Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a late 14th-century German noblewoman and duchess from the House of Mecklenburg, best known as the mother of Eric of Pomerania, king of the Kalmar Union (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10300896 — 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: Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Context triple: [Eric of Pomerania, mother, Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]
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Marie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
Marie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow was a German duchess of the House of Mecklenburg who lived in the 17th century and was the mother of Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, later Queen of Prussia.
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Sophia of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
Sophia of Mecklenburg-Güstrow was a 16th-century German duchess who became Queen consort of Denmark and Norway as the wife of King Frederick II and the mother of King Christian IV and Anne of Denmark.
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C.
Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen
Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen was a German princess from the House of Ascania who became Electress of Saxony through her marriage to John the Steadfast.
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D.
Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow was a German duchess who became Queen consort of Denmark and Norway as the wife of King Frederick IV.
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Sophia of Prussia
Sophia of Prussia was a German-born princess of the House of Hohenzollern who became Queen consort of Greece through her marriage to King Constantine I.
- 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: Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Target entity description: Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a late 14th-century German noblewoman and duchess from the House of Mecklenburg, best known as the mother of Eric of Pomerania, king of the Kalmar Union (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden).
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A.
Marie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
Marie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow was a German duchess of the House of Mecklenburg who lived in the 17th century and was the mother of Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, later Queen of Prussia.
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B.
Sophia of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
Sophia of Mecklenburg-Güstrow was a 16th-century German duchess who became Queen consort of Denmark and Norway as the wife of King Frederick II and the mother of King Christian IV and Anne of Denmark.
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C.
Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen
Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen was a German princess from the House of Ascania who became Electress of Saxony through her marriage to John the Steadfast.
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D.
Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow was a German duchess who became Queen consort of Denmark and Norway as the wife of King Frederick IV.
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E.
Sophia of Prussia
Sophia of Prussia was a German-born princess of the House of Hohenzollern who became Queen consort of Greece through her marriage to King Constantine I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German noble
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duchess ⓘ medieval person ⓘ member of nobility ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kalmar Union
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Middle Low German NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Mecklenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motherOf | Eric of Pomerania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Mecklenburg-Schwerin branch of the House of Mecklenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the mother of Eric of Pomerania, king of the Kalmar Union
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dynastic connections between Mecklenburg and Pomerania ⓘ |
| position | duchess consort in the Duchy of Pomerania ⓘ |
| region |
Baltic Sea region
NERFINISHED
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Northern Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Eric of Pomerania
NERFINISHED
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Wartislaw VII of Pomerania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Mecklenburg
NERFINISHED
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Pomerania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| spouse | Wartislaw VII of Pomerania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 15th century
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late 14th century ⓘ |
| title |
Duchess consort of Pomerania
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Duchess of Pomerania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Description of subject: Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a late 14th-century German noblewoman and duchess from the House of Mecklenburg, best known as the mother of Eric of Pomerania, king of the Kalmar Union (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden).
Referenced by (1)
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