Đurađ Branković
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Đurađ Branković was a 15th-century Serbian nobleman who served as Despot of Serbia, navigating complex alliances between the Ottoman Empire and European powers during the late medieval Balkans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Đurađ Branković canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8385979 — 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: Đurađ Branković Context triple: [Serbian Despotate, ruler, Đurađ Branković]
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A.
Vuk Branković
Vuk Branković was a medieval Serbian nobleman and regional lord best known for his prominent role in late 14th-century Serbian politics and his controversial legacy in epic tradition surrounding the Battle of Kosovo.
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B.
Stefan Lazarević
Stefan Lazarević was a medieval Serbian ruler, renowned military leader, and cultural patron who transformed Serbia into a significant regional power during the late 14th and early 15th centuries.
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C.
Ivan Crnojević
Ivan Crnojević was a 15th-century Montenegrin ruler of the Crnojević dynasty, best known for establishing the medieval Montenegrin state’s political and cultural center and resisting Ottoman expansion.
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D.
Stefan Crnojević
Stefan Crnojević was a 15th-century Montenegrin nobleman and de facto ruler of the Zeta region, known for consolidating local power and navigating between Venetian and Ottoman influence.
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E.
Despot Jovan Uglješa
Despot Jovan Uglješa was a 14th-century Serbian noble and regional ruler in the Balkans, known for his role in resisting the expanding Ottoman Empire.
- 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: Đurađ Branković Target entity description: Đurađ Branković was a 15th-century Serbian nobleman who served as Despot of Serbia, navigating complex alliances between the Ottoman Empire and European powers during the late medieval Balkans.
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A.
Vuk Branković
Vuk Branković was a medieval Serbian nobleman and regional lord best known for his prominent role in late 14th-century Serbian politics and his controversial legacy in epic tradition surrounding the Battle of Kosovo.
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B.
Stefan Lazarević
Stefan Lazarević was a medieval Serbian ruler, renowned military leader, and cultural patron who transformed Serbia into a significant regional power during the late 14th and early 15th centuries.
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C.
Ivan Crnojević
Ivan Crnojević was a 15th-century Montenegrin ruler of the Crnojević dynasty, best known for establishing the medieval Montenegrin state’s political and cultural center and resisting Ottoman expansion.
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D.
Stefan Crnojević
Stefan Crnojević was a 15th-century Montenegrin nobleman and de facto ruler of the Zeta region, known for consolidating local power and navigating between Venetian and Ottoman influence.
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E.
Despot Jovan Uglješa
Despot Jovan Uglješa was a 14th-century Serbian noble and regional ruler in the Balkans, known for his role in resisting the expanding Ottoman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Despot of Serbia
ⓘ
Serbian nobleman ⓘ medieval ruler ⓘ |
| allyOf | Kingdom of Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Smederevo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign | Smederevo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Kingdom of Hungary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Serbian Despotate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1377 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1456-12-24 ⓘ |
| era | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Serbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Branković NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Vuk Branković NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | Smederevo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Đurađ Branković NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Đurađ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Ottoman expansion in the Balkans ⓘ |
| knownFor |
balancing alliances between the Ottoman Empire and Hungary
ⓘ
restoration and preservation of Serbian autonomy under Ottoman suzerainty ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Serbian ⓘ |
| mother | Mara Branković NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Branković dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
construction of Smederevo as new Serbian capital
ⓘ
loss and partial recovery of Serbian territories under Ottoman pressure ⓘ |
| notableWork | Founding of Smederevo Fortress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| otherTitle | Despot of Rascia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Ottoman–Hungarian conflicts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
late medieval Balkan politics ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Serbian Despotate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Smederevo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Despot of Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Stefan Lazarević NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Balkans ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1456 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1427 ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
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| residence | Smederevo Fortress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledOver | Serbian Despotate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Irene Kantakouzene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Serbian medieval chronicles ⓘ |
| successor | Lazar Branković NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Despot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lord of Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vassalOf | Ottoman Empire 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: Đurađ Branković Description of subject: Đurađ Branković was a 15th-century Serbian nobleman who served as Despot of Serbia, navigating complex alliances between the Ottoman Empire and European powers during the late medieval Balkans.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.