Cordelia in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae
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Cordelia in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s *Historia Regum Britanniae* is a legendary British princess and later queen, celebrated for her steadfast loyalty to her father King Leir and often regarded as an early source for Shakespeare’s Cordelia in *King Lear*.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cordelia in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14484667 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cordelia in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae Context triple: [Cordelia, inspiredBy, Cordelia in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae]
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A.
The Development of Arthurian Romance
*The Development of Arthurian Romance* is a scholarly work by Roger Sherman Loomis that traces how Arthurian legends evolved into the complex body of medieval romantic literature.
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B.
Historia Regum Britanniae
Historia Regum Britanniae is a 12th-century pseudo-historical chronicle by Geoffrey of Monmouth that popularized many legendary accounts of early British kings, including the stories of King Arthur.
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C.
Geoffrey of Monmouth (literary consolidation)
Geoffrey of Monmouth (literary consolidation) refers to the medieval writer’s influential shaping and popularization of the King Arthur legend in his 12th-century historical and narrative works.
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D.
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights is a classic 1903 retelling of Arthurian legends for young readers, richly illustrated and adapted into accessible prose by American author and artist Howard Pyle.
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E.
King Arthur's Britain
King Arthur's Britain is the legendary medieval realm of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, often depicted as a chivalric and mythical version of early Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cordelia in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae Target entity description: Cordelia in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s *Historia Regum Britanniae* is a legendary British princess and later queen, celebrated for her steadfast loyalty to her father King Leir and often regarded as an early source for Shakespeare’s Cordelia in *King Lear*.
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A.
The Development of Arthurian Romance
*The Development of Arthurian Romance* is a scholarly work by Roger Sherman Loomis that traces how Arthurian legends evolved into the complex body of medieval romantic literature.
-
B.
Historia Regum Britanniae
Historia Regum Britanniae is a 12th-century pseudo-historical chronicle by Geoffrey of Monmouth that popularized many legendary accounts of early British kings, including the stories of King Arthur.
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C.
Geoffrey of Monmouth (literary consolidation)
Geoffrey of Monmouth (literary consolidation) refers to the medieval writer’s influential shaping and popularization of the King Arthur legend in his 12th-century historical and narrative works.
-
D.
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights is a classic 1903 retelling of Arthurian legends for young readers, richly illustrated and adapted into accessible prose by American author and artist Howard Pyle.
-
E.
King Arthur's Britain
King Arthur's Britain is the legendary medieval realm of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, often depicted as a chivalric and mythical version of early Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
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