Mabel of Abingdon
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Mabel of Abingdon was an Englishwoman of the late 12th and early 13th centuries best known as the devout and influential mother of Saint Edmund Rich, later Archbishop of Canterbury.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mabel of Abingdon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5183879 — 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: Mabel of Abingdon Context triple: [Saint Edmund Rich, mother, Mabel of Abingdon]
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A.
Sybilla of Salisbury
Sybilla of Salisbury was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman best known as the mother of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, one of medieval England’s most celebrated knights and statesmen.
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B.
Mabel FitzRobert
Mabel FitzRobert was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman noblewoman of the powerful de Clare–FitzRobert family, connected to the earldom of Gloucester.
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C.
Matilda of Huntingdon
Matilda of Huntingdon was a medieval English noblewoman and countess whose lineage and marriages connected several prominent aristocratic families in 12th-century Britain.
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D.
Maud of Wales
Maud of Wales was a British princess who became Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VII.
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E.
Alice of Courtenay
Alice of Courtenay was a French noblewoman of the House of Courtenay, notable as a daughter of King Peter II of Courtenay and a member of the extended Capetian royal family.
- 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: Mabel of Abingdon Target entity description: Mabel of Abingdon was an Englishwoman of the late 12th and early 13th centuries best known as the devout and influential mother of Saint Edmund Rich, later Archbishop of Canterbury.
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A.
Sybilla of Salisbury
Sybilla of Salisbury was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman best known as the mother of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, one of medieval England’s most celebrated knights and statesmen.
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B.
Mabel FitzRobert
Mabel FitzRobert was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman noblewoman of the powerful de Clare–FitzRobert family, connected to the earldom of Gloucester.
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C.
Matilda of Huntingdon
Matilda of Huntingdon was a medieval English noblewoman and countess whose lineage and marriages connected several prominent aristocratic families in 12th-century Britain.
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D.
Maud of Wales
Maud of Wales was a British princess who became Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VII.
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E.
Alice of Courtenay
Alice of Courtenay was a French noblewoman of the House of Courtenay, notable as a daughter of King Peter II of Courtenay and a member of the extended Capetian royal family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Englishwoman
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medieval person ⓘ mother of a saint ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Archbishopric of Canterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
12th century
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13th century ⓘ |
| child |
Edmund Rich
NERFINISHED
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Saint Edmund of Abingdon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Rich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | spiritual formation of Edmund Rich ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the devout mother of Saint Edmund Rich
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influencing the religious life of Edmund Rich ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Middle English ⓘ |
| lifestyle |
ascetic
ⓘ
devout ⓘ |
| motherOf | Archbishop of Canterbury Edmund Rich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | religious upbringing of Edmund Rich ⓘ |
| occupation | homemaker ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Abingdon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| residence |
Abingdon
NERFINISHED
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Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Reginald Rich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 13th century
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late 12th century ⓘ |
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: Mabel of Abingdon Description of subject: Mabel of Abingdon was an Englishwoman of the late 12th and early 13th centuries best known as the devout and influential mother of Saint Edmund Rich, later Archbishop of Canterbury.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Saint Edmund Rich