Tancred (son of Roger II)
E132759
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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tancred | 1 |
| Tancred (son of Roger II) canonical | 1 |
| Tancred, Prince of Bari | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T849379 — 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 (son of Roger II) Context triple: [Roger II of Sicily, child, Tancred (son of Roger II)]
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A.
Bohemond I of Antioch
Bohemond I of Antioch was an Italo-Norman crusader prince and military leader who played a key role in the First Crusade and became the first Prince of Antioch.
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B.
Bohemond II of Antioch
Bohemond II of Antioch was a 12th-century Norman crusader prince who ruled the Principality of Antioch and played a key role in the politics and warfare of the Crusader States in the Levant.
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C.
Roger I of Sicily
Roger I of Sicily was an 11th-century Norman noble who conquered and founded the County of Sicily, laying the foundations for Norman rule in southern Italy.
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D.
Bohemond III of Antioch
Bohemond III of Antioch was a 12th-century Norman prince who ruled the Crusader Principality of Antioch during a period of intense conflict and shifting alliances in the Levant.
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E.
Bohemond IV of Antioch
Bohemond IV of Antioch was a 13th-century Norman crusader prince who ruled both the Principality of Antioch and the County of Tripoli amid prolonged dynastic and political conflicts in the Levant.
- 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 (son of Roger II) Target entity description: 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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A.
Bohemond I of Antioch
Bohemond I of Antioch was an Italo-Norman crusader prince and military leader who played a key role in the First Crusade and became the first Prince of Antioch.
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B.
Bohemond II of Antioch
Bohemond II of Antioch was a 12th-century Norman crusader prince who ruled the Principality of Antioch and played a key role in the politics and warfare of the Crusader States in the Levant.
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C.
Roger I of Sicily
Roger I of Sicily was an 11th-century Norman noble who conquered and founded the County of Sicily, laying the foundations for Norman rule in southern Italy.
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D.
Bohemond III of Antioch
Bohemond III of Antioch was a 12th-century Norman prince who ruled the Crusader Principality of Antioch during a period of intense conflict and shifting alliances in the Levant.
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E.
Bohemond IV of Antioch
Bohemond IV of Antioch was a 13th-century Norman crusader prince who ruled both the Principality of Antioch and the County of Tripoli amid prolonged dynastic and political conflicts in the Levant.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian noble
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Norman noble ⓘ illegitimate child ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| allegiance | Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 12th century ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 12th century ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Normans ⓘ |
| father | Roger II of Sicily ⓘ |
| givenName |
Tancred
ⓘ
linked to:
Tancred (son of Roger II)
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| historicalRegion | Apulia ⓘ |
| house | Hauteville dynasty ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Latin
ⓘ
Sicilian ⓘ |
| mother | unknown ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Hauteville family
ⓘ
linked to:
Hauteville dynasty
|
| nobleTitle | Count ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an illegitimate son of King Roger II of Sicily
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holding noble rank in Norman Sicily ⓘ |
| partOf | Norman aristocracy in southern Italy ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Count of Lecce
ⓘ
Lord in the Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ |
| realm | Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ |
| region | Southern Italy ⓘ |
| relative |
Constance of Sicily
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William I of Sicily ⓘ William II of Sicily ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Tancred (son of Roger II) Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tancred (son of Roger II)
linked to: Tancred (son of Roger II)