William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke
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William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent 15th-century Welsh nobleman, soldier, and Yorkist supporter during the Wars of the Roses who rose to great power under King Edward IV.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5718632 — 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: William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke Context triple: [Herbert family, notableMember, William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke]
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William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, was an influential early 17th-century English nobleman, courtier, and patron of the arts closely associated with William Shakespeare and the Jacobean literary world.
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John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, was a 14th-century English nobleman and military commander who played a prominent role in the early stages of the Hundred Years' War.
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1st Earl of Pembroke
The 1st Earl of Pembroke was a prominent English noble title in the High Middle Ages, most famously held by the knight and statesman William Marshal, a key figure in the reigns of several Plantagenet kings.
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William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke
William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent 13th-century Anglo-French nobleman and half-brother of King Henry III who became a powerful marcher lord in Wales and a key figure in the politics of medieval England.
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Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke
Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, was a 13th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and magnate who briefly held the powerful Pembroke earldom as one of the sons and successors of the famed knight William Marshal.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke Target entity description: William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent 15th-century Welsh nobleman, soldier, and Yorkist supporter during the Wars of the Roses who rose to great power under King Edward IV.
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A.
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, was an influential early 17th-century English nobleman, courtier, and patron of the arts closely associated with William Shakespeare and the Jacobean literary world.
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B.
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, was a 14th-century English nobleman and military commander who played a prominent role in the early stages of the Hundred Years' War.
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C.
1st Earl of Pembroke
The 1st Earl of Pembroke was a prominent English noble title in the High Middle Ages, most famously held by the knight and statesman William Marshal, a key figure in the reigns of several Plantagenet kings.
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D.
William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke
William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent 13th-century Anglo-French nobleman and half-brother of King Henry III who became a powerful marcher lord in Wales and a key figure in the politics of medieval England.
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E.
Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke
Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, was a 13th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and magnate who briefly held the powerful Pembroke earldom as one of the sons and successors of the famed knight William Marshal.
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Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
15th-century English politician
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member of the Welsh nobility ⓘ nobleman ⓘ peer of England ⓘ soldier ⓘ supporter of the House of York ⓘ |
| acquiredTitleFrom | Lancastrian Earl of Pembroke (Jasper Tudor) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Edward IV of England
NERFINISHED
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House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Edgecote Moor
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Mortimer's Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Towton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | beheading ⓘ |
| child |
Maud Herbert
NERFINISHED
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Sir Walter Herbert NERFINISHED ⓘ William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Wars of the Roses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| createdPeerageTitle | Earl of Pembroke (Yorkist creation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 1423 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 27 July 1469 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Welsh ⓘ |
| executedBy | supporters of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick ⓘ |
| father | William ap Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| guardianOf | Henry Tudor, later Henry VII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Welsh ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| monarchServed | Edward IV of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Herbert family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Yorkist conquest and control of South Wales ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Banbury, Oxfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chamberlain of South Wales
NERFINISHED
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Constable of several Welsh castles ⓘ Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ Justiciar of South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Jasper Tudor as Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForExecution | defeat at the Battle of Edgecote Moor ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| residence |
Pembroke Castle
NERFINISHED
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Raglan Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seized | Pembroke Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Anne Devereux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Baron Herbert
NERFINISHED
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Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfElevationToEarldom | 1468 ⓘ |
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Subject: William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke Description of subject: William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent 15th-century Welsh nobleman, soldier, and Yorkist supporter during the Wars of the Roses who rose to great power under King Edward IV.
Referenced by (7)
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