Dharmapala of Kotte
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Dharmapala of Kotte was a 16th-century king of the Kingdom of Kotte in Sri Lanka, known for his close alliance with the Portuguese and his controversial conversion to Christianity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dharmapala of Kotte canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16694352 — 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: Dharmapala of Kotte Context triple: [Bhuvanekabahu VII, successor, Dharmapala of Kotte]
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A.
Rajasinha I of Sitawaka
Rajasinha I of Sitawaka was a powerful 16th-century Sri Lankan monarch known for his military campaigns against the Portuguese and attempts to unify the island under his rule.
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B.
Vimaladharmasuriya I
Vimaladharmasuriya I was a prominent late 16th- to early 17th-century king of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka, known for resisting Portuguese expansion and consolidating Kandyan independence.
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C.
Senasammata Vikramabahu
Senasammata Vikramabahu was a late 15th-century Sri Lankan monarch who established and ruled the independent Kingdom of Kandy in the central highlands.
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D.
Vijayabahu VII
Vijayabahu VII was a 16th-century king of Kotte in Sri Lanka, known for his brief and turbulent reign during a period of dynastic conflict and Portuguese encroachment.
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E.
Vijayabahu III
Vijayabahu III was a 13th-century Sri Lankan monarch who reestablished Sinhalese royal authority by founding the Dambadeniya kingdom after the fall of Polonnaruwa.
- 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: Dharmapala of Kotte Target entity description: Dharmapala of Kotte was a 16th-century king of the Kingdom of Kotte in Sri Lanka, known for his close alliance with the Portuguese and his controversial conversion to Christianity.
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A.
Rajasinha I of Sitawaka
Rajasinha I of Sitawaka was a powerful 16th-century Sri Lankan monarch known for his military campaigns against the Portuguese and attempts to unify the island under his rule.
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B.
Vimaladharmasuriya I
Vimaladharmasuriya I was a prominent late 16th- to early 17th-century king of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka, known for resisting Portuguese expansion and consolidating Kandyan independence.
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C.
Senasammata Vikramabahu
Senasammata Vikramabahu was a late 15th-century Sri Lankan monarch who established and ruled the independent Kingdom of Kandy in the central highlands.
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D.
Vijayabahu VII
Vijayabahu VII was a 16th-century king of Kotte in Sri Lanka, known for his brief and turbulent reign during a period of dynastic conflict and Portuguese encroachment.
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E.
Vijayabahu III
Vijayabahu III was a 13th-century Sri Lankan monarch who reestablished Sinhalese royal authority by founding the Dambadeniya kingdom after the fall of Polonnaruwa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.