Frances Howard, Countess of Essex
E434279
Frances Howard, Countess of Essex, was a prominent early 17th-century English noblewoman best known for her scandalous annulment from the Earl of Essex and subsequent marriage to King James I’s favorite, Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frances Howard | 2 |
| Frances Howard, Countess of Essex canonical | 1 |
| Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4352348 — 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.
Target entity: Frances Howard, Countess of Essex Context triple: [Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, spouse, Frances Howard, Countess of Essex]
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Frances Howard
Frances Howard was an American stage and film actress of the early 20th century who later became known as the wife of producer Samuel Goldwyn and the mother of film producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
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Frances Cromwell
Frances Cromwell was the youngest daughter of English statesman and Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, known for her position within the Protectorate court and her politically significant marriage into the English gentry.
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Elizabeth Grey, Countess Grey
Elizabeth Grey, Countess Grey, was a British aristocrat best known as the mother of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, the Whig prime minister after whom Earl Grey tea is named.
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Elizabeth Popham
Elizabeth Popham was an English gentlewoman of the 18th century best known as the mother of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, a prominent British statesman.
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Henrietta Somerset
Henrietta Somerset was an English noblewoman of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, a member of the prominent Somerset family who married into the ducal house of Grafton.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Frances Howard, Countess of Essex Target entity description: Frances Howard, Countess of Essex, was a prominent early 17th-century English noblewoman best known for her scandalous annulment from the Earl of Essex and subsequent marriage to King James I’s favorite, Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset.
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Frances Howard
Frances Howard was an American stage and film actress of the early 20th century who later became known as the wife of producer Samuel Goldwyn and the mother of film producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
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B.
Frances Cromwell
Frances Cromwell was the youngest daughter of English statesman and Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, known for her position within the Protectorate court and her politically significant marriage into the English gentry.
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Elizabeth Grey, Countess Grey
Elizabeth Grey, Countess Grey, was a British aristocrat best known as the mother of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, the Whig prime minister after whom Earl Grey tea is named.
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Elizabeth Popham
Elizabeth Popham was an English gentlewoman of the 18th century best known as the mother of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, a prominent British statesman.
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E.
Henrietta Somerset
Henrietta Somerset was an English noblewoman of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, a member of the prominent Somerset family who married into the ducal house of Grafton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English noblewoman
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countess ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| accusedOf | participation in the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury ⓘ |
| aristocraticRank | peeress of England ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
House of Stuart
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Howard family political faction ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1590 ⓘ |
| causeOfNotoriety |
allegations of impotence against Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
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public annulment proceedings ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| convictedOf | felony related to the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| court | court of King James I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1632 ⓘ |
| era | Jacobean era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| event | Overbury murder trial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Frances NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterLife | lived in relative obscurity after release from prison ⓘ |
| legalStatusAfterTrial | imprisoned in the Tower of London ⓘ |
| marriageEndCauseWithRobertDevereux | annulment ⓘ |
| marriageEndDateWithRobertDevereux | 1613 ⓘ |
| marriageStart |
Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marriageStartDateWithRobertCarr | 1613 ⓘ |
| marriageStartDateWithRobertDevereux | 1606 ⓘ |
| mother | Catherine Knyvet, Countess of Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Howard family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
annulment of marriage to Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
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involvement in the Overbury affair ⓘ marriage to Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset ⓘ scandal at the court of King James I of England ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position | lady-in-waiting at the Jacobean court ⓘ |
| receivedPardonFrom | King James I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Church of England ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling |
Elizabeth Howard, Countess of Carrick
NERFINISHED
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Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialStatus | aristocracy ⓘ |
| spouse |
Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset
NERFINISHED
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Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Countess of Essex
NERFINISHED
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Countess of Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Frances Howard, Countess of Essex Description of subject: Frances Howard, Countess of Essex, was a prominent early 17th-century English noblewoman best known for her scandalous annulment from the Earl of Essex and subsequent marriage to King James I’s favorite, Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset.
Referenced by (4)
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