Royal arms of Charles II within a bordure compony argent and azure
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The Royal arms of Charles II within a bordure compony argent and azure are the heraldic arms of the House of Grafton, featuring the Stuart royal coat of arms differenced by a checkered silver-and-blue border to denote a cadet branch of the royal family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Royal arms of Charles II within a bordure compony argent and azure canonical | 1 |
| royal arms of Charles II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11409313 — 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: Royal arms of Charles II within a bordure compony argent and azure Context triple: [House of Grafton, coatOfArmsDescription, Royal arms of Charles II within a bordure compony argent and azure]
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Royal arms of England within a bordure compony argent and azure
The Royal arms of England within a bordure compony argent and azure is the distinctive heraldic shield associated with the Beaufort family, marking their royal Plantagenet lineage while differentiating their arms from those of the reigning monarch.
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Royal Arms of England and Scotland quarterly
The Royal Arms of England and Scotland quarterly is a heraldic shield design combining the traditional English and Scottish royal arms to symbolize the dynastic union under the House of Stuart.
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Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1837–1952)
The Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1837–1952) was the official heraldic emblem used throughout the reigns from Queen Victoria to King George VI, symbolizing the monarchy’s authority and the union of its constituent nations.
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Royal Arms of England impaled with those of Henry VII
The Royal Arms of England impaled with those of Henry VII is the combined heraldic achievement displaying the quartered Tudor and Yorkist arms side by side to symbolize the dynastic union of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York.
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Royal Arms of England used by James II
The Royal Arms of England used by James II were the heraldic arms of the English monarchy during his reign, featuring the traditional quartered lions of England and fleurs-de-lis of France, symbolizing his royal authority and dynastic claims.
- 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: Royal arms of Charles II within a bordure compony argent and azure Target entity description: The Royal arms of Charles II within a bordure compony argent and azure are the heraldic arms of the House of Grafton, featuring the Stuart royal coat of arms differenced by a checkered silver-and-blue border to denote a cadet branch of the royal family.
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A.
Royal arms of England within a bordure compony argent and azure
The Royal arms of England within a bordure compony argent and azure is the distinctive heraldic shield associated with the Beaufort family, marking their royal Plantagenet lineage while differentiating their arms from those of the reigning monarch.
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B.
Royal Arms of England and Scotland quarterly
The Royal Arms of England and Scotland quarterly is a heraldic shield design combining the traditional English and Scottish royal arms to symbolize the dynastic union under the House of Stuart.
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C.
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1837–1952)
The Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1837–1952) was the official heraldic emblem used throughout the reigns from Queen Victoria to King George VI, symbolizing the monarchy’s authority and the union of its constituent nations.
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D.
Royal Arms of England impaled with those of Henry VII
The Royal Arms of England impaled with those of Henry VII is the combined heraldic achievement displaying the quartered Tudor and Yorkist arms side by side to symbolize the dynastic union of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York.
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E.
Royal Arms of England used by James II
The Royal Arms of England used by James II were the heraldic arms of the English monarchy during his reign, featuring the traditional quartered lions of England and fleurs-de-lis of France, symbolizing his royal authority and dynastic claims.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coat of arms
ⓘ
heraldic achievement ⓘ heraldic differencing of royal arms ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty | House of Stuart ⓘ |
| associatedWithMonarch | Charles II of England ⓘ |
| basedOn | royal arms of Charles II ⓘ |
| denotes | cadet branch of the royal family ⓘ |
| features |
Stuart royal coat of arms
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland
|
| geographicContext |
Great Britain
ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| hasBordureTincture | argent and azure ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
quarterly royal arms of England, Scotland and Ireland (Stuart pattern)
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Arms of England and Scotland quarterly
|
| hasFunction | differencing of royal arms ⓘ |
| hasHeraldicCategory |
arms of bastardy
ⓘ
noble family arms ⓘ |
| hasHeraldicPurpose | to mark descent from Charles II outside the legitimate royal line ⓘ |
| hasHeraldicStatus | differenced royal arms ⓘ |
| hasLanguageForm | English heraldic blazon ⓘ |
| hasOrdinary | bordure compony ⓘ |
| hasPattern | compony (chequered) border ⓘ |
| hasTincture |
argent
ⓘ
azure ⓘ |
| hasUseContext |
British heraldry
ⓘ
noble heraldry ⓘ |
| isDifferencedFrom | undifferenced royal arms of Charles II ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
arms of other illegitimate lines of Charles II
ⓘ
arms of the Duke of Richmond ⓘ arms of the Duke of St Albans ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
connection to the reigning Stuart monarch
ⓘ
non-succession to the throne ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 17th century onward ⓘ |
| usedAs | arms of a royal illegitimate line ⓘ |
| usedBy | House of Grafton ⓘ |
| usedByTitleHolder |
Duke of Grafton
ⓘ
linked to:
The Duke of Grafton
Earl of Euston ⓘ |
| usedFor | descendants of Charles II in the Grafton line ⓘ |
| usedIn | armorial bearings of the Dukes of Grafton ⓘ |
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: Royal arms of Charles II within a bordure compony argent and azure Description of subject: The Royal arms of Charles II within a bordure compony argent and azure are the heraldic arms of the House of Grafton, featuring the Stuart royal coat of arms differenced by a checkered silver-and-blue border to denote a cadet branch of the royal family.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
House of Grafton
→
coatOfArmsDescription
→
Royal arms of Charles II within a bordure compony argent and azure
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Royal arms of Charles II within a bordure compony argent and azure
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basedOn
→
royal arms of Charles II
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linked to: Royal arms of Charles II within a bordure compony argent and azure