Duke of Leeds
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The Duke of Leeds was a hereditary title in the Peerage of England, most notably held by members of the Osborne family from the late 17th to the 20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duke of Leeds canonical | 13 |
| Osborne dukedom of Leeds | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8647316 — 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: Duke of Leeds Context triple: [Duchess consort of Leeds, spouseTitleOf, Duke of Leeds]
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A.
Duke of Manchester
The Duke of Manchester is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Great Britain historically associated with the Montagu family and centered on Kimbolton Castle in Cambridgeshire.
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B.
Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
The Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was a prominent English ducal title historically associated with the influential Cavendish family and their political and aristocratic power.
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C.
Duke of Sutherland
The Duke of Sutherland was a powerful Scottish aristocrat whose vast Highland estates and role in the 19th-century Highland Clearances made the title synonymous with controversial mass evictions and social upheaval.
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D.
Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
The Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne is a historic British peerage title long held by members of the influential Cavendish family, prominent in English political and aristocratic life.
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E.
Duke of Berwick
The Duke of Berwick was a Jacobite and later French noble title most famously held by James FitzJames, the illegitimate son of King James II of England and a distinguished military commander in European wars.
- 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: Duke of Leeds Target entity description: The Duke of Leeds was a hereditary title in the Peerage of England, most notably held by members of the Osborne family from the late 17th to the 20th century.
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A.
Duke of Manchester
The Duke of Manchester is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Great Britain historically associated with the Montagu family and centered on Kimbolton Castle in Cambridgeshire.
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B.
Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
The Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was a prominent English ducal title historically associated with the influential Cavendish family and their political and aristocratic power.
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C.
Duke of Sutherland
The Duke of Sutherland was a powerful Scottish aristocrat whose vast Highland estates and role in the 19th-century Highland Clearances made the title synonymous with controversial mass evictions and social upheaval.
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D.
Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
The Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne is a historic British peerage title long held by members of the influential Cavendish family, prominent in English political and aristocratic life.
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E.
Duke of Berwick
The Duke of Berwick was a Jacobite and later French noble title most famously held by James FitzJames, the illegitimate son of King James II of England and a distinguished military commander in European wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British peer
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English statesman ⓘ city ⓘ duchy ⓘ hereditary title ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| associatedCounty | Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPoliticalFaction |
Tory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedSeat | Kiveton Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Dukedoms in the Peerage of England
NERFINISHED
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Extinct dukedoms in the Peerage of England ⓘ |
| country |
England
ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| createdBy | William III of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creationDate | 1694 ⓘ |
| extinctionDate | 1964 ⓘ |
| extinctionReason | death of last male heir ⓘ |
| firstHolder | Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genderRestriction | male-preference primogeniture ⓘ |
| heldByFamilyFrom | late 17th century ⓘ |
| heldByFamilyUntil | 20th century ⓘ |
| heldTitle |
Baron Osborne
NERFINISHED
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Duke of Leeds NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke of Leeds NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Danby NERFINISHED ⓘ Viscount Latimer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heraldicTradition | English heraldry ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Kingdom of Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastHolder | D’Arcy Osborne, 12th Duke of Leeds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchServed | Charles II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostNotableHolders | Osborne family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Leeds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Osborne family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | highest rank in British peerage below royal dukes ⓘ |
| peerage | Peerage of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Lord High Treasurer of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedence |
below Duke of Norfolk
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below Duke of Somerset ⓘ |
| rank | duke ⓘ |
| status | extinct title ⓘ |
| styleOfHeirApparent | Marquess of Carmarthen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subsidiaryTitle |
Baron Osborne
NERFINISHED
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Earl of Danby NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquess of Carmarthen NERFINISHED ⓘ Viscount Latimer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Duke of Leeds Description of subject: The Duke of Leeds was a hereditary title in the Peerage of England, most notably held by members of the Osborne family from the late 17th to the 20th century.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Osborne dukedom of Leeds
subject surface form:
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
subject surface form:
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
subject surface form:
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
subject surface form:
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds