Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk
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Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk, was a prominent 17th-century English nobleman and politician who served as Earl Marshal and played a key role in the restoration of his family’s titles and estates after the English Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4152314 — 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: Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk Context triple: [House of Howard, notableMember, Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk]
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John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman, soldier, and staunch supporter of King Richard III who became the first Howard to hold the dukedom of Norfolk.
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B.
Duke of Norfolk
The Duke of Norfolk is the premier duke in the peerage of England, traditionally serving as Earl Marshal and holding chief responsibility for state ceremonial occasions.
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Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was a powerful English nobleman and statesman of the Tudor period, prominent as a military commander and influential courtier under Henry VIII.
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D.
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, was a prominent English nobleman and military commander of the late 15th and early 16th centuries who played a key role in the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII.
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E.
Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford
Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, was an English nobleman of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who held one of the most prominent dukedoms in the peerage of 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: Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk Target entity description: Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk, was a prominent 17th-century English nobleman and politician who served as Earl Marshal and played a key role in the restoration of his family’s titles and estates after the English Civil War.
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A.
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, was a prominent 15th-century English nobleman, soldier, and staunch supporter of King Richard III who became the first Howard to hold the dukedom of Norfolk.
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B.
Duke of Norfolk
The Duke of Norfolk is the premier duke in the peerage of England, traditionally serving as Earl Marshal and holding chief responsibility for state ceremonial occasions.
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C.
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was a powerful English nobleman and statesman of the Tudor period, prominent as a military commander and influential courtier under Henry VIII.
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D.
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, was a prominent English nobleman and military commander of the late 15th and early 16th centuries who played a key role in the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII.
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E.
Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford
Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, was an English nobleman of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who held one of the most prominent dukedoms in the peerage of England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English nobleman
ⓘ
human ⓘ peer of England ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| allegiance | Charles II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | English Civil War aftermath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1628-07-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Arundel House, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Arundel, Sussex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thomas Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1684-01-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Arundel House, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 17th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldTitle |
Baron Maltravers
NERFINISHED
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Earl of Arundel NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Lords ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalFaction | Royalist ⓘ |
| mother | Lady Elizabeth Stuart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Howard family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Duke of Norfolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
restoration of Howard family titles and estates after the English Civil War
ⓘ
service as Earl Marshal in the late 17th century ⓘ |
| ordinalNumber | 6 ⓘ |
| participatedIn | English Restoration politics ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
6th Duke of Norfolk
NERFINISHED
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Earl Marshal NERFINISHED ⓘ Hereditary Marshal of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Arundel Castle
NERFINISHED
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Norfolk House, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| restoredFamilyEstates |
Arundel Castle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Howard estates in Sussex ⓘ |
| restoredFamilyTitles |
Dukedom of Norfolk
NERFINISHED
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Earldom of Arundel NERFINISHED ⓘ Earldom of Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Jane Bickerton
NERFINISHED
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Lady Anne Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk Description of subject: Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk, was a prominent 17th-century English nobleman and politician who served as Earl Marshal and played a key role in the restoration of his family’s titles and estates after the English Civil War.
Referenced by (4)
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