Adela of Normandy
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Adela of Normandy, originally named Gerloc, was a 10th-century Norman noblewoman and daughter of Rollo, the Viking founder of the Duchy of Normandy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adela of Normandy canonical | 1 |
| Adèle de Normandie | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5044126 — 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: Adela of Normandy Context triple: [Gerloc, alsoKnownAs, Adela of Normandy]
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A.
Adela of Normandy
Adela of Normandy was a Norman noblewoman and influential Countess of Blois, best known as the daughter of William the Conqueror and mother of King Stephen of England.
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B.
Adeliza of Normandy
Adeliza of Normandy was a daughter of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders, belonging to the first generation of the Anglo-Norman royal family after the 1066 conquest of England.
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C.
Cecilia of Normandy
Cecilia of Normandy was a Norman noblewoman, daughter of William the Conqueror, who became abbess of the influential Abbey of the Holy Trinity in Caen.
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D.
Alice of Normandy
Alice of Normandy was a Norman noblewoman of the early 11th century, known primarily as a daughter of Duke Richard II of Normandy and sister of Robert I, Duke of Normandy.
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E.
Constance of Normandy
Constance of Normandy was a Norman princess, daughter of William the Conqueror, who became Duchess of Brittany through her marriage to Alan IV, Duke of Brittany.
- 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: Adela of Normandy Target entity description: Adela of Normandy, originally named Gerloc, was a 10th-century Norman noblewoman and daughter of Rollo, the Viking founder of the Duchy of Normandy.
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A.
Adela of Normandy
Adela of Normandy was a Norman noblewoman and influential Countess of Blois, best known as the daughter of William the Conqueror and mother of King Stephen of England.
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B.
Adeliza of Normandy
Adeliza of Normandy was a daughter of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders, belonging to the first generation of the Anglo-Norman royal family after the 1066 conquest of England.
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C.
Cecilia of Normandy
Cecilia of Normandy was a Norman noblewoman, daughter of William the Conqueror, who became abbess of the influential Abbey of the Holy Trinity in Caen.
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D.
Alice of Normandy
Alice of Normandy was a Norman noblewoman of the early 11th century, known primarily as a daughter of Duke Richard II of Normandy and sister of Robert I, Duke of Normandy.
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E.
Constance of Normandy
Constance of Normandy was a Norman princess, daughter of William the Conqueror, who became Duchess of Brittany through her marriage to Alan IV, Duke of Brittany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
medieval noble ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Adela
NERFINISHED
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Gerloc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Duchy of Aquitaine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duchy of Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| baptismName | Adela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfBirth | 10th century ⓘ |
| centuryOfDeath | 10th century ⓘ |
| child |
Adelaide of Aquitaine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gerloc of Aquitaine (possibly) NERFINISHED ⓘ William IV, Duke of Aquitaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 912 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | after 952 ⓘ |
| daughterOf |
Poppa of Bayeux
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rollo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin |
Norman
ⓘ
Norse ⓘ |
| father |
Rollo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rollo, Duke of Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenNameAtBirth | Gerloc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Early Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Old French
ⓘ
Old Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marriageDate | c. 935 ⓘ |
| marriagePlace | Aquitaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Poppa of Bayeux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being daughter of Rollo, founder of the Duchy of Normandy
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marriage alliance between Normandy and Aquitaine ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Richard I, Duke of Normandy
NERFINISHED
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Richard II, Duke of Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Aquitaine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sibling | William I, Duke of Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
William III, Duke of Aquitaine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Towhead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Duchess consort of Aquitaine ⓘ |
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: Adela of Normandy Description of subject: Adela of Normandy, originally named Gerloc, was a 10th-century Norman noblewoman and daughter of Rollo, the Viking founder of the Duchy of Normandy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Adèle de Normandie