Bolesław II the Generous
E471093
Bolesław II the Generous was an 11th-century Piast dynasty ruler known for his ambitious foreign policy, support of church reform, and eventual deposition following his conflict with Bishop Stanislaus of Szczepanów.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bolesław II the Generous canonical | 3 |
| Bolesław II the Bold | 2 |
| Bolesław II the Horned | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4727839 — 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: Bolesław II the Generous Context triple: [King of Poland, positionHeldBy, Bolesław II the Generous]
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Bolesław II the Bald
Bolesław II the Bald was a 13th-century Duke of Silesia from the Piast dynasty who ruled parts of the fragmented Polish realm following the death of his brother Henry II the Pious.
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B.
Bolesław III Wrymouth
Bolesław III Wrymouth was a medieval Polish duke who significantly expanded and consolidated the Polish state but also initiated its later fragmentation through his testament dividing the realm among his sons.
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Bolesław II of Masovia
Bolesław II of Masovia was a 13th-century Polish Piast duke who ruled parts of the Masovian region and played a significant role in the fragmented politics of medieval Poland.
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Bolesław I the Brave
Bolesław I the Brave was the first crowned king of Poland and a pivotal early medieval ruler who expanded and consolidated the Polish state.
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E.
Mieszko II Lambert
Mieszko II Lambert was an early 11th-century ruler from the Piast dynasty who reigned as King of Poland and faced significant internal strife and foreign invasions that weakened the young Polish state.
- 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: Bolesław II the Generous Target entity description: Bolesław II the Generous was an 11th-century Piast dynasty ruler known for his ambitious foreign policy, support of church reform, and eventual deposition following his conflict with Bishop Stanislaus of Szczepanów.
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A.
Bolesław II the Bald
Bolesław II the Bald was a 13th-century Duke of Silesia from the Piast dynasty who ruled parts of the fragmented Polish realm following the death of his brother Henry II the Pious.
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B.
Bolesław III Wrymouth
Bolesław III Wrymouth was a medieval Polish duke who significantly expanded and consolidated the Polish state but also initiated its later fragmentation through his testament dividing the realm among his sons.
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C.
Bolesław II of Masovia
Bolesław II of Masovia was a 13th-century Polish Piast duke who ruled parts of the Masovian region and played a significant role in the fragmented politics of medieval Poland.
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D.
Bolesław I the Brave
Bolesław I the Brave was the first crowned king of Poland and a pivotal early medieval ruler who expanded and consolidated the Polish state.
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E.
Mieszko II Lambert
Mieszko II Lambert was an early 11th-century ruler from the Piast dynasty who reigned as King of Poland and faced significant internal strife and foreign invasions that weakened the young Polish state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
11th-century ruler
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Catholic monarch ⓘ Duke of Poland ⓘ King of Poland ⓘ Piast dynasty monarch ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Bolesław II Szczodry
NERFINISHED
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Bolesław II the Bold NERFINISHED ⓘ Bolesław II Śmiały NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | circa 1042 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Tyniec Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeposition | conflict with Bishop Stanislaus of Szczepanów ⓘ |
| child | Mieszko Bolesławowic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Stanislaus of Szczepanów NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coronationDate | 1076 ⓘ |
| coronationPlace | Gniezno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| deathDate |
circa 1081
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circa 1082 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deposedBy | Polish nobility ⓘ |
| dynasty | Piast dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| exile | Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Casimir I the Restorer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foreignPolicy |
intervention in Hungarian affairs
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intervention in Kievan Rus' ⓘ involvement in Bohemian politics ⓘ |
| fullName | Bolesław II the Generous NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ambitious foreign policy
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conflict with Bishop Stanislaus of Szczepanów ⓘ deposition and exile ⓘ support of church reform ⓘ |
| mother | Maria Dobroniega of Kiev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | execution of Bishop Stanislaus of Szczepanów ⓘ |
| predecessorAsDuke | Casimir I the Restorer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorAsKing | Bolesław I the Brave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForNickname | generosity toward the church and knights ⓘ |
| reignAsDukeEnd | 1076 ⓘ |
| reignAsDukeStart | 1058 ⓘ |
| reignAsKingEnd | 1079 ⓘ |
| reignAsKingStart | 1076 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Wyszesława of Kiev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | King of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsDuke | Władysław I Herman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsKing | Władysław I Herman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported |
Gregorian church reforms
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independence of the Polish church from German influence ⓘ |
| title |
Duke of Poland
NERFINISHED
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King of Poland 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: Bolesław II the Generous Description of subject: Bolesław II the Generous was an 11th-century Piast dynasty ruler known for his ambitious foreign policy, support of church reform, and eventual deposition following his conflict with Bishop Stanislaus of Szczepanów.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bolesław II the Horned
this entity surface form:
Bolesław II the Bold
this entity surface form:
Bolesław II the Bold