Earl of Suffolk
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The Earl of Suffolk is a historic English peerage title long associated with the influential Howard family, prominent in politics and at the royal court from the late Middle Ages onward.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Earl of Suffolk canonical | 4 |
| 1st Earl of Suffolk | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4152302 — 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: Earl of Suffolk Context triple: [House of Howard, nobleTitleHeld, Earl of Suffolk]
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A.
Earl of Buckingham
The Earl of Buckingham was an English noble title held in the late 14th century by Thomas of Woodstock, a powerful royal prince and political figure during the reign of King Richard II.
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B.
Earl of Pembroke
Earl of Pembroke was the original name of the British coal-carrying bark later refitted and famously used by Captain James Cook as HMS Endeavour on his first voyage of exploration.
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C.
Earl of Warwick
The Earl of Warwick is a historic English noble title most famously associated with powerful medieval magnates who played key roles in the Wars of the Roses and national politics.
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D.
Earl of Lancaster
The Earl of Lancaster was a prominent English noble title in the High Middle Ages, associated with great territorial power and influence within the English royal family.
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E.
Earl of Sussex
The Earl of Sussex is a historic English peerage title traditionally associated with high-ranking nobility and significant influence in medieval and early modern England.
- 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: Earl of Suffolk Target entity description: The Earl of Suffolk is a historic English peerage title long associated with the influential Howard family, prominent in politics and at the royal court from the late Middle Ages onward.
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A.
Earl of Buckingham
The Earl of Buckingham was an English noble title held in the late 14th century by Thomas of Woodstock, a powerful royal prince and political figure during the reign of King Richard II.
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B.
Earl of Pembroke
Earl of Pembroke was the original name of the British coal-carrying bark later refitted and famously used by Captain James Cook as HMS Endeavour on his first voyage of exploration.
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C.
Earl of Warwick
The Earl of Warwick is a historic English noble title most famously associated with powerful medieval magnates who played key roles in the Wars of the Roses and national politics.
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D.
Earl of Lancaster
The Earl of Lancaster was a prominent English noble title in the High Middle Ages, associated with great territorial power and influence within the English royal family.
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E.
Earl of Sussex
The Earl of Sussex is a historic English peerage title traditionally associated with high-ranking nobility and significant influence in medieval and early modern England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
earldom
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peerage title ⓘ title in the Peerage of England ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
English politics
ⓘ
English royal court ⓘ Howard family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| hasCreation | Peerage of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCreationDate | 1603 ⓘ |
| hasFamilySeat | Charlton Park, Wiltshire ONNED1 ⓘ |
| hasGender | hereditary title ⓘ |
| hasHeraldicElement | Howard arms ONNED1 ⓘ |
| hasHolder |
Alexander Charles Michael Winston Robsahm Howard, 22nd Earl of Suffolk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles John Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Howard, 10th Earl of Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Howard, 13th Earl of Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael John James George Robert Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk ONNED1 ⓘ Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMonarchAtCreation | James I of England ONNED1 ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Sola virtus invicta ⓘ |
| hasNotableHolder |
Charles John Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael John James George Robert Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasParliamentaryRole | seat in the House of Lords (historically) ⓘ |
| hasReligionTraditionally | Church of England ⓘ |
| hasStyle | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiaryTitle |
Baron Howard de Walden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Viscount Andover ONNED1 ⓘ |
| hasTerritorialDesignation | Suffolk ONNED1 ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfSuccession | male-preference primogeniture ⓘ |
| heldBy | members of the Howard family ⓘ |
| isHereditary | true ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Howard family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | earl ⓘ |
| partOf | English peerage ⓘ |
| predecessorTitle | Baron Howard de Walden ONNED1 ⓘ |
| region | England ⓘ |
| startTime | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| traditionalHeirApparentCourtesyTitle | Viscount Andover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Earl of Suffolk Description of subject: The Earl of Suffolk is a historic English peerage title long associated with the influential Howard family, prominent in politics and at the royal court from the late Middle Ages onward.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
1st Earl of Suffolk