Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester
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Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester, was an English nobleman and supporter of King Richard II who was later executed for his role in the Epiphany Rising against Henry IV.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9440458 — 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: Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester Context triple: [Constance of York, spouse, Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester]
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A.
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster was a powerful English nobleman and cousin to King Edward II who led baronial opposition to the king and was eventually executed for his role in the rebellion.
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B.
Hugh Despenser the Elder
Hugh Despenser the Elder was a powerful English nobleman and royal favorite of Edward II, whose influence and land acquisitions helped spark baronial opposition and ultimately led to his execution in 1326.
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C.
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, was a powerful 14th-century English nobleman who led the rebellion against King Edward II and effectively ruled England during the early reign of Edward III before being overthrown and executed.
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D.
Roger Mortimer of Wigmore
Roger Mortimer of Wigmore was a powerful 13th–14th century English Marcher lord and military commander, notable as the father of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, and a key figure in the politics of the Welsh borderlands.
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E.
Hugh Despenser the Younger
Hugh Despenser the Younger was a powerful and unpopular English nobleman whose dominance at the court of Edward II and ruthless pursuit of wealth helped provoke the baronial revolt that led to his execution in 1326.
- 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: Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester Target entity description: Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester, was an English nobleman and supporter of King Richard II who was later executed for his role in the Epiphany Rising against Henry IV.
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A.
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster was a powerful English nobleman and cousin to King Edward II who led baronial opposition to the king and was eventually executed for his role in the rebellion.
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B.
Hugh Despenser the Elder
Hugh Despenser the Elder was a powerful English nobleman and royal favorite of Edward II, whose influence and land acquisitions helped spark baronial opposition and ultimately led to his execution in 1326.
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C.
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, was a powerful 14th-century English nobleman who led the rebellion against King Edward II and effectively ruled England during the early reign of Edward III before being overthrown and executed.
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D.
Roger Mortimer of Wigmore
Roger Mortimer of Wigmore was a powerful 13th–14th century English Marcher lord and military commander, notable as the father of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, and a key figure in the politics of the Welsh borderlands.
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E.
Hugh Despenser the Younger
Hugh Despenser the Younger was a powerful and unpopular English nobleman whose dominance at the court of Edward II and ruthless pursuit of wealth helped provoke the baronial revolt that led to his execution in 1326.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earl of Gloucester
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English nobleman ⓘ medieval English politician ⓘ peer of England ⓘ |
| accusation | treason against Henry IV of England ⓘ |
| allegiance | Richard II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
House of Plantagenet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1373 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | England ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Tewkesbury Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1400-01-13 ⓘ |
| deathManner | beheading ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Bristol
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | le Despenser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Middle English ⓘ |
| lostTitle | Earl of Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lostTitleReason | attainder ⓘ |
| monarch | Richard II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Elizabeth Burghersh, 3rd Baroness Burghersh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Despenser family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank |
baron
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earl ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
accession of Henry IV of England
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overthrow of Richard II ⓘ |
| opponent | Henry IV of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Epiphany Rising NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Earl of Gloucester
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lord of Glamorgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForExecution | involvement in the Epiphany Rising ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Elizabeth le Despenser
NERFINISHED
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Hugh le Despenser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Constance of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supporterOf | Richard II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
1st Earl of Gloucester
NERFINISHED
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Baron le Despenser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasCreatedEarlBy | Richard II of England 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: Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester Description of subject: Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester, was an English nobleman and supporter of King Richard II who was later executed for his role in the Epiphany Rising against Henry IV.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.