Stephen I of Hungary
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Stephen I of Hungary was the first King of Hungary, who converted the country to Christianity and established it as a Christian kingdom in the early 11th century.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stephen I of Hungary canonical | 25 |
| Saint Stephen of Hungary | 6 |
| Saint Stephen I of Hungary | 4 |
| Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians | 2 |
| Emeric of Hungary | 1 |
| Saint Stephen I | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T170635 — 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: Stephen I of Hungary Context triple: [Székesfehérvár, founder, Stephen I of Hungary]
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A.
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor was a 17th–18th century Habsburg ruler who led the Holy Roman Empire through major conflicts such as wars against the Ottoman Empire and France, significantly shaping Central European politics.
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B.
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, was a 14th-century ruler of the Holy Roman Empire and King of Bohemia who transformed Prague into a major political and cultural center of Europe.
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C.
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor was an early 18th-century Habsburg ruler best known for his efforts to secure the Pragmatic Sanction to ensure his daughter Maria Theresa’s succession and for leading the Austrian Monarchy through the final stages of the War of the Spanish Succession and subsequent European conflicts.
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D.
Aribert
Aribert is a Germanic given name, historically borne by medieval nobles and clergy, derived from elements meaning "army" and "bright."
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E.
Franz Cardinal König
Franz Cardinal König was an influential Austrian Catholic cardinal known for his progressive stance in the Church, his role in the Second Vatican Council, and his engagement in interfaith and intellectual dialogue.
- 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: Stephen I of Hungary Target entity description: Stephen I of Hungary was the first King of Hungary, who converted the country to Christianity and established it as a Christian kingdom in the early 11th century.
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A.
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor was a 17th–18th century Habsburg ruler who led the Holy Roman Empire through major conflicts such as wars against the Ottoman Empire and France, significantly shaping Central European politics.
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B.
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, was a 14th-century ruler of the Holy Roman Empire and King of Bohemia who transformed Prague into a major political and cultural center of Europe.
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C.
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor was an early 18th-century Habsburg ruler best known for his efforts to secure the Pragmatic Sanction to ensure his daughter Maria Theresa’s succession and for leading the Austrian Monarchy through the final stages of the War of the Spanish Succession and subsequent European conflicts.
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D.
Aribert
Aribert is a Germanic given name, historically borne by medieval nobles and clergy, derived from elements meaning "army" and "bright."
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E.
Franz Cardinal König
Franz Cardinal König was an influential Austrian Catholic cardinal known for his progressive stance in the Church, his role in the Second Vatican Council, and his engagement in interfaith and intellectual dialogue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian monarch
ⓘ
Hungarian monarch ⓘ human ⓘ king ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| baptism | baptized as a Christian, taking the name Stephen ⓘ |
| birthName | Vajk ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Cathedral Basilica of St. Stephen the King
ⓘ
surface form:
Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Székesfehérvár
|
| canonizationDate | 1083 ⓘ |
| canonizedBy | Pope Gregory VII ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign |
Esztergom
ⓘ
Székesfehérvár ⓘ |
| century | 11th century ⓘ |
| child |
Stephen I of Hungary
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Emeric of Hungary
|
| convertedCountryTo | Christianity ⓘ |
| countryRuled | Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 975 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 15 August 1038 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Árpád dynasty ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| father |
Stephen I of Hungary
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians
|
| feastDay |
16 August
ⓘ
20 August ⓘ |
| givenName |
István
ⓘ
Stephen ⓘ |
| language |
Hungarian language
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Hungarian
|
| monarchOf | Hungary ⓘ |
| mother | Sarolt ⓘ |
| name | Stephen I of Hungary self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
establishing dioceses and monasteries in Hungary
ⓘ
founding the Christian Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ issuing early Hungarian laws ⓘ organizing Hungary as a Christian state ⓘ promoting the spread of Latin Christianity in Hungary ⓘ |
| patronage |
Hungary
ⓘ
kings ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Esztergom ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Székesfehérvár ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Grand Prince of the Hungarians ⓘ |
| predecessor | Stephen’s father Géza as Grand Prince of the Hungarians ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 15 August 1038 ⓘ |
| reignStart |
1 January 1001
ⓘ
25 December 1000 ⓘ c. 1000 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| royalTitle | King of Hungary ⓘ |
| spouse | Gisela of Bavaria ⓘ |
| successor | Peter Orseolo ⓘ |
| symbol | Holy Crown of Hungary ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Church
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
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: Stephen I of Hungary Description of subject: Stephen I of Hungary was the first King of Hungary, who converted the country to Christianity and established it as a Christian kingdom in the early 11th century.
Referenced by (39)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians
this entity surface form:
Emeric of Hungary
this entity surface form:
Saint Stephen of Hungary
this entity surface form:
Saint Stephen of Hungary
this entity surface form:
Saint Stephen I of Hungary
this entity surface form:
Saint Stephen I of Hungary
this entity surface form:
Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians
this entity surface form:
Saint Stephen of Hungary
subject surface form:
Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians
subject surface form:
Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians
this entity surface form:
Saint Stephen I
this entity surface form:
Saint Stephen of Hungary
this entity surface form:
Saint Stephen I of Hungary
this entity surface form:
Saint Stephen of Hungary
this entity surface form:
Saint Stephen I of Hungary
this entity surface form:
Saint Stephen of Hungary