House of Folkung
E1017774
The House of Folkung, also known as the Folkunga dynasty, was a medieval Swedish royal house that ruled Sweden during the 13th and 14th centuries and produced several notable kings, including Birger Jarl’s descendants.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House of Folkung canonical | 2 |
| Bjälbo dynasty | 1 |
| Folkungaätten | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12974383 — 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: House of Folkung Context triple: [House of Sverre, succeededBy, House of Folkung]
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House of Sverre
The House of Sverre was a medieval Norwegian royal dynasty that ruled Norway during the late 12th and 13th centuries, notably strengthening the monarchy and central authority.
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Estridsen dynasty
The Estridsen dynasty was a medieval royal house that ruled Denmark from the mid-11th to late 14th century, overseeing the consolidation of the Danish kingdom and its influence in Scandinavia and the Baltic region.
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Bernadotte dynasty
The Bernadotte dynasty is the reigning royal house of Sweden, founded in the early 19th century by French marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, who became King Charles XIV John.
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D.
House of Vasa
The House of Vasa was a powerful royal dynasty that ruled Sweden (and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) during the 16th and 17th centuries, overseeing its rise as a major European power.
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E.
Jelling dynasty
The Jelling dynasty was a royal house of early medieval Denmark, known for uniting much of Scandinavia and for its association with the famous Jelling stones and the Christianization of the Danes.
- 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: House of Folkung Target entity description: The House of Folkung, also known as the Folkunga dynasty, was a medieval Swedish royal house that ruled Sweden during the 13th and 14th centuries and produced several notable kings, including Birger Jarl’s descendants.
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A.
House of Sverre
The House of Sverre was a medieval Norwegian royal dynasty that ruled Norway during the late 12th and 13th centuries, notably strengthening the monarchy and central authority.
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B.
Estridsen dynasty
The Estridsen dynasty was a medieval royal house that ruled Denmark from the mid-11th to late 14th century, overseeing the consolidation of the Danish kingdom and its influence in Scandinavia and the Baltic region.
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C.
Bernadotte dynasty
The Bernadotte dynasty is the reigning royal house of Sweden, founded in the early 19th century by French marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, who became King Charles XIV John.
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D.
House of Vasa
The House of Vasa was a powerful royal dynasty that ruled Sweden (and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) during the 16th and 17th centuries, overseeing its rise as a major European power.
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E.
Jelling dynasty
The Jelling dynasty was a royal house of early medieval Denmark, known for uniting much of Scandinavia and for its association with the famous Jelling stones and the Christianization of the Danes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dynasty
ⓘ
medieval Swedish royal house ⓘ royal house ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Folkunga dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Folkungaätten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Bjelbo dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalDuringRule |
Stockholm
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Uppsala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArmsFeature |
bend
ⓘ
lion ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Sweden ⓘ |
| endTime | 14th century ⓘ |
| founder | Birger Jarl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentFormDuringRule | feudal monarchy ⓘ |
| hasAncestralHome |
Svealand
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Östergötland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
established stronger centralized monarchy in Sweden
ⓘ
shaped medieval Swedish law and administration ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Swedish ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Folkunga family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamilyType | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| notableEventDuringRule |
consolidation of royal power in Sweden
ⓘ
expansion of Swedish influence in Finland ⓘ internal noble conflicts in 13th century Sweden ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Birger Jarl
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Birger of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric XI of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Magnus III of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Magnus IV of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Valdemar of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Kings of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy |
House of Eric
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Sverker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Scandinavia ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| ruled | Kingdom of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 13th century ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
House of Bjelbo-related lines
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House of Mecklenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | Old Swedish ⓘ |
| usedReligionForLegitimacy | Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedTitle |
King of the Goths
NERFINISHED
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King of the Swedes 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: House of Folkung Description of subject: The House of Folkung, also known as the Folkunga dynasty, was a medieval Swedish royal house that ruled Sweden during the 13th and 14th centuries and produced several notable kings, including Birger Jarl’s descendants.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Folkungaätten
this entity surface form:
Bjälbo dynasty