Harald III of Norway
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Harald III of Norway, also known as Harald Hardrada, was the 11th-century Norwegian king whose failed 1066 invasion of England formed a crucial prelude to the Norman Conquest.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harald III of Norway canonical | 4 |
| King Harald III of Norway | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4294248 — 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: Harald III of Norway Context triple: [Norman Conquest of England, notableFigure, Harald III of Norway]
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A.
Haakon III of Norway
Haakon III of Norway was a medieval Norwegian king whose brief reign was marked by dynastic conflict during the turbulent civil war era.
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B.
Sverre of Norway
Sverre of Norway was a 12th-century king who led a successful rebellion to claim the Norwegian throne and became the founder of the Sverre dynasty.
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C.
Olaf II of Norway
Olaf II of Norway, also known as Saint Olaf, was an early 11th-century king whose efforts to consolidate Christianity in Norway made him a national patron saint and a central figure in the country's medieval history.
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D.
Haakon Magnus
Haakon Magnus is the Crown Prince of Norway and heir apparent to the Norwegian throne.
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E.
Haakon IV of Norway
Haakon IV of Norway was a 13th-century king who consolidated royal power, fostered cultural flourishing, and led Norway through a period of political stability and territorial expansion.
- 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: Harald III of Norway Target entity description: Harald III of Norway, also known as Harald Hardrada, was the 11th-century Norwegian king whose failed 1066 invasion of England formed a crucial prelude to the Norman Conquest.
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A.
Haakon III of Norway
Haakon III of Norway was a medieval Norwegian king whose brief reign was marked by dynastic conflict during the turbulent civil war era.
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B.
Sverre of Norway
Sverre of Norway was a 12th-century king who led a successful rebellion to claim the Norwegian throne and became the founder of the Sverre dynasty.
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C.
Olaf II of Norway
Olaf II of Norway, also known as Saint Olaf, was an early 11th-century king whose efforts to consolidate Christianity in Norway made him a national patron saint and a central figure in the country's medieval history.
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D.
Haakon Magnus
Haakon Magnus is the Crown Prince of Norway and heir apparent to the Norwegian throne.
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E.
Haakon IV of Norway
Haakon IV of Norway was a 13th-century king who consolidated royal power, fostered cultural flourishing, and led Norway through a period of political stability and territorial expansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
11th-century Norwegian person
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King of Norway ⓘ Viking ⓘ human ⓘ military leader ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Norway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ringerike NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1015 ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Nidaros
NERFINISHED
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Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Trondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | battle injury ⓘ |
| child |
Ingegerd Haraldsdatter
NERFINISHED
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Magnus II of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Olaf III of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coRuler | Magnus the Good NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Norway ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1066-09-25 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
England
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Stamford Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Fairhair dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| epithet | Hardrada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| epithetMeaning | hard ruler ⓘ |
| father | Sigurd Syr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| halfBrother | Olaf II of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | his failed 1066 invasion of England preceded the Norman Conquest ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| militaryUnit | Varangian Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Åsta Gudbrandsdatter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name |
Harald Hardrada
NERFINISHED
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Harald III of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Haraldr Sigurðarson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Fulford
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Stamford Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Stiklestad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | invasion of England in 1066 ⓘ |
| occupation |
king
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mercenary ⓘ warrior ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Magnus the Good NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1066 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1046 ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| servedIn | Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elisiv of Kiev
NERFINISHED
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Tora Torbergsdatter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor |
Magnus II of Norway
NERFINISHED
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Olaf III of Norway 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: Harald III of Norway Description of subject: Harald III of Norway, also known as Harald Hardrada, was the 11th-century Norwegian king whose failed 1066 invasion of England formed a crucial prelude to the Norman Conquest.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
King Harald III of Norway