Tancred the Younger
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Tancred the Younger was a Norman nobleman of the Hauteville family, known primarily as the son and namesake of Tancred of Hauteville, progenitor of the Norman adventurers in southern Italy and Sicily.
All labels observed (1)
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| Tancred the Younger canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16552867 — 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: Tancred the Younger Context triple: [Tancred of Hauteville, hasSon, Tancred the Younger]
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A.
Tancred
Tancred was a prominent Norman noble and military leader who played a key role in the First Crusade and later ruled territories in the Crusader states.
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B.
Tancred
Tancred is a political and social novel by Benjamin Disraeli that continues his exploration of class, religion, and national identity in Victorian Britain.
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C.
Tancred of Lecce
Tancred of Lecce was a 12th-century Norman nobleman who became King of Sicily amid dynastic conflict, ruling briefly from 1189 to 1194.
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D.
Tancred (son of Roger II)
Tancred (son of Roger II) was an illegitimate son of King Roger II of Sicily who became a notable nobleman within the Norman Sicilian realm.
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E.
Thomas of Damascus
Thomas of Damascus was a Byzantine military commander who led the defense of Damascus against the early Muslim Arab forces during the 634 siege.
- 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: Tancred the Younger Target entity description: Tancred the Younger was a Norman nobleman of the Hauteville family, known primarily as the son and namesake of Tancred of Hauteville, progenitor of the Norman adventurers in southern Italy and Sicily.
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A.
Tancred
Tancred was a prominent Norman noble and military leader who played a key role in the First Crusade and later ruled territories in the Crusader states.
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B.
Tancred
Tancred is a political and social novel by Benjamin Disraeli that continues his exploration of class, religion, and national identity in Victorian Britain.
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C.
Tancred of Lecce
Tancred of Lecce was a 12th-century Norman nobleman who became King of Sicily amid dynastic conflict, ruling briefly from 1189 to 1194.
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D.
Tancred (son of Roger II)
Tancred (son of Roger II) was an illegitimate son of King Roger II of Sicily who became a notable nobleman within the Norman Sicilian realm.
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E.
Thomas of Damascus
Thomas of Damascus was a Byzantine military commander who led the defense of Damascus against the early Muslim Arab forces during the 634 siege.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.