Lords Appellant
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The Lords Appellant were a group of powerful English nobles who, in the late 14th century, sought to curb King Richard II’s authority by prosecuting and removing his favored advisers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lords Appellant canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13713331 — 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: Lords Appellant Context triple: [Merciless Parliament, participant, Lords Appellant]
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A.
Falkes de Bréauté
Falkes de Bréauté was an Anglo-Norman soldier and royalist mercenary captain who rose from obscure origins to become a prominent military commander and enforcer for King John and the minority government of Henry III.
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B.
Lord Poynings
Lord Poynings is an English noble title historically associated with the medieval Poynings family and later held by prominent aristocratic houses such as the Percys.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Richard de Montfort
Richard de Montfort was a medieval nobleman of the Montfort family, notable as a descendant of English royalty through his mother Eleanor of England, Countess of Pembroke.
- 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: Lords Appellant Target entity description: The Lords Appellant were a group of powerful English nobles who, in the late 14th century, sought to curb King Richard II’s authority by prosecuting and removing his favored advisers.
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A.
Falkes de Bréauté
Falkes de Bréauté was an Anglo-Norman soldier and royalist mercenary captain who rose from obscure origins to become a prominent military commander and enforcer for King John and the minority government of Henry III.
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B.
Lord Poynings
Lord Poynings is an English noble title historically associated with the medieval Poynings family and later held by prominent aristocratic houses such as the Percys.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Richard de Montfort
Richard de Montfort was a medieval nobleman of the Montfort family, notable as a descendant of English royalty through his mother Eleanor of England, Countess of Pembroke.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.