Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
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Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony, was a 12th-century English princess, daughter of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, who became duchess through marriage to Henry the Lion and played a key role in Anglo-German dynastic alliances.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony canonical | 14 |
| Matilda of England | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T952121 — 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: Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony Context triple: [Richard I of England, sibling, Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony]
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Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg
Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg was a German princess who became Holy Roman Empress as the third wife of Emperor Leopold I and was noted for her piety, political influence, and role as mother to several Habsburg rulers.
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Matilda I of Boulogne
Matilda I of Boulogne was a 12th-century noblewoman who became Queen of England as the wife of King Stephen and played a key political and military role during the civil war known as The Anarchy.
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Beatrice of England
Beatrice of England was a 13th-century English princess and daughter of King Henry III who became Duchess of Brittany through her marriage to John II, Duke of Brittany.
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Cristina of England
Cristina of England was an 11th-century English princess and nun, daughter of Edward the Exile and member of the royal House of Wessex.
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Margaret of England
Margaret of England was a 13th-century English princess, daughter of King Henry III, who became Queen of Scotland through her marriage to King Alexander III.
- 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: Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony Target entity description: Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony, was a 12th-century English princess, daughter of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, who became duchess through marriage to Henry the Lion and played a key role in Anglo-German dynastic alliances.
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A.
Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg
Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg was a German princess who became Holy Roman Empress as the third wife of Emperor Leopold I and was noted for her piety, political influence, and role as mother to several Habsburg rulers.
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B.
Matilda I of Boulogne
Matilda I of Boulogne was a 12th-century noblewoman who became Queen of England as the wife of King Stephen and played a key political and military role during the civil war known as The Anarchy.
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C.
Beatrice of England
Beatrice of England was a 13th-century English princess and daughter of King Henry III who became Duchess of Brittany through her marriage to John II, Duke of Brittany.
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D.
Cristina of England
Cristina of England was an 11th-century English princess and nun, daughter of Edward the Exile and member of the royal House of Wessex.
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E.
Margaret of England
Margaret of England was a 13th-century English princess, daughter of King Henry III, who became Queen of Scotland through her marriage to King Alexander III.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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: Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony Description of subject: Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony, was a 12th-century English princess, daughter of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, who became duchess through marriage to Henry the Lion and played a key role in Anglo-German dynastic alliances.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Richard I of England
this entity surface form:
Matilda of England
this entity surface form:
Matilda of England
Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
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this entity surface form:
Matilda of England
this entity surface form:
Matilda of England
this entity surface form:
Matilda of England