de Clare family
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The de Clare family was a powerful Anglo-Norman noble dynasty prominent in medieval England and Wales, known for its vast landholdings and political influence.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| de Clare family canonical | 15 |
| de Clare | 4 |
| Gilbert de Clare family | 1 |
| de Clare–FitzRobert family | 1 |
| the de Clare family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5152258 — 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: de Clare family Context triple: [Elizabeth de Clare, nobleFamily, de Clare family]
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A.
de Lacy family
The de Lacy family was a powerful Anglo-Norman noble dynasty prominent in medieval England and Ireland, noted for its extensive landholdings and influential earls.
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B.
de Burgh family
The de Burgh family was a powerful Anglo-Norman noble dynasty prominent in medieval Ireland and Britain, producing influential lords and royal consorts.
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C.
de Warenne family
The de Warenne family was a powerful Anglo-Norman noble dynasty that held the Earldom of Surrey and extensive lands in medieval England.
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D.
FitzWalter family
The FitzWalter family is a prominent English noble lineage best known for its medieval barons, including Robert Fitzwalter, a leading opponent of King John and a key figure in the events surrounding Magna Carta.
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E.
Dacre family
The Dacre family is an English noble lineage prominent in medieval and early modern history, known for its baronies, extensive northern estates, and influential roles in border politics.
- 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: de Clare family Target entity description: The de Clare family was a powerful Anglo-Norman noble dynasty prominent in medieval England and Wales, known for its vast landholdings and political influence.
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A.
de Lacy family
The de Lacy family was a powerful Anglo-Norman noble dynasty prominent in medieval England and Ireland, noted for its extensive landholdings and influential earls.
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B.
de Burgh family
The de Burgh family was a powerful Anglo-Norman noble dynasty prominent in medieval Ireland and Britain, producing influential lords and royal consorts.
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C.
de Warenne family
The de Warenne family was a powerful Anglo-Norman noble dynasty that held the Earldom of Surrey and extensive lands in medieval England.
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D.
FitzWalter family
The FitzWalter family is a prominent English noble lineage best known for its medieval barons, including Robert Fitzwalter, a leading opponent of King John and a key figure in the events surrounding Magna Carta.
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E.
Dacre family
The Dacre family is an English noble lineage prominent in medieval and early modern history, known for its baronies, extensive northern estates, and influential roles in border politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglo-Norman dynasty
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English princess ⓘ noble family ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| alliedWith | English crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Richard de Clare
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Strongbow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | early 14th century ⓘ |
| diedIn | 1090s ⓘ |
| estatesPartitionedAmong | co-heiresses ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Anglo-Norman ⓘ |
| father | Edward I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder | Richard Fitz Gilbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldCastle |
Caerphilly Castle
NERFINISHED
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Chepstow Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Clare Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Tonbridge Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldLordship | Lordship of Glamorgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Barons' Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
political influence
ⓘ
vast landholdings ⓘ |
| lastMaleHeirDiedIn | 1314 ⓘ |
| member |
Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | de Clare family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitleHeld |
Earl of Gloucester
NERFINISHED
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Earl of Hertford NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord of Glamorgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | Norman invasion of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIn |
medieval England
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medieval Wales ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | Clare, Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Norman Conquest of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Joan of Acre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
11th century
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12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ |
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: de Clare family Description of subject: The de Clare family was a powerful Anglo-Norman noble dynasty prominent in medieval England and Wales, known for its vast landholdings and political influence.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
the de Clare family
this entity surface form:
de Clare–FitzRobert family
this entity surface form:
de Clare
this entity surface form:
Gilbert de Clare family
this entity surface form:
de Clare
this entity surface form:
de Clare
this entity surface form:
de Clare