Hedwig of Saxony
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Hedwig of Saxony was a 10th-century German duchess and influential noblewoman, best known as the daughter of King Henry the Fowler and the wife of Hugh the Great of France.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hedwig of Saxony canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9623074 — 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: Hedwig of Saxony Context triple: [Henry the Fowler, child, Hedwig of Saxony]
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A.
Luitgarde of Saxony
Luitgarde of Saxony was a 10th-century German noblewoman, daughter of Emperor Otto I, who became Duchess of Lorraine through her marriage to Duke Conrad the Red.
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B.
Irmgard of Saxony
Irmgard of Saxony was a 10th-century German noblewoman from the Liudolfing (Ottonian) dynasty, notable as a daughter of Duke Otto the Illustrious and thus a close relative of the future Holy Roman Emperor Otto I.
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C.
Hedwig of Andechs
Hedwig of Andechs was a 13th-century duchess of Silesia renowned for her piety, charitable works, and later veneration as a Catholic saint.
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D.
Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg
Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg was a German princess of the House of Wittelsbach who became Electress Palatine and was noted for her extensive dynastic connections across European royal families.
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E.
Anna of Saxony
Anna of Saxony was a 16th-century German noblewoman and heiress from the House of Wettin, best known as the second wife of William the Silent, Prince of Orange.
- 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: Hedwig of Saxony Target entity description: Hedwig of Saxony was a 10th-century German duchess and influential noblewoman, best known as the daughter of King Henry the Fowler and the wife of Hugh the Great of France.
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A.
Luitgarde of Saxony
Luitgarde of Saxony was a 10th-century German noblewoman, daughter of Emperor Otto I, who became Duchess of Lorraine through her marriage to Duke Conrad the Red.
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B.
Irmgard of Saxony
Irmgard of Saxony was a 10th-century German noblewoman from the Liudolfing (Ottonian) dynasty, notable as a daughter of Duke Otto the Illustrious and thus a close relative of the future Holy Roman Emperor Otto I.
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C.
Hedwig of Andechs
Hedwig of Andechs was a 13th-century duchess of Silesia renowned for her piety, charitable works, and later veneration as a Catholic saint.
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D.
Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg
Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg was a German princess of the House of Wittelsbach who became Electress Palatine and was noted for her extensive dynastic connections across European royal families.
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E.
Anna of Saxony
Anna of Saxony was a 16th-century German noblewoman and heiress from the House of Wettin, best known as the second wife of William the Silent, Prince of Orange.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
10th-century German noble
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duchess ⓘ medieval person ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kingdom of East Francia
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of West Francia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Beatrice of Paris
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Emma of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry, Duke of Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh Capet NERFINISHED ⓘ Otto, Duke of Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | East Francia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture |
Frankish
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 910 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | after 958 ⓘ |
| era |
10th century
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High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Saxon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Henry the Fowler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Hedwig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Liudolf, Duke of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | Liudolfings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Matilda of Ringelheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Old High German ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Ottonian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dynastic alliance between Ottonian and Robertian houses
ⓘ
mother of Hugh Capet, founder of the Capetian dynasty ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Hugh Capet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Robertian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Duchess consort of the Franks
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Duchess of the Franks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
Latin Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Frankish court in France
NERFINISHED
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Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling |
Gerberga of Saxony
NERFINISHED
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Henry I, Duke of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Hugh the Great
NERFINISHED
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Hugh the Great, Duke of the Franks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Duchess of the Franks
NERFINISHED
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German duchess ⓘ |
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: Hedwig of Saxony Description of subject: Hedwig of Saxony was a 10th-century German duchess and influential noblewoman, best known as the daughter of King Henry the Fowler and the wife of Hugh the Great of France.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.