Frances Brandon
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Frances Brandon was an English noblewoman, daughter of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor, and mother of Lady Jane Grey, whose lineage placed her close to the Tudor succession.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frances Brandon canonical | 2 |
| Lady Frances Brandon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4677798 — 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: Frances Brandon Context triple: [Mary Tudor, Queen of France, stepchild, Frances Brandon]
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A.
Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, was an English noblewoman of the powerful Howard family whose title and prominence in the aristocracy led to places such as Norfolk Island being named in her honor.
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B.
Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk
Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk was a prominent 14th-century English noblewoman of the powerful Marshal and Bigod families, notable for her high rank, extensive estates, and influence at the royal court.
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C.
Dorothy Stanbury
Dorothy Stanbury is a central fictional character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for her quiet strength, moral integrity, and complex romantic struggles within Victorian society.
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D.
Katherine Tudor
Katherine Tudor was a short-lived daughter of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, born into the early Tudor royal family.
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E.
Mary Howard
Mary Howard was the mother of English physician Robert Darwin and a member of the extended family lineage that produced naturalist Charles Darwin.
- 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: Frances Brandon Target entity description: Frances Brandon was an English noblewoman, daughter of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor, and mother of Lady Jane Grey, whose lineage placed her close to the Tudor succession.
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A.
Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, was an English noblewoman of the powerful Howard family whose title and prominence in the aristocracy led to places such as Norfolk Island being named in her honor.
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B.
Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk
Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk was a prominent 14th-century English noblewoman of the powerful Marshal and Bigod families, notable for her high rank, extensive estates, and influence at the royal court.
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C.
Dorothy Stanbury
Dorothy Stanbury is a central fictional character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for her quiet strength, moral integrity, and complex romantic struggles within Victorian society.
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D.
Katherine Tudor
Katherine Tudor was a short-lived daughter of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, born into the early Tudor royal family.
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E.
Mary Howard
Mary Howard was the mother of English physician Robert Darwin and a member of the extended family lineage that produced naturalist Charles Darwin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English noblewoman
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historical figure ⓘ noble ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | succession crisis of 1553 ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Edward VI of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elizabeth I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| auntOrUncle | Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St Edmund’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | unknown natural causes ⓘ |
| child |
Lady Jane Grey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lady Katherine Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady Mary Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Protestantism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| court | Tudor court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1517-07-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1559-11-20 ⓘ |
| describedAs | strict mother of Lady Jane Grey in later accounts ⓘ |
| era | Tudor period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Brandon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Frances NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfather | Henry VII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandmother | Elizabeth of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 1533-03-07 ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty |
Brandon family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tudor dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Tudor, Queen of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Duchess of Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being mother of Lady Jane Grey
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proximity to the English throne ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hatfield, Hertfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Charterhouse, Sheen, Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSuccession | Tudor line of succession to the English throne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Bradgate House, Leicestershire
NERFINISHED
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Suffolk Place, Southwark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling |
Eleanor Brandon
NERFINISHED
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Henry Brandon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| spouse | Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleHeld | Countess of Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Frances Brandon Description of subject: Frances Brandon was an English noblewoman, daughter of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor, and mother of Lady Jane Grey, whose lineage placed her close to the Tudor succession.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lady Frances Brandon