Carl of Holstein-Gottorp
E942100
House of Bernadotte predecessor
House of Holstein-Gottorp
King of Norway
King of Sweden
duke
human
member of royalty
monarch
regent
Carl of Holstein-Gottorp, later known as Charles XIII of Sweden, was a Swedish king and regent who ruled Sweden from 1809 and Norway from 1814, playing a key role in the transition to constitutional monarchy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carl of Holstein-Gottorp canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11729766 — 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: Carl of Holstein-Gottorp Context triple: [Carl XIII, birthName, Carl of Holstein-Gottorp]
-
A.
Ludvig Holstein
Ludvig Holstein was a Danish poet and writer associated with the late 19th-century Modern Breakthrough movement in Denmark.
-
B.
George of Oldenburg
George of Oldenburg was a German prince from the House of Oldenburg who became notable through his marriage into the Russian imperial family and his role at the Russian court in the early 19th century.
-
C.
Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, was an 18th-century German prince whose marriage into the Russian imperial family positioned his descendants, including his son Peter III, in the line of succession to the Russian throne.
-
D.
Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp
Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp was a 16th-century German prince of the House of Oldenburg who founded the ducal line of Holstein-Gottorp in the Duchy of Holstein.
-
E.
Alexander of Oldenburg
Alexander of Oldenburg was a 19th-century Russian prince and philanthropist known for his charitable work, military service, and close ties to the Russian imperial family.
- 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: Carl of Holstein-Gottorp Target entity description: Carl of Holstein-Gottorp, later known as Charles XIII of Sweden, was a Swedish king and regent who ruled Sweden from 1809 and Norway from 1814, playing a key role in the transition to constitutional monarchy.
-
A.
Ludvig Holstein
Ludvig Holstein was a Danish poet and writer associated with the late 19th-century Modern Breakthrough movement in Denmark.
-
B.
George of Oldenburg
George of Oldenburg was a German prince from the House of Oldenburg who became notable through his marriage into the Russian imperial family and his role at the Russian court in the early 19th century.
-
C.
Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, was an 18th-century German prince whose marriage into the Russian imperial family positioned his descendants, including his son Peter III, in the line of succession to the Russian throne.
-
D.
Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp
Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp was a 16th-century German prince of the House of Oldenburg who founded the ducal line of Holstein-Gottorp in the Duchy of Holstein.
-
E.
Alexander of Oldenburg
Alexander of Oldenburg was a 19th-century Russian prince and philanthropist known for his charitable work, military service, and close ties to the Russian imperial family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
House of Bernadotte predecessor
ⓘ
House of Holstein-Gottorp ⓘ King of Norway ⓘ King of Sweden ⓘ duke ⓘ human ⓘ member of royalty ⓘ monarch ⓘ regent ⓘ |
| adoptedHeir |
Charles August of Augustenburg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jean Baptiste Bernadotte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Carl XIII
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles XIII of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl XIII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1748-10-07 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Stockholm
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Riddarholmen Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stockholm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sweden ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1818-02-05 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Stockholm
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Adolf Frederick of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heir | Charles August of Augustenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| houseFoundedOrder | Order of Charles XIII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchOf |
Norway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Louisa Ulrika of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Carl of Holstein-Gottorp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Holstein-Gottorp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accepting the 1809 Instrument of Government in Sweden
ⓘ
being the first king of the union between Sweden and Norway in 1814 ⓘ leading Sweden’s transition to constitutional monarchy after the 1809 coup ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Gustavian era politics of Sweden ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Duke of Södermanland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grand Master of the Order of Charles XIII NERFINISHED ⓘ King of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ King of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ regent of Sweden ⓘ |
| predecessor | Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regnalNumber | XIII ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1818 ⓘ |
| reignEndAsKingOfNorway | 1818 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1809 ⓘ |
| reignStartAsKingOfNorway | 1814 ⓘ |
| religion |
Church of Sweden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ |
| royalName | Charles XIII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Gustav III of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Charles XIV John of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Duke of Södermanland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prince of Sweden 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: Carl of Holstein-Gottorp Description of subject: Carl of Holstein-Gottorp, later known as Charles XIII of Sweden, was a Swedish king and regent who ruled Sweden from 1809 and Norway from 1814, playing a key role in the transition to constitutional monarchy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.