The Empress of Blandings

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fictional animal fictional pig literary character

The Empress of Blandings is the famously pampered prize pig in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, renowned for her comic central role in the series’ plots.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Empress of Blandings	16
The Empress of Blandings canonical	5
Empress of Blandings is Lord Emsworth’s prize pig	1
Lord Emsworth's prize pig (Empress of Blandings, later in series)	1
Lord Emsworth’s prize pig, the Empress of Blandings	1
prize pig Empress of Blandings	1
“Empress of Blandings”	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1287611 — 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: The Empress of Blandings
Context triple: [Blandings Castle series, mainCharacter, The Empress of Blandings]

A. The Code of the Woosters
The Code of the Woosters is a classic comic novel in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster series, celebrated for its intricate farce, witty dialogue, and portrayal of upper-class English society.
B. Right Ho, Jeeves
"Right Ho, Jeeves" is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the bumbling Bertie Wooster and his unflappable valet Jeeves in a series of farcical social misadventures.
C. Barchester Towers
Barchester Towers is an 1857 Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that satirically portrays clerical politics and social maneuvering in the fictional English cathedral town of Barchester.
D. Jeeves and the Wedding Bells
Jeeves and the Wedding Bells is a 2013 novel by Sebastian Faulks that continues P. G. Wodehouse’s beloved Jeeves and Wooster series in an authorized pastiche.
E. Carry On, Jeeves
Carry On, Jeeves is a classic collection of humorous short stories by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the bumbling Bertie Wooster and his unflappable valet Jeeves.
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: The Empress of Blandings
Target entity description: The Empress of Blandings is the famously pampered prize pig in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, renowned for her comic central role in the series’ plots.

A. The Code of the Woosters
The Code of the Woosters is a classic comic novel in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster series, celebrated for its intricate farce, witty dialogue, and portrayal of upper-class English society.
B. Right Ho, Jeeves
"Right Ho, Jeeves" is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the bumbling Bertie Wooster and his unflappable valet Jeeves in a series of farcical social misadventures.
C. Barchester Towers
Barchester Towers is an 1857 Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that satirically portrays clerical politics and social maneuvering in the fictional English cathedral town of Barchester.
D. Jeeves and the Wedding Bells
Jeeves and the Wedding Bells is a 2013 novel by Sebastian Faulks that continues P. G. Wodehouse’s beloved Jeeves and Wooster series in an authorized pastiche.
E. Carry On, Jeeves
Carry On, Jeeves is a classic collection of humorous short stories by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the bumbling Bertie Wooster and his unflappable valet Jeeves.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional animal ⓘ fictional pig ⓘ literary character ⓘ
appearsInSeries	Blandings Castle stories ⓘ linked to: Blandings Castle series
appearsInWork	“A Pelican at Blandings” ⓘ linked to: A Pelican at Blandings “Full Moon” ⓘ linked to: Full Moon “Galahad at Blandings” ⓘ linked to: Galahad at Blandings “Heavy Weather” ⓘ “Pigs Have Wings” ⓘ linked to: Pigs Have Wings “Service with a Smile” ⓘ linked to: Service with a Smile “Summer Lightning” ⓘ linked to: Summer Lightning “Sunset at Blandings” ⓘ linked to: Sunset at Blandings “Uncle Fred in the Springtime” ⓘ linked to: Uncle Fred stories
associatedWith	Lord Emsworth ⓘ Shropshire ⓘ
awarded	Fat Pigs class prizes ⓘ
caredForBy	pig-keeper at Blandings Castle ⓘ
characterType	comic animal character ⓘ
countryOfFictionalSetting	England ⓘ
createdBy	P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ
fictionalLocation	Blandings Castle ⓘ
firstAppearance	“Summer Lightning” ⓘ linked to: Summer Lightning
gender	female ⓘ
genre	comic fiction ⓘ
hasTheme	rural farce ⓘ social satire ⓘ
hasTitle	“Empress of Blandings” ⓘ linked to: The Empress of Blandings
importance	central recurring character in Blandings stories ⓘ
influencedBy	British country-house tradition ⓘ
keptIn	pigsty at Blandings Castle ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
literaryUniverse	Blandings Castle universe ⓘ linked to: Blandings Castle series
medium	prose fiction ⓘ
notableFor	being pampered ⓘ kidnapping plots ⓘ pig-napping attempts ⓘ winning agricultural prizes ⓘ
owner	Lord Emsworth ⓘ
partOf	Blandings Castle canon ⓘ
residence	Blandings Castle ⓘ
role	center of comic plots ⓘ prize pig ⓘ
setting	Blandings Castle ⓘ
species	pig ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blandings Castle series → mainCharacter → The Empress of Blandings ⓘ

Blandings Castle series → notableAnimalCharacter → The Empress of Blandings ⓘ

Summer Lightning → featuresCharacter → Empress of Blandings ⓘ