Robert of Taranto
E467097
14th-century ruler
Angevin
Latin Emperor of Constantinople
Prince of Achaea
Prince of Taranto
medieval monarch
nobleman
Robert of Taranto was a 14th-century Angevin nobleman who became Latin Emperor of Constantinople and a leading ruler in the fragmented Crusader states of Greece.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert of Taranto canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4737088 — 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: Robert of Taranto Context triple: [Prince of Taranto, notableHolder, Robert of Taranto]
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A.
Louis of Taranto
Louis of Taranto was a 14th-century Angevin prince who became King of Naples through his marriage to Queen Joanna I.
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B.
William of Apulia
William of Apulia was an 11th-century Latin poet and chronicler best known for his epic account of the Norman expansion in southern Italy under Robert Guiscard.
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C.
John of Procida
John of Procida was a 13th-century Italian physician, diplomat, and conspirator best known for helping to orchestrate the Sicilian Vespers uprising against Angevin rule.
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D.
Gennaro, Prince of Capua
Gennaro, Prince of Capua was a Neapolitan royal prince of the Bourbon-Two Sicilies dynasty and younger son of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies.
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E.
Simon of Sicily
Simon of Sicily was a short-lived Norman noble who briefly held the title of Count of Sicily as the young son and successor of Roger I before his early death led to his brother Roger II’s rise to power.
- 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: Robert of Taranto Target entity description: Robert of Taranto was a 14th-century Angevin nobleman who became Latin Emperor of Constantinople and a leading ruler in the fragmented Crusader states of Greece.
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A.
Louis of Taranto
Louis of Taranto was a 14th-century Angevin prince who became King of Naples through his marriage to Queen Joanna I.
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B.
William of Apulia
William of Apulia was an 11th-century Latin poet and chronicler best known for his epic account of the Norman expansion in southern Italy under Robert Guiscard.
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C.
John of Procida
John of Procida was a 13th-century Italian physician, diplomat, and conspirator best known for helping to orchestrate the Sicilian Vespers uprising against Angevin rule.
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D.
Gennaro, Prince of Capua
Gennaro, Prince of Capua was a Neapolitan royal prince of the Bourbon-Two Sicilies dynasty and younger son of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies.
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E.
Simon of Sicily
Simon of Sicily was a short-lived Norman noble who briefly held the title of Count of Sicily as the young son and successor of Roger I before his early death led to his brother Roger II’s rise to power.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
14th-century ruler
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Angevin ⓘ Latin Emperor of Constantinople ⓘ Prince of Achaea ⓘ Prince of Taranto ⓘ medieval monarch ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Achaea
NERFINISHED
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Crusader states in Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Morea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1319 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Naples (probable) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCause | natural causes (presumed) ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1364 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasticClaim | Latin Empire of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| father | Philip I, Prince of Taranto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| house | Angevin dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Catherine of Valois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Capetian House of Anjou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank |
emperor
ⓘ
prince ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a leading ruler in the Crusader states of Greece
ⓘ
holding the titular title of Latin Emperor after the fall of Constantinople to the Byzantines ⓘ |
| occupation | ruler ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | titular emperor ⓘ |
| predecessor | Catherine of Valois (as titular Latin Empress) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1364 (as Latin Emperor of Constantinople) ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1346 (as Latin Emperor of Constantinople) ⓘ |
| relative |
Charles II of Naples
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Louis of Taranto NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip II of Taranto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| ruled |
Principality of Achaea
NERFINISHED
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Principality of Taranto NERFINISHED ⓘ titular Latin Empire of Constantinople ⓘ |
| spouse | Marie of Bourbon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | Imperial Majesty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Philip II of Taranto (as claimant to Latin Empire rights) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Latin Emperor of Constantinople
NERFINISHED
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Lord of Durazzo NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince of Achaea NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince of Taranto 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: Robert of Taranto Description of subject: Robert of Taranto was a 14th-century Angevin nobleman who became Latin Emperor of Constantinople and a leading ruler in the fragmented Crusader states of Greece.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.