County of Angoulême
E560422
The County of Angoulême was a medieval feudal territory in southwestern France centered on the town of Angoulême, historically ruled by various noble families including the Lusignans.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| County of Angoulême canonical | 7 |
| Angoulême region (approximate) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5995178 — 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: County of Angoulême Context triple: [Hugh X of Lusignan, realm, County of Angoulême]
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A.
County of Toulouse
The County of Toulouse was a powerful medieval principality in southern France, centered on the city of Toulouse, that played a major role in Occitan culture and politics before being gradually absorbed into the French crown.
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B.
County of Vendôme
The County of Vendôme was a historic feudal territory in north-central France that developed around the town of Vendôme and played a notable role in the medieval and early modern French nobility.
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C.
County of Foix
The County of Foix was a historic feudal territory in the Pyrenees region of southwestern France, known for its medieval counts and strategic position between France and the Iberian Peninsula.
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D.
County of Touraine
The County of Touraine was a historic feudal region in central France centered on Tours, strategically important in medieval power struggles between the French crown and the Angevin (Plantagenet) rulers.
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E.
Albret Communauté
Albret Communauté is a French intercommunal structure in the Lot-et-Garonne department that groups together several communes, including Nérac, to coordinate local services and development.
- 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: County of Angoulême Target entity description: The County of Angoulême was a medieval feudal territory in southwestern France centered on the town of Angoulême, historically ruled by various noble families including the Lusignans.
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A.
County of Toulouse
The County of Toulouse was a powerful medieval principality in southern France, centered on the city of Toulouse, that played a major role in Occitan culture and politics before being gradually absorbed into the French crown.
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B.
County of Vendôme
The County of Vendôme was a historic feudal territory in north-central France that developed around the town of Vendôme and played a notable role in the medieval and early modern French nobility.
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C.
County of Foix
The County of Foix was a historic feudal territory in the Pyrenees region of southwestern France, known for its medieval counts and strategic position between France and the Iberian Peninsula.
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D.
County of Touraine
The County of Touraine was a historic feudal region in central France centered on Tours, strategically important in medieval power struggles between the French crown and the Angevin (Plantagenet) rulers.
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E.
Albret Communauté
Albret Communauté is a French intercommunal structure in the Lot-et-Garonne department that groups together several communes, including Nérac, to coordinate local services and development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feudal territory
ⓘ
former administrative territorial entity ⓘ medieval county ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty |
Capetian dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Valois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
County of La Marche
NERFINISHED
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County of Périgord NERFINISHED ⓘ Poitou NERFINISHED ⓘ Saintonge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Angoulême NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feudalRank | county ⓘ |
| governmentForm | feudal monarchy ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Count of Angoulême NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| historicalRegionType | county of France ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Old French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Angoumois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
historical region of Aquitaine ⓘ region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ southwestern France ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Angoulême NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRulingFamily |
Lusignan family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Taillefer family NERFINISHED ⓘ Valois-Angoulême family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlord |
Duchy of Aquitaine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Angoumois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French feudal system ⓘ |
| presentIn | modern department of Charente ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| ruledBy |
Counts of Angoulême
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Lusignan NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Taillefer NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Valois-Angoulême NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantTown | Angoulême NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | control of routes between Poitou and Aquitaine ⓘ |
| successor |
Duchy of Angoulême
NERFINISHED
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French crown domain ⓘ |
| timePeriod | medieval period ⓘ |
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: County of Angoulême Description of subject: The County of Angoulême was a medieval feudal territory in southwestern France centered on the town of Angoulême, historically ruled by various noble families including the Lusignans.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Angoulême region (approximate)
subject surface form:
Angoumois