Geoffrey of Hauteville
E112078
Geoffrey of Hauteville was a Norman nobleman of the 11th century, a member of the influential Hauteville family that played a key role in the Norman conquest and rule of southern Italy and Sicily.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Geoffrey of Hauteville canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T824841 — 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: Geoffrey of Hauteville Context triple: [Roger I of Sicily, child, Geoffrey of Hauteville]
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A.
Jordan of Hauteville
Jordan of Hauteville was the illegitimate eldest son and designated heir of Roger I of Sicily, known for his military role in the Norman conquest of southern Italy before his early death.
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B.
Robert Guiscard
Robert Guiscard was an 11th-century Norman adventurer and military leader who played a key role in the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, founding Norman rule in the region.
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C.
Bohemond I of Antioch
Bohemond I of Antioch was an Italo-Norman crusader prince and military leader who played a key role in the First Crusade and became the first Prince of Antioch.
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D.
Hauteville dynasty
The Hauteville dynasty was a Norman ruling family that established and governed the Kingdom of Sicily and parts of southern Italy during the 11th and 12th centuries.
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E.
Roger I of Sicily
Roger I of Sicily was an 11th-century Norman noble who conquered and founded the County of Sicily, laying the foundations for Norman rule in southern Italy.
- 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: Geoffrey of Hauteville Target entity description: Geoffrey of Hauteville was a Norman nobleman of the 11th century, a member of the influential Hauteville family that played a key role in the Norman conquest and rule of southern Italy and Sicily.
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A.
Jordan of Hauteville
Jordan of Hauteville was the illegitimate eldest son and designated heir of Roger I of Sicily, known for his military role in the Norman conquest of southern Italy before his early death.
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B.
Robert Guiscard
Robert Guiscard was an 11th-century Norman adventurer and military leader who played a key role in the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, founding Norman rule in the region.
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C.
Bohemond I of Antioch
Bohemond I of Antioch was an Italo-Norman crusader prince and military leader who played a key role in the First Crusade and became the first Prince of Antioch.
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D.
Hauteville dynasty
The Hauteville dynasty was a Norman ruling family that established and governed the Kingdom of Sicily and parts of southern Italy during the 11th and 12th centuries.
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E.
Roger I of Sicily
Roger I of Sicily was an 11th-century Norman noble who conquered and founded the County of Sicily, laying the foundations for Norman rule in southern Italy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norman nobleman
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medieval noble ⓘ member of the Hauteville family ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 11th century ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Hauteville dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Norman conquest of southern Italy
ⓘ
Norman conquest of southern Italy ⓘ
surface form:
Norman rule in Sicily
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| centuryOfBirth | 11th century ⓘ |
| centuryOfDeath | 11th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Normandy ⓘ |
| culture | Norman ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Norman ⓘ |
| familyName | Hauteville ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Geoffrey ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| knownFor | being a member of an influential Norman family in Italy ⓘ |
| language | Old Norman ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Hauteville dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Hauteville family
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| nobleFamily |
Hauteville dynasty
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surface form:
Hauteville family
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| notableFor |
participation in Norman expansion in southern Italy
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role in Norman conquest and rule of southern Italy and Sicily ⓘ |
| partOf | Norman aristocracy ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Sicily
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Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form:
southern Italy
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| roleInHistory | participant in Norman expansion into the Mediterranean ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
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: Geoffrey of Hauteville Description of subject: Geoffrey of Hauteville was a Norman nobleman of the 11th century, a member of the influential Hauteville family that played a key role in the Norman conquest and rule of southern Italy and Sicily.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.