Juana Manuel of Castile
E481453
Juana Manuel of Castile was a 14th-century Castilian noblewoman and heiress whose marriage into the royal Trastámara line strengthened Henry II of Castile’s claim to the throne.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Constanza Manuel of Castile | 1 |
| Juana Manuel of Castile canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4940302 — 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: Juana Manuel of Castile Context triple: [Henry II of Castile, spouse, Juana Manuel of Castile]
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Joanna of Castile
Joanna of Castile, also known as Joanna the Mad, was a queen of Castile and Aragon whose reign marked the dynastic union that led to a unified Spain, though she spent much of her life confined due to alleged mental illness.
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Juana de la Cerda y Aragón
Juana de la Cerda y Aragón was a Spanish noblewoman of the influential Cerda and Aragón lineages who became Duchess of Alburquerque through her marriage into the Fernández de la Cueva family.
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Maria of Castile
Maria of Castile was a 15th-century queen consort of Aragon and Naples, noted for governing Aragon as regent during her husband Alfonso V’s long absences in Italy.
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Joanna la Beltraneja
Joanna la Beltraneja was a 15th-century Castilian princess and disputed claimant to the thrones of Castile and León, whose contested legitimacy sparked a major succession crisis and civil war.
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Catherine of Castile, Princess of Asturias
Catherine of Castile, Princess of Asturias, was the eldest daughter and heir presumptive of King Henry III of Castile and Catherine of Lancaster, whose early death shifted the Castilian succession to her younger siblings.
- 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: Juana Manuel of Castile Target entity description: Juana Manuel of Castile was a 14th-century Castilian noblewoman and heiress whose marriage into the royal Trastámara line strengthened Henry II of Castile’s claim to the throne.
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A.
Joanna of Castile
Joanna of Castile, also known as Joanna the Mad, was a queen of Castile and Aragon whose reign marked the dynastic union that led to a unified Spain, though she spent much of her life confined due to alleged mental illness.
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B.
Juana de la Cerda y Aragón
Juana de la Cerda y Aragón was a Spanish noblewoman of the influential Cerda and Aragón lineages who became Duchess of Alburquerque through her marriage into the Fernández de la Cueva family.
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C.
Maria of Castile
Maria of Castile was a 15th-century queen consort of Aragon and Naples, noted for governing Aragon as regent during her husband Alfonso V’s long absences in Italy.
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D.
Joanna la Beltraneja
Joanna la Beltraneja was a 15th-century Castilian princess and disputed claimant to the thrones of Castile and León, whose contested legitimacy sparked a major succession crisis and civil war.
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E.
Catherine of Castile, Princess of Asturias
Catherine of Castile, Princess of Asturias, was the eldest daughter and heir presumptive of King Henry III of Castile and Catherine of Lancaster, whose early death shifted the Castilian succession to her younger siblings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Castilian noble
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medieval Spanish noble ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ queen consort ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1339 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Royal Monastery of San Francisco in Valladolid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Navarre
NERFINISHED
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Henry of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ John I of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1381 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Seville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 14th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Manuel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Juana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | House of Trastámara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Spanish ⓘ |
| mother | Blanca Núñez de Lara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
House of Ivrea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Manuel of Villena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Queen consort of Castile and León ⓘ |
| reign | 1369–1379 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| significantEvent | marriage strengthened Henry II of Castile’s dynastic claim to the Castilian throne ⓘ |
| spouse | Henry II of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Lady of Aguilar de Campoo
NERFINISHED
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Lady of Aguilar de Campoo and Lara NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Amaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Balmaseda NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Belorado NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Biscay NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Briones NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Bureba NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Castañeda NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Cerezo NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Escalona NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Grañón NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Haro NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Lara NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Orduña NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Peñafiel NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Treviño NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Valmaseda NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Villadiego NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Villafranca de Montes de Oca NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Villalba de Rioja NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady of Villena NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen consort of Castile ⓘ Queen consort of León ⓘ |
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: Juana Manuel of Castile Description of subject: Juana Manuel of Castile was a 14th-century Castilian noblewoman and heiress whose marriage into the royal Trastámara line strengthened Henry II of Castile’s claim to the throne.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Constanza Manuel of Castile