Matilda of Béthune
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Matilda of Béthune was a 13th-century noblewoman of the Béthune family who became part of the Scottish royal circle through her marriage and motherhood to Prince Alexander of Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matilda of Béthune canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12052130 — 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 Béthune Context triple: [Alexander, Prince of Scotland, spouseMother, Matilda of Béthune]
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A.
Beatrice of Avesnes
Beatrice of Avesnes was a 13th-century noblewoman of the House of Avesnes who became queen consort of Germany through her marriage to King Henry (VII) of the Holy Roman Empire.
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B.
Matilda of Leuven
Matilda of Leuven was a 12th-century noblewoman from the House of Leuven who became Countess of Boulogne through marriage and played a role in the politics of northern France and Flanders.
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C.
Matilda of Brabant
Matilda of Brabant was a 13th-century noblewoman from the ducal house of Brabant who became Countess of Holland and Zeeland and the mother of King William II of Holland, a Roman-German king.
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D.
Bonne of Artois
Bonne of Artois was a French noblewoman of the House of Artois who became Duchess of Burgundy through her marriage to Philip the Good.
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E.
Matilda of Brittany
Matilda of Brittany was a 12th–13th century noblewoman, the daughter of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, and a granddaughter of King Henry II of England, placing her within the Angevin royal dynasty.
- 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 Béthune Target entity description: Matilda of Béthune was a 13th-century noblewoman of the Béthune family who became part of the Scottish royal circle through her marriage and motherhood to Prince Alexander of Scotland.
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A.
Beatrice of Avesnes
Beatrice of Avesnes was a 13th-century noblewoman of the House of Avesnes who became queen consort of Germany through her marriage to King Henry (VII) of the Holy Roman Empire.
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B.
Matilda of Leuven
Matilda of Leuven was a 12th-century noblewoman from the House of Leuven who became Countess of Boulogne through marriage and played a role in the politics of northern France and Flanders.
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C.
Matilda of Brabant
Matilda of Brabant was a 13th-century noblewoman from the ducal house of Brabant who became Countess of Holland and Zeeland and the mother of King William II of Holland, a Roman-German king.
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D.
Bonne of Artois
Bonne of Artois was a French noblewoman of the House of Artois who became Duchess of Burgundy through her marriage to Philip the Good.
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E.
Matilda of Brittany
Matilda of Brittany was a 12th–13th century noblewoman, the daughter of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, and a granddaughter of King Henry II of England, placing her within the Angevin royal dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
13th-century noblewoman
ⓘ
medieval noble ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kingdom of Scotland
ⓘ
Scottish royal court ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 13th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | County of Flanders ⓘ |
| familyName | Béthune ⓘ |
| givenName | Matilda ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Latin
ⓘ
Old French ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| marriedInto | Scottish royal family ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Béthune ⓘ |
| motherOf | Alexander III of Scotland ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Béthune family
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Béthune
|
| nobleTitle | Queen of Scots ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Alexander II of Scotland
ⓘ
Alexander III of Scotland ⓘ |
| parent | Matilda of Béthune ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Scotland ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Queen consort of Scotland ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Scotland ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Flanders ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| royalHouse | House of Dunkeld ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| spouse |
Alexander II of Scotland
ⓘ
Matilda of Béthune ⓘ |
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 Béthune Description of subject: Matilda of Béthune was a 13th-century noblewoman of the Béthune family who became part of the Scottish royal circle through her marriage and motherhood to Prince Alexander of Scotland.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.