María Cayetana de Silva
E502863
María Cayetana de Silva was an 18th-century Spanish noblewoman and 13th Duchess of Alba, best known as a prominent aristocrat and muse of the painter Francisco Goya.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| María Cayetana de Silva canonical | 2 |
| María del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva Álvarez de Toledo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5038978 — 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: María Cayetana de Silva Context triple: [The Duchess of Alba by Francisco Goya, depictsTitle, María Cayetana de Silva]
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A.
Louisa de Sancha
Louisa de Sancha was the wife of renowned British architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, noted for her connection to one of the 20th century’s most influential designers of public buildings and infrastructure.
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B.
María Ana de Unzaga
María Ana de Unzaga was a Mexican woman best known as the mother of Ignacio Allende, a leading figure in Mexico’s War of Independence.
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C.
Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain
Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain was a Spanish Bourbon princess of the early 19th century, known as a daughter of King Charles IV and sister of King Ferdinand VII.
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D.
Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain
Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain was an 18th-century Spanish princess, daughter of King Charles III and Queen Maria Amalia of Saxony, known for her piety and lifelong unmarried status at the Bourbon court.
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E.
Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain
Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain was a Spanish princess, daughter of King Alfonso XIII, known for her role within the Bourbon royal family during Spain’s 20th-century monarchy and exile.
- 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: María Cayetana de Silva Target entity description: María Cayetana de Silva was an 18th-century Spanish noblewoman and 13th Duchess of Alba, best known as a prominent aristocrat and muse of the painter Francisco Goya.
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A.
Louisa de Sancha
Louisa de Sancha was the wife of renowned British architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, noted for her connection to one of the 20th century’s most influential designers of public buildings and infrastructure.
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B.
María Ana de Unzaga
María Ana de Unzaga was a Mexican woman best known as the mother of Ignacio Allende, a leading figure in Mexico’s War of Independence.
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C.
Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain
Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain was a Spanish Bourbon princess of the early 19th century, known as a daughter of King Charles IV and sister of King Ferdinand VII.
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D.
Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain
Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain was an 18th-century Spanish princess, daughter of King Charles III and Queen Maria Amalia of Saxony, known for her piety and lifelong unmarried status at the Bourbon court.
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E.
Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain
Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain was a Spanish princess, daughter of King Alfonso XIII, known for her role within the Bourbon royal family during Spain’s 20th-century monarchy and exile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Duchess of Alba
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Spanish noble ⓘ human ⓘ |
| aristocraticRank | grandee of Spain ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Francisco Goya
NERFINISHED
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Spanish court of Charles IV ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1762-06-10 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Madrid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Madrid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | unknown or disputed ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Spain ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | icon of Spanish Enlightenment-era aristocracy ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1802-07-23 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Madrid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedBy | Francisco Goya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
La maja desnuda (possible model)
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La maja vestida (possible model) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Black Duchess NERFINISHED ⓘ The White Duchess NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | de Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName |
Cayetana
NERFINISHED
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María NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNoSurvivingIssue | true ⓘ |
| heritage | Castilian nobility ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Spanish ⓘ |
| name | María del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva Álvarez de Toledo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
House of Alba
NERFINISHED
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House of Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
13th Duchess of Alba
NERFINISHED
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Duchess of Huéscar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a muse of Francisco Goya ⓘ |
| notableWork | patronage of Francisco Goya ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Madrid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Palace of Liria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| socialClass | aristocracy ⓘ |
| spouse | José Álvarez de Toledo y Gonzaga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseTitle | 15th Duke of Alba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
18th century
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early 19th century ⓘ |
| titleHeldFrom | 1776 ⓘ |
| titleHeldTo | 1802 ⓘ |
| titleHolderNumber | 13 ⓘ |
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: María Cayetana de Silva Description of subject: María Cayetana de Silva was an 18th-century Spanish noblewoman and 13th Duchess of Alba, best known as a prominent aristocrat and muse of the painter Francisco Goya.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
María del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva Álvarez de Toledo