claimant to the English throne
C6100
concept
A claimant to the English throne is an individual who asserts a legitimate right, by bloodline, marriage, conquest, or political claim, to be recognized as the lawful monarch of England.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| claimant to the English throne canonical | 10 |
| Jacobite claimant | 4 |
| Yorkist claimant to the English throne | 3 |
| Yorkist claimant | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: claimant to the English throne
Generated description
A claimant to the English throne is an individual who asserts a legitimate right, by bloodline, marriage, conquest, or political claim, to be recognized as the lawful monarch of England.
Instances (17)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
|
John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln
linked to:
John
|
Yorkist claimant to the English throne |
| Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk | Yorkist claimant to the English throne |
| Empress Matilda | — |
| Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York | — |
| Edgar Ætheling | — |
| The Young Pretender | Jacobite claimant |
| Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley | — |
| James III | Jacobite claimant |
| James Francis Edward Stuart | — |
| Maud, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire | — |
| Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany | — |
| Ælfweard of Wessex | — |
| Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick | Yorkist claimant to the English throne |
|
John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln
linked to:
Earls of Lincoln
|
Yorkist claimant |
|
Arabella Stuart
linked to:
Arabella Stuart (half-sibling, possibly)
|
— |
| Anne Stanley, Countess of Castlehaven | — |
| Bonnie Prince Charlie | Jacobite claimant |