King Stephen
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King Stephen was the 12th-century King of England whose contested reign (1135–1154) during a civil war known as The Anarchy marked a turbulent period of dynastic struggle.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Stephen of England | 16 |
| King Stephen canonical | 4 |
| reign of King Stephen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5506487 — 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.
Target entity: King Stephen Context triple: [Stephen, King of England, alsoKnownAs, King Stephen]
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William fitzOsbern
William fitzOsbern was an 11th-century Norman nobleman and close companion of William the Conqueror who became a powerful lord in England and Wales after the Norman Conquest.
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William II of England
William II of England, also known as William Rufus, was the Norman king who ruled England from 1087 to 1100 and continued his father William the Conqueror’s consolidation of Norman power until his death in a hunting accident.
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Henry I of England
Henry I of England was a 12th-century Norman king known for consolidating royal authority, reforming administration and justice, and strengthening the English monarchy after the Norman Conquest.
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Henry II of England
Henry II of England was a 12th-century Angevin king who restored royal authority after civil war, expanded his realms across much of France, and laid foundations for the English common law system.
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King John of England
King John of England was the early 13th-century English monarch whose reign was marked by military failures, heavy taxation, and baronial rebellion that led to the sealing of Magna Carta in 1215.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: King Stephen Target entity description: King Stephen was the 12th-century King of England whose contested reign (1135–1154) during a civil war known as The Anarchy marked a turbulent period of dynastic struggle.
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A.
William fitzOsbern
William fitzOsbern was an 11th-century Norman nobleman and close companion of William the Conqueror who became a powerful lord in England and Wales after the Norman Conquest.
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B.
William II of England
William II of England, also known as William Rufus, was the Norman king who ruled England from 1087 to 1100 and continued his father William the Conqueror’s consolidation of Norman power until his death in a hunting accident.
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Henry I of England
Henry I of England was a 12th-century Norman king known for consolidating royal authority, reforming administration and justice, and strengthening the English monarchy after the Norman Conquest.
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Henry II of England
Henry II of England was a 12th-century Angevin king who restored royal authority after civil war, expanded his realms across much of France, and laid foundations for the English common law system.
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King John of England
King John of England was the early 13th-century English monarch whose reign was marked by military failures, heavy taxation, and baronial rebellion that led to the sealing of Magna Carta in 1215.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic
ⓘ
human ⓘ king of England ⓘ monarch ⓘ noble ⓘ |
| birthDate |
c. 1092
ⓘ
c. 1096 ⓘ |
| birthName | Stephen of Blois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Blois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
County of Blois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marie of Boulogne NERFINISHED ⓘ William of Blois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | The Anarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coronationDate | 1135-12-26 ⓘ |
| coronationPlace | Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1154-10-25 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Dover
NERFINISHED
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Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | House of Blois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 12th century ⓘ |
| father | Stephen II, Count of Blois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | House of Blois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Latin
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Old French NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Adela of Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Stephen of Blois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Count of Mortain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Treaty of Winchester (1153)
NERFINISHED
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usurpation of the English throne in 1135 ⓘ |
| notableFor | contested reign during The Anarchy ⓘ |
| opponent |
Empress Matilda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry, son of Empress Matilda (later Henry II) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Faversham Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Count of Boulogne
NERFINISHED
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Duke of Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ King of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Henry I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1154 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1135 ⓘ |
| relative |
Henry I of England
NERFINISHED
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William the Conqueror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Theobald II, Count of Champagne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Matilda I, Countess of Boulogne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Henry II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: King Stephen Description of subject: King Stephen was the 12th-century King of England whose contested reign (1135–1154) during a civil war known as The Anarchy marked a turbulent period of dynastic struggle.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.