Matilda FitzHerbert
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Matilda FitzHerbert was an English noblewoman of the 12th century, known primarily as the wife of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex, and for her connections to prominent aristocratic families of the period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Matilda FitzHerbert canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7700172 — 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: Matilda FitzHerbert Context triple: [Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex, spouse, Matilda FitzHerbert]
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Anne Stanhope
Anne Stanhope was an influential English noblewoman of the Tudor court, best known as the second wife of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, and for her political ambition and involvement in courtly affairs during the reign of Edward VI.
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B.
Anne Stanhope
Anne Stanhope was an English noblewoman of the 17th century, best known as the mother of prominent statesman Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles.
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C.
Elizabeth Annesley
Elizabeth Annesley was the wife of American Founding Father and Declaration of Independence signer Francis Lewis.
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D.
Charlotte Stanhope
Charlotte Stanhope is a clever, manipulative young woman in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Barchester Towers," known for her scheming involvement in the social and romantic intrigues of Barchester society.
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E.
Elizabeth Poyntz
Elizabeth Poyntz was an English noblewoman best known as the wife of Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles, and the mother of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, a leading statesman in 17th-century Ireland.
- 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: Matilda FitzHerbert Target entity description: Matilda FitzHerbert was an English noblewoman of the 12th century, known primarily as the wife of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex, and for her connections to prominent aristocratic families of the period.
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A.
Anne Stanhope
Anne Stanhope was an influential English noblewoman of the Tudor court, best known as the second wife of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, and for her political ambition and involvement in courtly affairs during the reign of Edward VI.
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B.
Anne Stanhope
Anne Stanhope was an English noblewoman of the 17th century, best known as the mother of prominent statesman Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles.
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C.
Elizabeth Annesley
Elizabeth Annesley was the wife of American Founding Father and Declaration of Independence signer Francis Lewis.
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D.
Charlotte Stanhope
Charlotte Stanhope is a clever, manipulative young woman in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Barchester Towers," known for her scheming involvement in the social and romantic intrigues of Barchester society.
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E.
Elizabeth Poyntz
Elizabeth Poyntz was an English noblewoman best known as the wife of Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles, and the mother of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, a leading statesman in 17th-century Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
12th-century English person
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English noblewoman ⓘ medieval noble ⓘ |
| aristocraticConnections |
Anglo-Norman nobility
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de Mandeville family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of England
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Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Anglo-Norman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | FitzHerbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfExpression |
Latin
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Middle English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lifeInferredFrom | medieval genealogical and aristocratic records ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Countess of Essex
NERFINISHED
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Earl of Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
connections to prominent Anglo-Norman aristocratic families
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marriage alliance with the de Mandeville family ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Countess of Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Essex
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| spouse |
Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex
NERFINISHED
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Matilda FitzHerbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 12th 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: Matilda FitzHerbert Description of subject: Matilda FitzHerbert was an English noblewoman of the 12th century, known primarily as the wife of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex, and for her connections to prominent aristocratic families of the period.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.