl of Worcester ⓘ