George Washington Custis Lee
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George Washington Custis Lee was the eldest son of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, a Confederate army officer, and later president of Washington and Lee University.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| George Washington Custis Lee canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5077137 — 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: George Washington Custis Lee Context triple: [William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, sibling, George Washington Custis Lee]
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A.
Robert E. Lee Jr.
Robert E. Lee Jr. was the son of Confederate General Robert E. Lee who served as a Confederate officer during the American Civil War and later became a planter and author.
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B.
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War and the second son of General Robert E. Lee.
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C.
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee was a prominent 19th-century American military officer best known as the leading Confederate general during the American Civil War.
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D.
Thomas Ludwell Lee
Thomas Ludwell Lee was an 18th-century Virginia planter, lawyer, and politician who played a role in the early governance of colonial and revolutionary Virginia.
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E.
George Washington Parke Custis
George Washington Parke Custis was an American plantation owner, writer, and orator best known as the step-grandson of George and Martha Washington and the builder of Arlington House, later Arlington National Cemetery.
- 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: George Washington Custis Lee Target entity description: George Washington Custis Lee was the eldest son of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, a Confederate army officer, and later president of Washington and Lee University.
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A.
Robert E. Lee Jr.
Robert E. Lee Jr. was the son of Confederate General Robert E. Lee who served as a Confederate officer during the American Civil War and later became a planter and author.
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B.
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War and the second son of General Robert E. Lee.
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C.
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee was a prominent 19th-century American military officer best known as the leading Confederate general during the American Civil War.
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D.
Thomas Ludwell Lee
Thomas Ludwell Lee was an 18th-century Virginia planter, lawyer, and politician who played a role in the early governance of colonial and revolutionary Virginia.
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E.
George Washington Parke Custis
George Washington Parke Custis was an American plantation owner, writer, and orator best known as the step-grandson of George and Martha Washington and the builder of Arlington House, later Arlington National Cemetery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate Army officer
ⓘ
human ⓘ university president ⓘ |
| allegiance | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Custis Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Lee Chapel, Lexington, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1832-09-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1913-02-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| educationEndTime | 1854 ⓘ |
| educationStartTime | 1850 ⓘ |
| employer | Washington and Lee University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1897 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | George Washington Custis Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| graduationRank | first in his class ⓘ |
| grandfather | George Washington Parke Custis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | never married ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | major general ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | captured at the Battle of Sailor’s Creek ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the eldest son of Robert E. Lee ⓘ |
| notableWork | oversight of Washington and Lee University after the Civil War ⓘ |
| occupation |
soldier
ⓘ
university administrator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Fort Monroe, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Ravensworth, Fairfax County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of Washington and Lee University ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopalian ⓘ |
| residence |
Arlington House, Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lexington, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Anne Carter Lee
NERFINISHED
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Eleanor Agnes Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Custis Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Mildred Childe Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert E. Lee Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ William Henry Fitzhugh Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1871 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: George Washington Custis Lee Description of subject: George Washington Custis Lee was the eldest son of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, a Confederate army officer, and later president of Washington and Lee University.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.