County of La Marche
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The County of La Marche was a medieval feudal territory in west-central France that played a strategic role between Poitou, Limousin, and Berry and was ruled at various times by powerful noble families such as the Lusignans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| County of La Marche canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5995177 — 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 La Marche Context triple: [Hugh X of Lusignan, realm, County of La Marche]
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A.
County of Champagne
The County of Champagne was a prosperous medieval principality in northeastern France, famed for its powerful counts, international trade fairs, and strategic role in French politics.
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B.
County of Artois
The County of Artois was a historic province in northern France, centered on the city of Arras, that played a significant role in medieval and early modern European conflicts and politics.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
County of Soissons
The County of Soissons was a medieval feudal territory in northern France centered on the town of Soissons, historically significant as a political and military stronghold in the region.
- 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 La Marche Target entity description: The County of La Marche was a medieval feudal territory in west-central France that played a strategic role between Poitou, Limousin, and Berry and was ruled at various times by powerful noble families such as the Lusignans.
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A.
County of Champagne
The County of Champagne was a prosperous medieval principality in northeastern France, famed for its powerful counts, international trade fairs, and strategic role in French politics.
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B.
County of Artois
The County of Artois was a historic province in northern France, centered on the city of Arras, that played a significant role in medieval and early modern European conflicts and politics.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
County of Soissons
The County of Soissons was a medieval feudal territory in northern France centered on the town of Soissons, historically significant as a political and military stronghold in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feudal territory
ⓘ
former administrative territorial entity ⓘ medieval county ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Anglo-French conflicts
ⓘ
Hundred Years War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Berry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Limousin NERFINISHED ⓘ Poitou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Guéret NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feudalObligations | vassalage to the French crown ⓘ |
| feudalRank | county ⓘ |
| governmentType | feudal monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | La Marche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| integratedInto | French royal domain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Occitan
ⓘ
Old French ⓘ |
| linkedDynasty |
Bourbon dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Capetian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Valois dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
France
ⓘ
west-central France ⓘ |
| militaryImportance | frontier march between northern and southern France ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | derived from function as a border march ⓘ |
| nobleTitleCreated | Count of La Marche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Hugh X of Lusignan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isabella of Angoulême NERFINISHED ⓘ James I Count of La Marche NERFINISHED ⓘ John I Count of La Marche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlord | King of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentDayLocation |
Creuse department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Haute-Vienne department NERFINISHED ⓘ Indre department NERFINISHED ⓘ Vienne department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | march territory ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| ruledBy |
House of Armagnac
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Bourbon NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Lusignan NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Valois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicRole | buffer between Poitou Limousin and Berry ⓘ |
| successor | Province of Marche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleHeldBy | Counts of La Marche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 La Marche Description of subject: The County of La Marche was a medieval feudal territory in west-central France that played a strategic role between Poitou, Limousin, and Berry and was ruled at various times by powerful noble families such as the Lusignans.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.