William Ætheling
E482493
William Ætheling was the heir apparent to the English throne as the only legitimate son of King Henry I of England, whose death in the White Ship disaster of 1120 triggered a succession crisis.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Aetheling | 1 |
| William Ætheling canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4953781 — 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: William Ætheling Context triple: [William Adelin, alsoKnownAs, William Ætheling]
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A.
Edgar Ætheling
Edgar Ætheling was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon prince and briefly proclaimed, though never crowned, king of England after the Norman Conquest.
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B.
Æthelstan Atheling
Æthelstan Atheling was an early 10th-century English prince and heir apparent, renowned as a skilled military leader and the eldest son of King Edward the Elder.
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C.
Alfred Aetheling
Alfred Aetheling was an 11th-century English prince of the House of Wessex, son of King Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, and a rival claimant to the English throne during the Norman Conquest period.
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D.
Henry the Young King
Henry the Young King was the eldest surviving son of Henry II of England, crowned during his father's lifetime but never ruling in his own right and remembered largely for his turbulent relationship with his parents and brothers.
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E.
Edmund II
Edmund II, known as Edmund Ironside, was a king of England in 1016 renowned for his fierce resistance against Danish invasion.
- 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: William Ætheling Target entity description: William Ætheling was the heir apparent to the English throne as the only legitimate son of King Henry I of England, whose death in the White Ship disaster of 1120 triggered a succession crisis.
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A.
Edgar Ætheling
Edgar Ætheling was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon prince and briefly proclaimed, though never crowned, king of England after the Norman Conquest.
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B.
Æthelstan Atheling
Æthelstan Atheling was an early 10th-century English prince and heir apparent, renowned as a skilled military leader and the eldest son of King Edward the Elder.
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C.
Alfred Aetheling
Alfred Aetheling was an 11th-century English prince of the House of Wessex, son of King Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, and a rival claimant to the English throne during the Norman Conquest period.
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D.
Henry the Young King
Henry the Young King was the eldest surviving son of Henry II of England, crowned during his father's lifetime but never ruling in his own right and remembered largely for his turbulent relationship with his parents and brothers.
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E.
Edmund II
Edmund II, known as Edmund Ironside, was a king of England in 1016 renowned for his fierce resistance against Danish invasion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English prince
ⓘ
heir apparent ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 17 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
William Adelin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Aetheling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTitleClaim | King of England (never crowned) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Anglo-Norman realm
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norman rule in England ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1103-08-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Kingdom of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Winchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Abbaye de Saint-Étienne de Caen (disputed) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathCause | drowning ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1120-11-25 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Barfleur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathResultedIn | succession crisis in England ⓘ |
| event | White Ship disaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Henry I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | William Ætheling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | Maine (nominally) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| house | House of Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Old English ⓘ |
| legitimacyStatus | legitimate son of Henry I of England ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | accidental death at sea ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 1119-06-22 ⓘ |
| maternalGrandfather | Malcolm III of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maternalGrandmother | Saint Margaret of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Matilda of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Ætheling means "prince" or "noble-born" in Old English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Norman dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being only legitimate son of Henry I of England
ⓘ
death in the White Ship disaster of 1120 ⓘ |
| paternalGrandfather | William the Conqueror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| paternalGrandmother | Matilda of Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlliance | Anglo-Angevin alliance through marriage ⓘ |
| position | heir apparent to the English throne ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| ship | White Ship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Empress Matilda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Matilda of Anjou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseFather | Fulk V of Anjou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseMother | Ermengarde of Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Count of Maine
NERFINISHED
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Duke of Normandy (designate) 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: William Ætheling Description of subject: William Ætheling was the heir apparent to the English throne as the only legitimate son of King Henry I of England, whose death in the White Ship disaster of 1120 triggered a succession crisis.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
William Aetheling