Duchy of Wrocław
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The Duchy of Wrocław was a medieval Silesian principality centered on the city of Wrocław, ruled by a branch of the Piast dynasty.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duchy of Wrocław canonical | 7 |
| Wrocław (Silesian duchies) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12742919 — 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: Duchy of Wrocław Context triple: [Wrocław Piasts, country, Duchy of Wrocław]
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A.
Duchy of Oświęcim
The Duchy of Oświęcim was a medieval Silesian duchy centered on the town of Oświęcim (later known as Auschwitz), historically ruled by Piast dukes and situated on the borderlands between Poland and Bohemia.
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B.
Duchy of Opole and Racibórz
The Duchy of Opole and Racibórz was a medieval Silesian duchy ruled by the Piast dynasty, centered on the towns of Opole and Racibórz in what is now southern Poland.
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C.
Duchy of Silesia
The Duchy of Silesia was a medieval Piast-ruled principality in Central Europe that emerged from the fragmentation of the Kingdom of Poland and encompassed much of the historical region of Silesia.
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D.
Duchy of Oleśnica
The Duchy of Oleśnica was a medieval Silesian duchy centered on the town of Oleśnica, historically ruled by various Piast and later noble dynasties within the shifting political landscape of Central Europe.
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E.
Duchy of Kraków
The Duchy of Kraków was a medieval Polish principality centered on the city of Kraków, which often served as the senior duchy and political heartland of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland.
- 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: Duchy of Wrocław Target entity description: The Duchy of Wrocław was a medieval Silesian principality centered on the city of Wrocław, ruled by a branch of the Piast dynasty.
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A.
Duchy of Oświęcim
The Duchy of Oświęcim was a medieval Silesian duchy centered on the town of Oświęcim (later known as Auschwitz), historically ruled by Piast dukes and situated on the borderlands between Poland and Bohemia.
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B.
Duchy of Opole and Racibórz
The Duchy of Opole and Racibórz was a medieval Silesian duchy ruled by the Piast dynasty, centered on the towns of Opole and Racibórz in what is now southern Poland.
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C.
Duchy of Silesia
The Duchy of Silesia was a medieval Piast-ruled principality in Central Europe that emerged from the fragmentation of the Kingdom of Poland and encompassed much of the historical region of Silesia.
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D.
Duchy of Oleśnica
The Duchy of Oleśnica was a medieval Silesian duchy centered on the town of Oleśnica, historically ruled by various Piast and later noble dynasties within the shifting political landscape of Central Europe.
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E.
Duchy of Kraków
The Duchy of Kraków was a medieval Polish principality centered on the city of Kraków, which often served as the senior duchy and political heartland of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Piast duchy
ⓘ
Silesian duchy ⓘ medieval duchy ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Duchy of Głogów
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duchy of Legnica NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Opole NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Wrocław NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Poland (historical region of Silesia) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasticHouse | Silesian Piasts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 1335 ⓘ |
| endEvent | Treaty of Trentschin and incorporation into the Bohemian Crown ⓘ |
| era |
High Middle Ages
ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| feudalStatus | vassal state ⓘ |
| firstRuler | Bolesław I the Tall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Bohemian Crown lands in Silesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Bohemia (overlordship) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder | Bolesław I the Tall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | feudal monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Lower Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Latin
ⓘ
Polish (medieval) ⓘ |
| lastPiastRuler | Bolesław III the Generous NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Europe
ⓘ
Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorCity | Wrocław NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorRiver | Oder River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlord |
Kingdom of Bohemia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Poland (early period) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lands of the Bohemian Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Duchy of Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | hereditary principality ⓘ |
| precededBy | Duchy of Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| ruler |
Bolesław I the Tall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bolesław III the Generous NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry I the Bearded NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry II the Pious NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry III the White NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry IV Probus NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry V of Iron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rulingDynasty | Piast dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | c. 1173 ⓘ |
| startEvent | partition of the Duchy of Silesia among the sons of Władysław II the Exile ⓘ |
| successorEntity | Wrocław fief of the Bohemian Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vassalTo |
Bohemian Crown (later)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Polish Crown (initially) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Duchy of Wrocław Description of subject: The Duchy of Wrocław was a medieval Silesian principality centered on the city of Wrocław, ruled by a branch of the Piast dynasty.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Wrocław (Silesian duchies)