Francesco I Gattilusio
E479954
Genoese nobleman
adventurer
lord of Lesbos
medieval ruler
member of the Gattilusio family
nobleman
ruler
Francesco I Gattilusio was a 14th-century Genoese nobleman and adventurer who became the first Gattilusio lord of the Aegean island of Lesbos under Byzantine authority.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Francesco I Gattilusio canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4796642 — 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: Francesco I Gattilusio Context triple: [Gattilusio family, founder, Francesco I Gattilusio]
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A.
Jacopo Gattilusio
Jacopo Gattilusio was a prominent medieval nobleman of the Genoese Gattilusio family who ruled the Aegean island of Lesbos as a lord under Byzantine suzerainty.
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B.
Carlo I Tocco
Carlo I Tocco was a late medieval Italian nobleman who ruled as Count Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos and later as Despot of Epirus in western Greece.
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C.
Niccolò Gattilusio
Niccolò Gattilusio was a prominent medieval nobleman of the Genoese Gattilusio dynasty, known for his role in the family’s rule over Aegean island lordships under Byzantine and later Ottoman influence.
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D.
Leonardo II Tocco
Leonardo II Tocco was a late medieval nobleman of the Tocco family who ruled parts of western Greece and the Ionian Islands.
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E.
Domenico Gattilusio
Domenico Gattilusio was a 14th-century Genoese nobleman who became the first Gattilusio lord of the Aegean island of Lesbos under Byzantine suzerainty.
- 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: Francesco I Gattilusio Target entity description: Francesco I Gattilusio was a 14th-century Genoese nobleman and adventurer who became the first Gattilusio lord of the Aegean island of Lesbos under Byzantine authority.
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A.
Jacopo Gattilusio
Jacopo Gattilusio was a prominent medieval nobleman of the Genoese Gattilusio family who ruled the Aegean island of Lesbos as a lord under Byzantine suzerainty.
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B.
Carlo I Tocco
Carlo I Tocco was a late medieval Italian nobleman who ruled as Count Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos and later as Despot of Epirus in western Greece.
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C.
Niccolò Gattilusio
Niccolò Gattilusio was a prominent medieval nobleman of the Genoese Gattilusio dynasty, known for his role in the family’s rule over Aegean island lordships under Byzantine and later Ottoman influence.
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D.
Leonardo II Tocco
Leonardo II Tocco was a late medieval nobleman of the Tocco family who ruled parts of western Greece and the Ionian Islands.
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E.
Domenico Gattilusio
Domenico Gattilusio was a 14th-century Genoese nobleman who became the first Gattilusio lord of the Aegean island of Lesbos under Byzantine suzerainty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Genoese nobleman
ⓘ
adventurer ⓘ lord of Lesbos ⓘ medieval ruler ⓘ member of the Gattilusio family ⓘ nobleman ⓘ ruler ⓘ |
| allyOf | John V Palaiologos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | earthquake ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 14th century ⓘ |
| child | Jacopo Gattilusio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Republic of Genoa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Republic of Genoa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1384 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1384 ⓘ |
| endTimeOfPositionLordOfLesbos | 1384 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Genoese ⓘ |
| familyName | Gattilusio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstHolderOfTitle | Lord of Lesbos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit | 14th century ⓘ |
| foundedDynasty | Gattilusio lords of Lesbos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Francesco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Byzantine Aegean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Greek
ⓘ
Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| lordshipGrantedBy |
Byzantine Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John V Palaiologos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | accidental death ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Gattilusio family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Lord of Lesbos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
archon of Lesbos ⓘ |
| notableEvent | coup in Constantinople of 1354 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
establishing Gattilusio rule over Lesbos
ⓘ
service to the Byzantine emperor John V Palaiologos ⓘ |
| notableWork | coup in Constantinople of 1354 ⓘ |
| officeContested | control of Lesbos ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Aegean Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opponentOf | John VI Kantakouzenos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participantIn | Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Lesbos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Lesbos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mytilene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Byzantine vassal lord
ⓘ
Lord of Lesbos NERFINISHED ⓘ archon of Lesbos ⓘ |
| receivedTitleFrom | John V Palaiologos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Lesbos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mytilene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Lesbos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mytilene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1355 ⓘ |
| startTimeOfPositionLordOfLesbos | 1355 ⓘ |
| successor | Jacopo Gattilusio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | John V Palaiologos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vassalOf |
Byzantine Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John V Palaiologos 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: Francesco I Gattilusio Description of subject: Francesco I Gattilusio was a 14th-century Genoese nobleman and adventurer who became the first Gattilusio lord of the Aegean island of Lesbos under Byzantine authority.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.