Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk
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Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk, was an English noblewoman of the early 16th century, known for her tumultuous marriage to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, and as the mother of the poet Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey.
All labels observed (2)
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| Elizabeth Stafford | 4 |
| Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7351673 — 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: Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk Context triple: [Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, mother, Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk]
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Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk
Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk was a prominent 14th-century English noblewoman of the powerful Marshal and Bigod families, notable for her high rank, extensive estates, and influence at the royal court.
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Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, was an English noblewoman of the powerful Howard family whose title and prominence in the aristocracy led to places such as Norfolk Island being named in her honor.
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Duchess of Norfolk
The Duchess of Norfolk is the title traditionally held by the wife of the Duke of Norfolk, the premier duke in the English peerage.
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D.
Frances Brandon
Frances Brandon was an English noblewoman, daughter of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor, and mother of Lady Jane Grey, whose lineage placed her close to the Tudor succession.
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Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk
Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk was a 15th-century English noblewoman, daughter of Richard, 3rd Duke of York, and sister of Kings Edward IV and Richard III, whose marriage into the de la Pole family linked the Yorkist royal line to a prominent ducal house.
- 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: Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk Target entity description: Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk, was an English noblewoman of the early 16th century, known for her tumultuous marriage to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, and as the mother of the poet Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey.
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A.
Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk
Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk was a prominent 14th-century English noblewoman of the powerful Marshal and Bigod families, notable for her high rank, extensive estates, and influence at the royal court.
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B.
Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, was an English noblewoman of the powerful Howard family whose title and prominence in the aristocracy led to places such as Norfolk Island being named in her honor.
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C.
Duchess of Norfolk
The Duchess of Norfolk is the title traditionally held by the wife of the Duke of Norfolk, the premier duke in the English peerage.
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D.
Frances Brandon
Frances Brandon was an English noblewoman, daughter of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor, and mother of Lady Jane Grey, whose lineage placed her close to the Tudor succession.
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E.
Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk
Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk was a 15th-century English noblewoman, daughter of Richard, 3rd Duke of York, and sister of Kings Edward IV and Richard III, whose marriage into the de la Pole family linked the Yorkist royal line to a prominent ducal house.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk Description of subject: Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk, was an English noblewoman of the early 16th century, known for her tumultuous marriage to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, and as the mother of the poet Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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2nd Duke of Buckingham
linked to: Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk