Ptolemy XV Caesarion
E194583
Ptolemy XV Caesarion was the last pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt, the son of Cleopatra VII and Julius Caesar, whose brief reign ended with the Roman annexation of Egypt.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ptolemy XV Caesarion canonical | 8 |
| Caesarion | 2 |
| Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1703159 — 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: Ptolemy XV Caesarion Context triple: [Donations of Alexandria, involved, Ptolemy XV Caesarion]
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A.
Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Ptolemy V Epiphanes was a Hellenistic king of Egypt from the Ptolemaic dynasty, known for his tumultuous reign marked by internal revolts and foreign invasions, and for being commemorated on the Rosetta Stone.
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B.
Ptolemy VIII Physcon
Ptolemy VIII Physcon was a controversial and often brutal Hellenistic king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, known for his turbulent reign marked by dynastic conflicts and political intrigue.
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C.
Ptolemy VI Philometor
Ptolemy VI Philometor was a Hellenistic king of Egypt from the Ptolemaic dynasty whose reign was marked by dynastic conflicts, Roman intervention, and wars with the Seleucid Empire.
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D.
Ptolemy IV Philopator
Ptolemy IV Philopator was a Hellenistic king of Egypt whose reign marked the beginning of the Ptolemaic Kingdom’s political and military decline despite a major victory at the Battle of Raphia.
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E.
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Ptolemy III Euergetes was a powerful 3rd-century BCE Hellenistic king of Egypt whose reign marked the political and military peak of the Ptolemaic 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: Ptolemy XV Caesarion Target entity description: Ptolemy XV Caesarion was the last pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt, the son of Cleopatra VII and Julius Caesar, whose brief reign ended with the Roman annexation of Egypt.
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A.
Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Ptolemy V Epiphanes was a Hellenistic king of Egypt from the Ptolemaic dynasty, known for his tumultuous reign marked by internal revolts and foreign invasions, and for being commemorated on the Rosetta Stone.
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B.
Ptolemy VIII Physcon
Ptolemy VIII Physcon was a controversial and often brutal Hellenistic king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, known for his turbulent reign marked by dynastic conflicts and political intrigue.
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C.
Ptolemy VI Philometor
Ptolemy VI Philometor was a Hellenistic king of Egypt from the Ptolemaic dynasty whose reign was marked by dynastic conflicts, Roman intervention, and wars with the Seleucid Empire.
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D.
Ptolemy IV Philopator
Ptolemy IV Philopator was a Hellenistic king of Egypt whose reign marked the beginning of the Ptolemaic Kingdom’s political and military decline despite a major victory at the Battle of Raphia.
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E.
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Ptolemy III Euergetes was a powerful 3rd-century BCE Hellenistic king of Egypt whose reign marked the political and military peak of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic monarch
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Ptolemaic ruler ⓘ ancient Egyptian person ⓘ male ⓘ pharaoh ⓘ royal child ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ptolemy XV Caesarion
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surface form:
Caesarion
Little Caesar ⓘ Ptolemaios XV Kaisar ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Battle of Actium
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Roman annexation of Egypt ⓘ |
| birthDate | 47 BC ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Alexandria
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Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemaic Egypt
|
| claimedPaternity | Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| coRulerWith |
Cleopatra VII
ⓘ
surface form:
Cleopatra VII Philopator
|
| countryRuled |
Ptolemaic Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemaic Egypt
|
| culture | Hellenistic Egyptian ⓘ |
| deathCause | execution ⓘ |
| deathDate | 30 BC ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Egypt ⓘ |
| depictedAs | son of Julius Caesar in Roman and Egyptian propaganda ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Ptolemaic Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemaic dynasty
|
| era |
Late Hellenistic period
ⓘ
end of the Hellenistic age in Egypt ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Egyptian
ⓘ
Macedonian Greek ⓘ |
| father | Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| fullName |
Ptolemy XV Caesarion
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar
|
| historicalSignificance |
last pharaoh of ancient Egypt
ⓘ
last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty ⓘ |
| house |
Ptolemaic Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemaic dynasty
|
| killedBy | agents of Octavian ⓘ |
| killedOnOrdersOf |
Augustus
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Augustus ⓘ
surface form:
Octavian
|
| languageUsed |
Egyptian
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ |
| mother |
Cleopatra VII
ⓘ
surface form:
Cleopatra VII Philopator
|
| nameMeaning | Little Caesar ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Cleopatra VII
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surface form:
Cleopatra VII Philopator
|
| recognizedAsHeirBy |
Cleopatra VII
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surface form:
Cleopatra VII Philopator
|
| reignEnd | 30 BC ⓘ |
| reignStart | 44 BC ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| successor | Augustus ⓘ |
| successorState | Roman province of Egypt ⓘ |
| title |
King of Upper and Lower Egypt
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Pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ co-ruler of Egypt ⓘ |
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: Ptolemy XV Caesarion Description of subject: Ptolemy XV Caesarion was the last pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt, the son of Cleopatra VII and Julius Caesar, whose brief reign ended with the Roman annexation of Egypt.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Caesarion
this entity surface form:
Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar
this entity surface form:
Caesarion