Silesian branch of the Piasts
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The Silesian branch of the Piasts was a regional line of the medieval Polish Piast dynasty that ruled various Silesian duchies and played a key role in the political fragmentation and development of Silesia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Silesian branch of the Piasts canonical | 4 |
| Silesian branch of the Piast dynasty | 2 |
| Piast Silesian duchies in the region of Bernstadt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12952575 — 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: Silesian branch of the Piasts Context triple: [Opole Piasts, branchOf, Silesian branch of the Piasts]
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A.
Legnica-Brzeg Piasts
The Legnica-Brzeg Piasts were a regional branch of the medieval Polish Piast dynasty that ruled the Silesian duchies of Legnica and Brzeg.
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B.
Głogów Piasts
Głogów Piasts were a regional branch of the medieval Polish Piast dynasty that ruled the Duchy of Głogów and surrounding Silesian territories.
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C.
Oświęcim-Zator Piasts
The Oświęcim-Zator Piasts were a regional branch of the medieval Polish Piast dynasty that ruled the duchies of Oświęcim and Zator in southern Poland.
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D.
Czersk Piasts
The Czersk Piasts were a regional branch of Poland’s early medieval Piast royal family, associated with the duchy centered around Czersk in Mazovia.
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E.
Sieradz-Łęczyca Piasts
The Sieradz-Łęczyca Piasts were a regional branch of Poland’s early medieval Piast dynasty that ruled the Sieradz and Łęczyca lands during the period of feudal fragmentation.
- 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: Silesian branch of the Piasts Target entity description: The Silesian branch of the Piasts was a regional line of the medieval Polish Piast dynasty that ruled various Silesian duchies and played a key role in the political fragmentation and development of Silesia.
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A.
Legnica-Brzeg Piasts
The Legnica-Brzeg Piasts were a regional branch of the medieval Polish Piast dynasty that ruled the Silesian duchies of Legnica and Brzeg.
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B.
Głogów Piasts
Głogów Piasts were a regional branch of the medieval Polish Piast dynasty that ruled the Duchy of Głogów and surrounding Silesian territories.
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C.
Oświęcim-Zator Piasts
The Oświęcim-Zator Piasts were a regional branch of the medieval Polish Piast dynasty that ruled the duchies of Oświęcim and Zator in southern Poland.
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D.
Czersk Piasts
The Czersk Piasts were a regional branch of Poland’s early medieval Piast royal family, associated with the duchy centered around Czersk in Mazovia.
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E.
Sieradz-Łęczyca Piasts
The Sieradz-Łęczyca Piasts were a regional branch of Poland’s early medieval Piast dynasty that ruled the Sieradz and Łęczyca lands during the period of feudal fragmentation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Piast dynasty branch
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medieval European noble house ⓘ royal dynasty branch ⓘ |
| allegiance | Kingdom of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Cieszyn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Głogów NERFINISHED ⓘ Legnica NERFINISHED ⓘ Opole NERFINISHED ⓘ Wrocław NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfEnd | extinction of male line ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1675 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1675 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Poles ⓘ |
| founder | Władysław II the Exile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Early Modern period
ⓘ
surface form:
Early modern period
High Middle Ages ⓘ Late Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | Piast dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1138 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Latin
ⓘ
Polish ⓘ |
| lastRuler | George William of Legnica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterAllegiance |
Bohemian Crown
NERFINISHED
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Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Piast dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Bolesław I the Tall
NERFINISHED
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Bolesław II the Bald NERFINISHED ⓘ Bolesław III the Generous NERFINISHED ⓘ Bolko I the Strict NERFINISHED ⓘ Bolko II the Small NERFINISHED ⓘ George William of Legnica NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry I the Bearded NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry II the Pious NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry III the White NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry IV Probus NERFINISHED ⓘ Jan II the Good NERFINISHED ⓘ Władysław of Opole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | testament of Bolesław III Wrymouth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Piast dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedRole |
development of Silesian regional identity
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political fragmentation of Poland ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | ruling dynasty of Silesian duchies ⓘ |
| region | Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| startTime | 1138 ⓘ |
| subdivision |
Duchy of Brzeg
NERFINISHED
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Duchy of Cieszyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Głogów NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Legnica NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Opole NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Wrocław NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Świdnica-Jawor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territory |
Brzeg region
NERFINISHED
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Cieszyn region NERFINISHED ⓘ Głogów region NERFINISHED ⓘ Jawor region NERFINISHED ⓘ Legnica region NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Opole region NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Wrocław region NERFINISHED ⓘ Świdnica region 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: Silesian branch of the Piasts Description of subject: The Silesian branch of the Piasts was a regional line of the medieval Polish Piast dynasty that ruled various Silesian duchies and played a key role in the political fragmentation and development of Silesia.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Silesian branch of the Piast dynasty
this entity surface form:
Silesian branch of the Piast dynasty
this entity surface form:
Piast Silesian duchies in the region of Bernstadt