William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
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William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke was a prominent late 16th- and early 17th-century English nobleman, courtier, and patron of the arts, notably associated with William Shakespeare.
All labels observed (1)
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| William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22296700 — 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: William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke Context triple: [William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, succeededBy, William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke]
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William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, was an influential early 17th-century English nobleman, courtier, and patron of the arts closely associated with William Shakespeare and the Jacobean literary world.
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William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent 15th-century Welsh nobleman, soldier, and Yorkist supporter during the Wars of the Roses who rose to great power under King Edward IV.
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Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke
Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent 16th-century English nobleman and courtier who rose to high favor under the Tudor monarchs, particularly Henry VIII.
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Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, was a 16th-century English nobleman and courtier who played a prominent role in the politics of the Tudor court.
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William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke
William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke, was a British peer and landowner who held the historic Pembroke title in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke Target entity description: William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke was a prominent late 16th- and early 17th-century English nobleman, courtier, and patron of the arts, notably associated with William Shakespeare.
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A.
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, was an influential early 17th-century English nobleman, courtier, and patron of the arts closely associated with William Shakespeare and the Jacobean literary world.
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B.
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent 15th-century Welsh nobleman, soldier, and Yorkist supporter during the Wars of the Roses who rose to great power under King Edward IV.
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C.
Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke
Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent 16th-century English nobleman and courtier who rose to high favor under the Tudor monarchs, particularly Henry VIII.
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D.
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, was a 16th-century English nobleman and courtier who played a prominent role in the politics of the Tudor court.
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E.
William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke
William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke, was a British peer and landowner who held the historic Pembroke title in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
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