Matilda of Brandenburg
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Matilda of Brandenburg was a 13th-century German noblewoman from the House of Ascania who became Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg through her marriage into the Welf dynasty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Matilda of Brandenburg canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11454062 — 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: Matilda of Brandenburg Context triple: [Otto the Child, spouse, Matilda of Brandenburg]
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Matilda of Germany
Matilda of Germany was an 11th-century German princess, daughter of Emperor Henry III and Empress Agnes of Poitou, who became abbess of the influential Essen Abbey.
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B.
Matilda of Holstein
Matilda of Holstein was a 13th-century German noblewoman and Queen consort of Sweden through her marriage to the influential statesman Birger Jarl.
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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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D.
Joanna of Bavaria
Joanna of Bavaria was a 14th-century Bavarian princess who became Queen of Bohemia and Germany as the first wife of King Wenceslaus IV.
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E.
Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen
Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen was a German noblewoman of the House of Katzenelnbogen and the mother of Adolf of Nassau, who became King of the Romans in the late 13th century.
- 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: Matilda of Brandenburg Target entity description: Matilda of Brandenburg was a 13th-century German noblewoman from the House of Ascania who became Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg through her marriage into the Welf dynasty.
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A.
Matilda of Germany
Matilda of Germany was an 11th-century German princess, daughter of Emperor Henry III and Empress Agnes of Poitou, who became abbess of the influential Essen Abbey.
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B.
Matilda of Holstein
Matilda of Holstein was a 13th-century German noblewoman and Queen consort of Sweden through her marriage to the influential statesman Birger Jarl.
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C.
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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D.
Joanna of Bavaria
Joanna of Bavaria was a 14th-century Bavarian princess who became Queen of Bohemia and Germany as the first wife of King Wenceslaus IV.
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E.
Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen
Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen was a German noblewoman of the House of Katzenelnbogen and the mother of Adolf of Nassau, who became King of the Romans in the late 13th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Duchess consort
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medieval noble ⓘ member of German nobility ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ |
| century | 13th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dynasticConnection | Welf dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | of Brandenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Matilda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfEnvironment | Middle High German NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Ascania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamilyByBirth | House of Ascania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamilyByMarriage | House of Welf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | marriage alliance between House of Ascania and Welf dynasty ⓘ |
| partOf | medieval German nobility ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Brandenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position | duchess consort ⓘ |
| realmAssociatedWith |
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
NERFINISHED
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Margraviate of Brandenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| spouse | Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleHeldAsConsort | Duchess consort of Brunswick-Lüneburg 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: Matilda of Brandenburg Description of subject: Matilda of Brandenburg was a 13th-century German noblewoman from the House of Ascania who became Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg through her marriage into the Welf dynasty.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.