Eric XIII of Sweden
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Eric XIII of Sweden was a late medieval monarch who ruled the Kalmar Union as king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden in the early 15th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eric XIII of Sweden canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10300887 — 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: Eric XIII of Sweden Context triple: [Eric of Pomerania, alsoKnownAs, Eric XIII of Sweden]
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Charles IX of Sweden
Charles IX of Sweden was a late 16th- and early 17th-century Swedish king from the Vasa dynasty, known for consolidating royal power, promoting Protestantism, and playing a central role in the dynastic and political conflicts of the Time of Troubles in Eastern Europe.
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B.
Charles VIII of Sweden
Charles VIII of Sweden was a 15th-century monarch who ruled Sweden and, at times, Norway during the turbulent Kalmar Union era, playing a key role in the Scandinavian power struggles of his day.
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Karl XIII of Sweden
Karl XIII of Sweden was a Swedish king who reigned in the early 19th century and is notably associated with the establishment of the Karolinska Institute, one of the world’s leading medical universities.
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D.
John III of Sweden
John III of Sweden was a 16th-century King of Sweden from the House of Vasa, known for his attempts to reconcile Lutheranism and Catholicism and for his role in the complex dynastic politics of Northern Europe.
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E.
Eric XIV of Sweden
Eric XIV of Sweden was a 16th-century King of Sweden known for his ambitious foreign policy, cultural patronage, and eventual downfall due to mental instability and political conflict.
- 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: Eric XIII of Sweden Target entity description: Eric XIII of Sweden was a late medieval monarch who ruled the Kalmar Union as king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden in the early 15th century.
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A.
Charles IX of Sweden
Charles IX of Sweden was a late 16th- and early 17th-century Swedish king from the Vasa dynasty, known for consolidating royal power, promoting Protestantism, and playing a central role in the dynastic and political conflicts of the Time of Troubles in Eastern Europe.
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B.
Charles VIII of Sweden
Charles VIII of Sweden was a 15th-century monarch who ruled Sweden and, at times, Norway during the turbulent Kalmar Union era, playing a key role in the Scandinavian power struggles of his day.
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C.
Karl XIII of Sweden
Karl XIII of Sweden was a Swedish king who reigned in the early 19th century and is notably associated with the establishment of the Karolinska Institute, one of the world’s leading medical universities.
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D.
John III of Sweden
John III of Sweden was a 16th-century King of Sweden from the House of Vasa, known for his attempts to reconcile Lutheranism and Catholicism and for his role in the complex dynastic politics of Northern Europe.
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E.
Eric XIV of Sweden
Eric XIV of Sweden was a 16th-century King of Sweden known for his ambitious foreign policy, cultural patronage, and eventual downfall due to mental instability and political conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Denmark
ⓘ
King of Norway ⓘ human ⓘ king ⓘ ruler of the Kalmar Union ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Duchy of Pomerania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rügen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Denmark
ⓘ
Pomerania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Wartislaw VII, Duke of Pomerania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Eric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchOf |
Denmark
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Duke
ⓘ
King ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being deposed by the Danish and Swedish councils of the realm
ⓘ
being the first hereditary king of the Kalmar Union ⓘ conflicts with the Hanseatic League ⓘ |
| notableWork | rule of the Kalmar Union ⓘ |
| occupation |
monarch
ⓘ
ruler ⓘ |
| partOf | Kalmar Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Duke of Pomerania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ King of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ King of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorAsKingOfDenmark | Margaret I of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorAsKingOfNorway | Margaret I of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorAsKingOfSweden | Margaret I of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regnalName |
Eric III of Norway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eric VII of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric XIII of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric of Pomerania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEndAsKingOfDenmark | 1439 ⓘ |
| reignEndAsKingOfNorway | 1442 ⓘ |
| reignEndAsKingOfSweden | 1439 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1396 ⓘ |
| reignStartAsKingOfDenmark | 1396 ⓘ |
| reignStartAsKingOfNorway | 1389 ⓘ |
| reignStartAsKingOfSweden | 1396 ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| royalHouse |
House of Griffins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Pomerania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Philippa of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsKingOfDenmark | Christopher of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsKingOfNorway | Christopher of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsKingOfSweden | Charles VIII of Sweden 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: Eric XIII of Sweden Description of subject: Eric XIII of Sweden was a late medieval monarch who ruled the Kalmar Union as king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden in the early 15th century.
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