Haakon VI of Norway
E724901
Haakon VI of Norway was a 14th-century king who ruled Norway and, through marriage and inheritance, played a key role in the Scandinavian unions that shaped the region’s medieval political landscape.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Haakon VI of Norway canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7914372 — 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: Haakon VI of Norway Context triple: [Haakon, notableBearer, Haakon VI of Norway]
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A.
Haakon VII of Norway
Haakon VII of Norway was the first king of an independent modern Norway and a widely respected constitutional monarch who led the nation through World War II.
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B.
Haakon IV of Norway
Haakon IV of Norway was a 13th-century king who consolidated royal power, fostered cultural flourishing, and led Norway through a period of political stability and territorial expansion.
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C.
Haakon III of Norway
Haakon III of Norway was a medieval Norwegian king whose brief reign was marked by dynastic conflict during the turbulent civil war era.
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D.
Haakon V
Haakon V was a medieval King of Norway, notable as the last ruler of the House of Sverre and for moving the Norwegian capital to Oslo.
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E.
Magnus VI of Norway
Magnus VI of Norway, also known as Magnus the Law-mender, was a 13th-century Norwegian king renowned for his comprehensive legal reforms that unified and modernized the kingdom’s laws.
- 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: Haakon VI of Norway Target entity description: Haakon VI of Norway was a 14th-century king who ruled Norway and, through marriage and inheritance, played a key role in the Scandinavian unions that shaped the region’s medieval political landscape.
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A.
Haakon VII of Norway
Haakon VII of Norway was the first king of an independent modern Norway and a widely respected constitutional monarch who led the nation through World War II.
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B.
Haakon IV of Norway
Haakon IV of Norway was a 13th-century king who consolidated royal power, fostered cultural flourishing, and led Norway through a period of political stability and territorial expansion.
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C.
Haakon III of Norway
Haakon III of Norway was a medieval Norwegian king whose brief reign was marked by dynastic conflict during the turbulent civil war era.
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D.
Haakon V
Haakon V was a medieval King of Norway, notable as the last ruler of the House of Sverre and for moving the Norwegian capital to Oslo.
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E.
Magnus VI of Norway
Magnus VI of Norway, also known as Magnus the Law-mender, was a 13th-century Norwegian king renowned for his comprehensive legal reforms that unified and modernized the kingdom’s laws.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Norway
ⓘ
human ⓘ medieval ruler ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kalmar Union precursor ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1340 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Oslo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign | Oslo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 14th century ⓘ |
| child |
Olaf II of Denmark
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Olav IV of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coRulerWith |
Magnus IV of Sweden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Magnus VII of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Norway ⓘ |
| deathCause | plague (probable) ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1380 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Oslo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | House of Bjelbo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| father |
Magnus IV of Sweden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Magnus VII of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Haakon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Old Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchOf |
Norway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Blanche of Namur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motherTongue | Old Norse ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Duke of Blekinge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke of Halland NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke of Skåne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributing to the union of Norway and Denmark through his son
ⓘ
marriage alliance with Denmark ⓘ role in Scandinavian unions ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Norway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King of Sweden ⓘ |
| predecessor | Magnus VII of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1380 ⓘ |
| reignEndAsKingOfSweden | 1364 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1355 ⓘ |
| reignStartAsKingOfSweden | 1362 ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| royalHouse | House of Bjelbo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Margaret of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseTitle | Margaret I of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Olav IV of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsKingOfSweden | Albert of Mecklenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Haakon VI Magnusson 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: Haakon VI of Norway Description of subject: Haakon VI of Norway was a 14th-century king who ruled Norway and, through marriage and inheritance, played a key role in the Scandinavian unions that shaped the region’s medieval political landscape.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.