House of Valois-Burgundy
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The House of Valois-Burgundy was a powerful late medieval cadet branch of the French royal Valois dynasty that ruled the Duchy of Burgundy and amassed extensive territories in what is now France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House of Valois-Burgundy canonical | 16 |
| Burgundian ducal house | 1 |
| Burgundian dynasty | 1 |
| Ducal House of Burgundy | 1 |
| Dukes of Burgundy | 1 |
| House of Valois-Burgundy in Brabant | 1 |
| Valois Dukes of Burgundy | 1 |
| Valois-Burgundy dynasty | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6977677 — 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: House of Valois-Burgundy Context triple: [Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy, memberOfDynasty, House of Valois-Burgundy]
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House of Valois
The House of Valois was a French royal dynasty that ruled France from the 14th to the late 16th century, overseeing events such as the Hundred Years’ War and the turbulent French Wars of Religion.
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House of Orléans
The House of Orléans is a prominent cadet branch of the French royal family historically influential in politics and succession, particularly during the Ancien Régime and the July Monarchy.
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House of Luxembourg
The House of Luxembourg was a prominent medieval European royal dynasty that produced several Holy Roman Emperors and kings, notably influencing the politics of Central Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries.
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D.
House of Condé
The House of Condé was a prominent cadet branch of the French royal Bourbon dynasty, whose members played major political and military roles in France from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
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E.
House of Valois-Anjou
The House of Valois-Anjou was a cadet branch of the French royal Valois dynasty that held significant territories in Anjou, Provence, and parts of Italy, and played a major role in late medieval European politics.
- 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: House of Valois-Burgundy Target entity description: The House of Valois-Burgundy was a powerful late medieval cadet branch of the French royal Valois dynasty that ruled the Duchy of Burgundy and amassed extensive territories in what is now France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
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A.
House of Valois
The House of Valois was a French royal dynasty that ruled France from the 14th to the late 16th century, overseeing events such as the Hundred Years’ War and the turbulent French Wars of Religion.
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B.
House of Orléans
The House of Orléans is a prominent cadet branch of the French royal family historically influential in politics and succession, particularly during the Ancien Régime and the July Monarchy.
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C.
House of Luxembourg
The House of Luxembourg was a prominent medieval European royal dynasty that produced several Holy Roman Emperors and kings, notably influencing the politics of Central Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries.
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D.
House of Condé
The House of Condé was a prominent cadet branch of the French royal Bourbon dynasty, whose members played major political and military roles in France from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
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E.
House of Valois-Anjou
The House of Valois-Anjou was a cadet branch of the French royal Valois dynasty that held significant territories in Anjou, Provence, and parts of Italy, and played a major role in late medieval European politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cadet branch
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noble house ⓘ royal dynasty ⓘ |
| acquiredTerritoryThrough |
conquest
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inheritance ⓘ marriage alliances ⓘ purchase ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cadetBranchOf | Capetian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Brussels
NERFINISHED
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Dijon NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghent NERFINISHED ⓘ Lille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | Quarterly France modern and Burgundy ancient ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1477 ⓘ |
| endCause | death of Charles the Bold at the Battle of Nancy ⓘ |
| era | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Philip the Bold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1363 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
courtly culture at Dijon and the Low Countries
ⓘ
patronage of the arts ⓘ |
| language |
French
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Middle Dutch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Charles the Bold
NERFINISHED
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John the Fearless NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip the Bold NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip the Good NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | House of Valois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStructure | composite monarchy ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| rival |
House of Orléans
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Swiss Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruled |
Artois
NERFINISHED
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Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ Burgundian Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ Franche-Comté NERFINISHED ⓘ Hainaut NERFINISHED ⓘ Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ Limburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ Mechelen NERFINISHED ⓘ Namur NERFINISHED ⓘ Picardy NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeeland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War
NERFINISHED
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Burgundian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Hundred Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | House of Habsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryNowIn |
Belgium
NERFINISHED
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France NERFINISHED ⓘ Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleHeld |
Count of Flanders
NERFINISHED
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Count of Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ Count of Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke of Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke of Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: House of Valois-Burgundy Description of subject: The House of Valois-Burgundy was a powerful late medieval cadet branch of the French royal Valois dynasty that ruled the Duchy of Burgundy and amassed extensive territories in what is now France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
House of Valois-Burgundy in Brabant
this entity surface form:
Burgundian ducal house
this entity surface form:
Valois-Burgundy dynasty
this entity surface form:
Valois Dukes of Burgundy
this entity surface form:
Ducal House of Burgundy
this entity surface form:
Burgundian dynasty
this entity surface form:
Dukes of Burgundy