Lettice Knollys
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Lettice Knollys was a prominent English noblewoman of the Tudor court, noted as a cousin of Queen Elizabeth I and the controversial second wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lettice Knollys canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6236142 — 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: Lettice Knollys Context triple: [Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, mother, Lettice Knollys]
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A.
Elizabeth Blount
Elizabeth Blount was an English noblewoman best known as a mistress of King Henry VIII and the mother of his acknowledged illegitimate son, Henry FitzRoy.
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B.
Catherine Busby
Catherine Busby was the wife of James Busby, the British Resident in New Zealand often called the "father" of the Treaty of Waitangi.
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C.
Dorothy Cromwell
Dorothy Cromwell was a daughter of Richard Cromwell, the brief Lord Protector of England who succeeded Oliver Cromwell during the Interregnum.
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D.
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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E.
Margaret Holland
Margaret Holland was an English noblewoman of the late 14th and early 15th centuries, notable for her influential family connections within the English and Scottish royal houses.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Lettice Knollys Target entity description: Lettice Knollys was a prominent English noblewoman of the Tudor court, noted as a cousin of Queen Elizabeth I and the controversial second wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
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A.
Elizabeth Blount
Elizabeth Blount was an English noblewoman best known as a mistress of King Henry VIII and the mother of his acknowledged illegitimate son, Henry FitzRoy.
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B.
Catherine Busby
Catherine Busby was the wife of James Busby, the British Resident in New Zealand often called the "father" of the Treaty of Waitangi.
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C.
Dorothy Cromwell
Dorothy Cromwell was a daughter of Richard Cromwell, the brief Lord Protector of England who succeeded Oliver Cromwell during the Interregnum.
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D.
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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E.
Margaret Holland
Margaret Holland was an English noblewoman of the late 14th and early 15th centuries, notable for her influential family connections within the English and Scottish royal houses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English noblewoman
ⓘ
Tudor-period noble ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Lettice Devereux
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lettice Dudley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
House of Devereux
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Tudor NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1543 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St Mary’s Church, Warwick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfPoliticalTension | Marriage to Robert Dudley without Queen Elizabeth I’s consent ⓘ |
| child |
Dorothy Devereux
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Penelope Devereux NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| court | Tudor court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cousin | Queen Elizabeth I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1605 ⓘ |
| era | Tudor period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Sir Francis Knollys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Lettice Knollys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandmother | Mary Boleyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| marriageDate |
1561
ⓘ
1578 ⓘ |
| marriagePartner |
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Catherine Carey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Secretly married Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, in 1578 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Being cousin of Queen Elizabeth I
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Being second wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Anne Boleyn (great-aunt by blood) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Lady of the Bedchamber (at the Tudor court, traditionally attributed) ⓘ |
| relative | Queen Elizabeth I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
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| socialStatus | Countess ⓘ |
| spouse |
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sir Christopher Blount NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Countess of Essex
NERFINISHED
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Countess of Leicester 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: Lettice Knollys Description of subject: Lettice Knollys was a prominent English noblewoman of the Tudor court, noted as a cousin of Queen Elizabeth I and the controversial second wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.