Ferrand, Count of Flanders
E461732
Ferrand, Count of Flanders was a prominent early 13th-century nobleman who ruled Flanders and Hainaut and became notable for his opposition to King Philip II of France, culminating in his defeat and capture at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ferrand, Count of Flanders canonical | 2 |
| Count Ferrand of Flanders | 1 |
| Guy, Count of Flanders | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4653455 — 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: Ferrand, Count of Flanders Context triple: [Battle of Bouvines, commander, Ferrand, Count of Flanders]
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A.
Philippe, Count of Flanders
Philippe, Count of Flanders was a 19th-century Belgian prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha who played a prominent political and dynastic role in early Belgian history.
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B.
Baldwin of Flanders
Baldwin of Flanders was a prominent medieval nobleman who became the first Latin Emperor of Constantinople after the Fourth Crusade.
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C.
Henry of Flanders
Henry of Flanders was the second Latin Emperor of Constantinople, ruling from 1206 to 1216 and noted for his relatively capable and conciliatory governance during the early years of the Latin Empire.
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D.
Robert II of Flanders
Robert II of Flanders was a medieval count renowned as a prominent Frankish noble and military leader who played a key role in the First Crusade.
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E.
Guillaume de Berghes
Guillaume de Berghes was a prominent early modern Catholic prelate who served as bishop in the Low Countries, notably holding the episcopal see of Ypres.
- 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: Ferrand, Count of Flanders Target entity description: Ferrand, Count of Flanders was a prominent early 13th-century nobleman who ruled Flanders and Hainaut and became notable for his opposition to King Philip II of France, culminating in his defeat and capture at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214.
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A.
Philippe, Count of Flanders
Philippe, Count of Flanders was a 19th-century Belgian prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha who played a prominent political and dynastic role in early Belgian history.
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B.
Baldwin of Flanders
Baldwin of Flanders was a prominent medieval nobleman who became the first Latin Emperor of Constantinople after the Fourth Crusade.
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C.
Henry of Flanders
Henry of Flanders was the second Latin Emperor of Constantinople, ruling from 1206 to 1216 and noted for his relatively capable and conciliatory governance during the early years of the Latin Empire.
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D.
Robert II of Flanders
Robert II of Flanders was a medieval count renowned as a prominent Frankish noble and military leader who played a key role in the First Crusade.
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E.
Guillaume de Berghes
Guillaume de Berghes was a prominent early modern Catholic prelate who served as bishop in the Low Countries, notably holding the episcopal see of Ypres.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Count of Flanders
ⓘ
Count of Hainaut ⓘ medieval ruler ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
John, King of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Renaud de Dammartin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Philip II of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfImprisonment | defeat at the Battle of Bouvines ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 13th century ⓘ |
| conflict | Anglo-Flemish-German coalition against Philip II of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | County of Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 1188 ⓘ |
| dateOfCapture | 27 July 1214 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1233 ⓘ |
| dateOfRelease | c. 1226 ⓘ |
| durationOfImprisonment | approximately 12 years ⓘ |
| endTime |
as Count of Flanders: 1233
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as Count of Hainaut: 1233 ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| father | Sancho I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Ferrand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Old French
ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 1212 ⓘ |
| marriagePlace | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Dulce of Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | opposition to Philip II of France ⓘ |
| opponent | Philip II of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participantIn | Battle of Bouvines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfCapture | Bouvines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Noyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention | Louvre Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Count of Flanders
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Count of Hainaut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Afonso II of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releasedBy | Louis VIII of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| ruled |
County of Flanders
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
County of Hainaut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Joan, Countess of Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime |
as Count of Flanders: 1212
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as Count of Hainaut: 1212 ⓘ |
| title |
Count of Flanders
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Count of Hainaut 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: Ferrand, Count of Flanders Description of subject: Ferrand, Count of Flanders was a prominent early 13th-century nobleman who ruled Flanders and Hainaut and became notable for his opposition to King Philip II of France, culminating in his defeat and capture at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Guy, Count of Flanders
this entity surface form:
Count Ferrand of Flanders