de Vaux family
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The de Vaux family was a prominent medieval noble lineage in Scotland and England, known for its Anglo-Norman origins and early feudal lordships.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| de Senlis family | 3 |
| de Vaux family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7469025 — 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 Vaux family Context triple: [Dirleton Castle, builtFor, de Vaux family]
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Delaval family
The Delaval family was an influential English aristocratic lineage in Northumberland, known for its wealth, political connections, and ownership of grand estates.
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B.
Vassall family
The Vassall family was a prominent colonial-era family in Massachusetts, known for their wealth, political influence, and Loyalist ties during the American Revolution.
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La Tour d’Auvergne family
The La Tour d’Auvergne family was a prominent French noble house, notably associated with high-ranking titles such as dukes and viscounts and influential in the political and military life of early modern France.
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D.
Savoye family
The Savoye family were the French clients and owners who commissioned Le Corbusier’s iconic modernist Villa Savoye in Poissy, France.
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Rochechouart family
The Rochechouart family is an ancient French noble lineage, closely associated with the influential de Mortemart house and prominent in the aristocracy of the Ancien Régime.
- 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 Vaux family Target entity description: The de Vaux family was a prominent medieval noble lineage in Scotland and England, known for its Anglo-Norman origins and early feudal lordships.
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A.
Delaval family
The Delaval family was an influential English aristocratic lineage in Northumberland, known for its wealth, political connections, and ownership of grand estates.
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B.
Vassall family
The Vassall family was a prominent colonial-era family in Massachusetts, known for their wealth, political influence, and Loyalist ties during the American Revolution.
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C.
La Tour d’Auvergne family
The La Tour d’Auvergne family was a prominent French noble house, notably associated with high-ranking titles such as dukes and viscounts and influential in the political and military life of early modern France.
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D.
Savoye family
The Savoye family were the French clients and owners who commissioned Le Corbusier’s iconic modernist Villa Savoye in Poissy, France.
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E.
Rochechouart family
The Rochechouart family is an ancient French noble lineage, closely associated with the influential de Mortemart house and prominent in the aristocracy of the Ancien Régime.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglo-Norman family
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medieval noble family ⓘ |
| activeIn |
12th century
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13th century ⓘ England NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kingdom of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArmsFeature | crosses ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
feudal surveys
ⓘ
medieval charters ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Norman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feudalRelationship |
vassals of the king of England
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vassals of the king of Scots ⓘ |
| feudalStatus | feudal barons ⓘ |
| heldTitle |
Lord of Dirleton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lord of Gilsland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
military service to English crown
ⓘ
military service to Scottish crown ⓘ |
| introducedToBritainBy | Norman Conquest of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landholdingType | feudal lordship ⓘ |
| landTenure | held lands in capite from the crown ⓘ |
| language | Anglo-Norman French NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | baronial family ⓘ |
| notableBranch |
Vaux of Dirleton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vaux of Gilsland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Eustace de Vaux
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hubert de Vaux NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranulf de Vaux NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert de Vaux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originType | continental immigrant nobility ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Anglo-Norman aristocracy ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence |
Cumberland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Lothian NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern England NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| surnameVariant |
Vaus
NERFINISHED
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Vaux NERFINISHED ⓘ de Vallibus NERFINISHED ⓘ de Vaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Vaux family Description of subject: The de Vaux family was a prominent medieval noble lineage in Scotland and England, known for its Anglo-Norman origins and early feudal lordships.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
de Senlis family
this entity surface form:
de Senlis family
this entity surface form:
de Senlis family