Theobald II, Count of Champagne
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Theobald II, Count of Champagne, was a powerful 12th-century French nobleman and feudal lord whose extensive territories and political influence helped shape the politics of medieval France.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Theobald II, Count of Champagne canonical | 6 |
| Thibaut II, Count of Champagne | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4529719 — 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: Theobald II, Count of Champagne Context triple: [Adèle of Champagne, father, Theobald II, Count of Champagne]
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A.
Baldwin of Luxembourg
Baldwin of Luxembourg was a powerful 14th-century German prince-archbishop and statesman who significantly strengthened the political and economic influence of Trier within the Holy Roman Empire.
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B.
Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou
Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou was a 12th-century French nobleman and crusader whose marriage to Empress Matilda founded the Angevin dynasty that would rule England and much of western France.
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C.
Thomas, Count of Perche
Thomas, Count of Perche was a French nobleman and military leader of the early 13th century who fought for the Capetian monarchy, notably dying in command at the Battle of Lincoln in 1217.
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D.
Louis II of Chalon-Arlay
Louis II of Chalon-Arlay was a 15th-century French nobleman and Prince of Orange, notable for his role in the politics and conflicts of the Burgundian Netherlands.
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E.
Henry III, Count of Bar
Henry III, Count of Bar was a 13th-century French nobleman who ruled the County of Bar and was connected to the English royal family through his marriage to Eleanor of England.
- 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: Theobald II, Count of Champagne Target entity description: Theobald II, Count of Champagne, was a powerful 12th-century French nobleman and feudal lord whose extensive territories and political influence helped shape the politics of medieval France.
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A.
Baldwin of Luxembourg
Baldwin of Luxembourg was a powerful 14th-century German prince-archbishop and statesman who significantly strengthened the political and economic influence of Trier within the Holy Roman Empire.
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B.
Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou
Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou was a 12th-century French nobleman and crusader whose marriage to Empress Matilda founded the Angevin dynasty that would rule England and much of western France.
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C.
Thomas, Count of Perche
Thomas, Count of Perche was a French nobleman and military leader of the early 13th century who fought for the Capetian monarchy, notably dying in command at the Battle of Lincoln in 1217.
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D.
Louis II of Chalon-Arlay
Louis II of Chalon-Arlay was a 15th-century French nobleman and Prince of Orange, notable for his role in the politics and conflicts of the Burgundian Netherlands.
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E.
Henry III, Count of Bar
Henry III, Count of Bar was a 13th-century French nobleman who ruled the County of Bar and was connected to the English royal family through his marriage to Eleanor of England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
count
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feudal lord ⓘ human ⓘ medieval French noble ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Theobald IV of Blois
NERFINISHED
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Thibaut II de Champagne NERFINISHED ⓘ Thibaut le Grand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1090 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Blois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
County of Blois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Abbey of Saint-Pierre, Lagny-sur-Marne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Adela of Champagne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry I, Count of Champagne NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary of Champagne NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen I, Count of Sancerre NERFINISHED ⓘ Theobald V, Count of Blois NERFINISHED ⓘ William White Hands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1152-01-10 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Ligny-en-Barrois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
12th century
ⓘ
High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| father | Stephen II, Count of Blois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Theobald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maternalGrandfather | William the Conqueror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Adela of Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Blois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | count ⓘ |
| participatedIn | conflicts between Capetian monarchy and great nobles ⓘ |
| politicalInfluence | influenced politics of medieval France ⓘ |
| politicalRole | French magnate ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1152 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1102 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sibling | Stephen of Blois, King of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Matilda of Carinthia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryRuled |
County of Blois
NERFINISHED
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County of Champagne NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Chartres NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Meaux NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Troyes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Count of Blois
NERFINISHED
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Count of Champagne NERFINISHED ⓘ Count of Chartres NERFINISHED ⓘ Count of Meaux NERFINISHED ⓘ Count of Troyes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vassalOf | King of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Theobald II, Count of Champagne Description of subject: Theobald II, Count of Champagne, was a powerful 12th-century French nobleman and feudal lord whose extensive territories and political influence helped shape the politics of medieval France.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Thibaut II, Count of Champagne