Queen Margaret of Anjou
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Queen Margaret of Anjou was the influential and determined queen consort of King Henry VI of England, renowned for leading the Lancastrian cause during the Wars of the Roses.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Margaret, Countess of Anjou | 1 |
| Queen Margaret of Anjou canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5526483 — 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: Queen Margaret of Anjou Context triple: [Battle of Tewkesbury, commander, Queen Margaret of Anjou]
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Mary of Woodstock
Mary of Woodstock was an English princess, daughter of King Edward I, who became a nun at Amesbury Priory and was known for her prominent royal and religious status in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.
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Joan of England, Queen of Sicily
Joan of England, Queen of Sicily, was a 12th-century English princess who became queen consort of Sicily through marriage to King William II and later countess of Toulouse, playing a notable role in the politics of the Angevin and Mediterranean worlds.
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Eleanor of Woodstock
Eleanor of Woodstock was an English princess, daughter of King Edward II and Isabella of France, who became Countess of Guelders through marriage.
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Eleanor of Provence
Eleanor of Provence was a 13th-century queen consort of England known for her political influence, cultural patronage, and role in the turbulent reign of her husband, King Henry III.
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E.
Queen Philippa of Hainault
Queen Philippa of Hainault was a 14th-century Queen of England, wife of King Edward III, noted for her political influence, patronage of learning, and reputation for kindness and mercy.
- 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: Queen Margaret of Anjou Target entity description: Queen Margaret of Anjou was the influential and determined queen consort of King Henry VI of England, renowned for leading the Lancastrian cause during the Wars of the Roses.
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A.
Mary of Woodstock
Mary of Woodstock was an English princess, daughter of King Edward I, who became a nun at Amesbury Priory and was known for her prominent royal and religious status in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.
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B.
Joan of England, Queen of Sicily
Joan of England, Queen of Sicily, was a 12th-century English princess who became queen consort of Sicily through marriage to King William II and later countess of Toulouse, playing a notable role in the politics of the Angevin and Mediterranean worlds.
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C.
Eleanor of Woodstock
Eleanor of Woodstock was an English princess, daughter of King Edward II and Isabella of France, who became Countess of Guelders through marriage.
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D.
Eleanor of Provence
Eleanor of Provence was a 13th-century queen consort of England known for her political influence, cultural patronage, and role in the turbulent reign of her husband, King Henry III.
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E.
Queen Philippa of Hainault
Queen Philippa of Hainault was a 14th-century Queen of England, wife of King Edward III, noted for her political influence, patronage of learning, and reputation for kindness and mercy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lancastrian leader
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historical figure ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ queen consort of England ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Anjou
NERFINISHED
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England NERFINISHED ⓘ France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Tewkesbury
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Towton NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Wakefield NERFINISHED ⓘ First Battle of St Albans NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Battle of St Albans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1430-03-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Pont-à-Mousson, Duchy of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Angers Cathedral (probable or traditional attribution) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedAt | Battle of Tewkesbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Wars of the Roses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coronationDate | 1445-05-30 ⓘ |
| coronationPlace | Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1482-08-25 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Château de Dampierre, Anjou, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| father | René of Anjou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Margaret of Anjou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Margaret ⓘ |
| house | House of Lancaster (by marriage) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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French ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 1445-04-23 ⓘ |
| mother | Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Valois-Anjou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | politically determined and forceful personality ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership of the Lancastrian cause during the Wars of the Roses
ⓘ
political influence during the reign of Henry VI of England ⓘ |
| opponent |
Edward IV of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Lancastrian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
William Shakespeare’s play Richard III
NERFINISHED
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William Shakespeare’s plays Henry VI, Part 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ William Shakespeare’s plays Henry VI, Part 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ William Shakespeare’s plays Henry VI, Part 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorAsQueenConsortOfEngland | Catherine of Valois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regencyRole | de facto leader for Henry VI during his bouts of mental illness ⓘ |
| reignAsQueenConsortEnd | 1461-03-04 ⓘ |
| reignAsQueenConsortStart | 1445-04-23 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Henry VI of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsQueenConsortOfEngland | Elizabeth Woodville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Queen consort of England
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Queen of France (titular, by marriage claims) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Queen Margaret of Anjou Description of subject: Queen Margaret of Anjou was the influential and determined queen consort of King Henry VI of England, renowned for leading the Lancastrian cause during the Wars of the Roses.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Margaret, Countess of Anjou