Stephen III of Moldavia
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Stephen III of Moldavia, also known as Stephen the Great, was a 15th-century voivode renowned for defending Moldavia’s independence against powerful neighbors and for extensively patronizing Orthodox churches and monasteries.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prince of Moldavia | 1 |
| Stephen III of Moldavia canonical | 1 |
| Stephen the Great | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4635057 — 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 III of Moldavia Context triple: [Voroneț Monastery, founder, Stephen III of Moldavia]
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A.
Constantin Șerban Basarab
Constantin Șerban Basarab was a 17th-century Prince of Wallachia known for his political role in the region and for commissioning major religious and architectural works.
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B.
Neagoe Basarab
Neagoe Basarab was a 16th-century Voivode of Wallachia known for his patronage of the Orthodox Church, cultural and architectural projects, and the influential didactic work "The Teachings of Neagoe Basarab to His Son Theodosie."
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C.
Constantin Brâncoveanu
Constantin Brâncoveanu was a late 17th–early 18th century Prince of Wallachia known for his cultural patronage, extensive church building, and martyrdom under Ottoman rule.
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D.
Mihai Viteazul (Michael the Brave)
Mihai Viteazul (Michael the Brave) was a late 16th-century Wallachian prince renowned for briefly uniting Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia under his rule and for his military campaigns against the Ottoman Empire.
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E.
Radu the Great
Radu the Great was a late 15th–early 16th century voivode of Wallachia known for his long and relatively stable reign, diplomatic skill, and efforts to strengthen the principality’s institutions and culture.
- 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 III of Moldavia Target entity description: Stephen III of Moldavia, also known as Stephen the Great, was a 15th-century voivode renowned for defending Moldavia’s independence against powerful neighbors and for extensively patronizing Orthodox churches and monasteries.
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A.
Constantin Șerban Basarab
Constantin Șerban Basarab was a 17th-century Prince of Wallachia known for his political role in the region and for commissioning major religious and architectural works.
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B.
Neagoe Basarab
Neagoe Basarab was a 16th-century Voivode of Wallachia known for his patronage of the Orthodox Church, cultural and architectural projects, and the influential didactic work "The Teachings of Neagoe Basarab to His Son Theodosie."
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C.
Constantin Brâncoveanu
Constantin Brâncoveanu was a late 17th–early 18th century Prince of Wallachia known for his cultural patronage, extensive church building, and martyrdom under Ottoman rule.
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D.
Mihai Viteazul (Michael the Brave)
Mihai Viteazul (Michael the Brave) was a late 16th-century Wallachian prince renowned for briefly uniting Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia under his rule and for his military campaigns against the Ottoman Empire.
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E.
Radu the Great
Radu the Great was a late 15th–early 16th century voivode of Wallachia known for his long and relatively stable reign, diplomatic skill, and efforts to strengthen the principality’s institutions and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Prince of Moldavia
ⓘ
human ⓘ ruler ⓘ voivode ⓘ |
| alias |
Stephen the Great
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ștefan cel Mare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Baia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Războieni NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Vaslui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1433 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Moldavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Putna Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | saint in the Romanian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| canonizationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| canonizedBy | Romanian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign | Suceava NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Bogdan III the One-Eyed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemorationDay | July 2 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Moldavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1504-07-02 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Suceava NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defeatIn | Battle of Războieni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
15th century
ⓘ
early 16th century ⓘ |
| father | Bogdan II of Moldavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | the Great ⓘ |
| legacy | symbol of Romanian and Moldavian resistance against foreign domination ⓘ |
| monarchOf | Moldavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Oltea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
defending the independence of Moldavia
ⓘ
military victories against the Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ military victories against the Kingdom of Poland ⓘ military victories against the Ottoman Empire ⓘ patronage of Orthodox churches and monasteries ⓘ |
| opponent |
Kingdom of Hungary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Wallachia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronOf |
Neamț Monastery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Putna Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ Voroneț Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ many churches and monasteries in Moldavia ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Voivode of Moldavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Petru Aron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regnalName | Stephen III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1504 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1457 ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
| spouse |
Evdokia of Kiev
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maria Voichița NERFINISHED ⓘ Maria of Mangup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Bogdan III the One-Eyed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| victoryIn |
Battle of Baia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Vaslui 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: Stephen III of Moldavia Description of subject: Stephen III of Moldavia, also known as Stephen the Great, was a 15th-century voivode renowned for defending Moldavia’s independence against powerful neighbors and for extensively patronizing Orthodox churches and monasteries.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Stephen the Great