Duchy of Legnica
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The Duchy of Legnica was a medieval Silesian principality centered on the city of Legnica, ruled by the Piast dynasty during the period of Poland’s territorial fragmentation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duchy of Legnica canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12743066 — 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 Legnica Context triple: [Fragmentation of Poland, hasPart, Duchy of Legnica]
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Duchy of Wrocław
The Duchy of Wrocław was a medieval Silesian principality centered on the city of Wrocław, ruled by a branch of the Piast dynasty.
- 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 Legnica Target entity description: The Duchy of Legnica was a medieval Silesian principality centered on the city of Legnica, ruled by the Piast dynasty during the period of Poland’s territorial fragmentation.
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Duchy of Wrocław
The Duchy of Wrocław was a medieval Silesian principality centered on the city of Wrocław, ruled by a branch of the Piast dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Piast duchy
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Silesian duchy ⓘ medieval duchy ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Duchy of Głogów
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duchy of Wrocław NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Świdnica-Jawor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Legnica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | Piast eagle of Legnica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| coRuledWith |
Duchy of Brzeg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duchy of Oława NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Wołów NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| dynasticHouse | Silesian Piasts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1675 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroups |
Germans
ⓘ
Poles NERFINISHED ⓘ Silesians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| event | Polish fragmentation ⓘ |
| firstRuler |
Bolesław II Rogatka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bolesław II the Bald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Habsburg-ruled Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Early Modern period
ⓘ
surface form:
Early modern period
High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedRegion | Lower Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedTown | Legnica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
German
ⓘ
Polish ⓘ |
| lastRuler |
George William of Legnica
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jerzy Wilhelm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Legnica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Duke of Legnica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlord |
Crown of Bohemia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Silesian principalities
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
fragmented Poland ⓘ |
| precededBy | Duchy of Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| rulingDynasty | Piast dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1248 ⓘ |
| todayIn |
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasVassalStateOf |
Holy Roman Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Bohemia 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 Legnica Description of subject: The Duchy of Legnica was a medieval Silesian principality centered on the city of Legnica, ruled by the Piast dynasty during the period of Poland’s territorial fragmentation.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.