James Butler, 12th Earl of Ormond
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James Butler, 12th Earl of Ormond, was a prominent 17th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman, soldier, and statesman who served as a leading royalist commander during the English Civil War and later as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17222664 — 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: James Butler, 12th Earl of Ormond Context triple: [Duke of Ormonde, createdFor, James Butler, 12th Earl of Ormond]
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James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond, was a prominent 16th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman who played a key role in Tudor politics and the governance of Ireland.
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James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond
James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond, was a prominent 15th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman who played a key role in Irish and English politics during the late medieval period.
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James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond
James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond, was a prominent 14th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman and magnate who founded the powerful Butler dynasty in Ireland.
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Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond, was a prominent Anglo-Irish nobleman of the Tudor era, closely connected to the English court and influential in Irish political affairs.
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Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond
Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond, was a prominent 15th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman who served as Lord Chamberlain to King Henry VII and played a key role in Tudor-era politics.
- 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: James Butler, 12th Earl of Ormond Target entity description: James Butler, 12th Earl of Ormond, was a prominent 17th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman, soldier, and statesman who served as a leading royalist commander during the English Civil War and later as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
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A.
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond, was a prominent 16th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman who played a key role in Tudor politics and the governance of Ireland.
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B.
James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond
James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond, was a prominent 15th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman who played a key role in Irish and English politics during the late medieval period.
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C.
James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond
James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond, was a prominent 14th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman and magnate who founded the powerful Butler dynasty in Ireland.
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D.
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond, was a prominent Anglo-Irish nobleman of the Tudor era, closely connected to the English court and influential in Irish political affairs.
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E.
Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond
Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond, was a prominent 15th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman who served as Lord Chamberlain to King Henry VII and played a key role in Tudor-era politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
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