House of Ptolemy

E784765

Hellenistic dynasty royal dynasty

The House of Ptolemy was the Hellenistic royal dynasty of Macedonian Greek origin that ruled Egypt from the late 4th century BC until the Roman conquest, most famously including Cleopatra VII.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Ptolemaic dynasty	19
House of Ptolemy canonical	3
Ptolemaic kings	2
Ptolemaic rulers	2
Ptolemaic royal family	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9181665 — 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 Ptolemy
Context triple: [Ptolemy XIV, house, House of Ptolemy]

A. Perseid dynasty
The Perseid dynasty is a mythological royal lineage in Greek mythology traditionally traced back to the hero Perseus and associated with several legendary kings and heroes.
B. Antipatrid dynasty
The Antipatrid dynasty was a short-lived Macedonian royal house that ruled after Alexander the Great’s heirs, emerging from the power base of the regent Antipater and his descendants.
C. Isaurian dynasty
The Isaurian dynasty was a Byzantine imperial family of the 8th–9th centuries known for its military emperors and for initiating the period of Iconoclasm in the Eastern Roman Empire.
D. Heraclid dynasty
The Heraclid dynasty was an ancient ruling family of Lydia in western Anatolia, traditionally claimed to be descended from the Greek hero Heracles.
E. Doukid dynasty
The Doukid dynasty was a Byzantine imperial family that ruled the Eastern Roman Empire in the 11th century, overseeing a period of internal strife and military decline.
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 Ptolemy
Target entity description: The House of Ptolemy was the Hellenistic royal dynasty of Macedonian Greek origin that ruled Egypt from the late 4th century BC until the Roman conquest, most famously including Cleopatra VII.

A. Perseid dynasty
The Perseid dynasty is a mythological royal lineage in Greek mythology traditionally traced back to the hero Perseus and associated with several legendary kings and heroes.
B. Antipatrid dynasty
The Antipatrid dynasty was a short-lived Macedonian royal house that ruled after Alexander the Great’s heirs, emerging from the power base of the regent Antipater and his descendants.
C. Isaurian dynasty
The Isaurian dynasty was a Byzantine imperial family of the 8th–9th centuries known for its military emperors and for initiating the period of Iconoclasm in the Eastern Roman Empire.
D. Heraclid dynasty
The Heraclid dynasty was an ancient ruling family of Lydia in western Anatolia, traditionally claimed to be descended from the Greek hero Heracles.
E. Doukid dynasty
The Doukid dynasty was a Byzantine imperial family that ruled the Eastern Roman Empire in the 11th century, overseeing a period of internal strife and military decline.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic dynasty ⓘ royal dynasty ⓘ
associatedWith	Library of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Mouseion of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
coRulerWith	Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Antony NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryRuled	Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynastyOf	Ptolemaic Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
endEvent	Roman annexation of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	30 BC ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Macedonian Greek ⓘ
fellTo	Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	Ptolemy I Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm	absolute monarchy ⓘ
knownFor	fusion of Greek and Egyptian culture ⓘ marriage between siblings ⓘ patronage of the Library of Alexandria ⓘ rule of Cleopatra VII ⓘ
languageUsed	Egyptian ⓘ Greek ⓘ
lastRuler	Cleopatra VII Philopator NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Ptolemy I Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMember	Arsinoe II NERFINISHED ⓘ Berenice II NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleopatra II NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleopatra III NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleopatra Selene II NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleopatra VII Philopator NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy I Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy II Philadelphus NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy III Euergetes NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy IV Philopator NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy V Epiphanes NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy VI Philometor NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy VIII Physcon NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy XII Auletes NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Hellenistic world NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Achaemenid Empire in Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Empire of Alexander the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Ancient Egyptian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
startTime	305 BC ⓘ
successor	Roman Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
territoryIncluded	Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyrenaica NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of the Levant ⓘ
usedTitle	Basileus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pharaoh of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited