Ælfgar (son of Godwin)
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Ælfgar was a lesser-known son of the powerful Anglo-Saxon earl Godwin of Wessex and thus a brother of Harold Godwinson, the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ælfgar (son of Godwin) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19758986 — 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: Ælfgar (son of Godwin) Context triple: [Wulfnoth Godwinson, sibling, Ælfgar (son of Godwin)]
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A.
Leofwine Godwinson
Leofwine Godwinson was an 11th-century English nobleman and earl who, alongside his brother King Harold II, died fighting the Norman invasion at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
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B.
Gyrth Godwinson
Gyrth Godwinson was an 11th-century English nobleman and earl, best known as the younger brother and close supporter of King Harold Godwinson who died alongside him resisting the Norman Conquest.
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C.
Wulfnoth Godwinson
Wulfnoth Godwinson was an English nobleman of the powerful Godwin family and younger brother of Queen Edith of Wessex and Earl Harold Godwinson, later King Harold II.
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D.
Leofric
Leofric is a given name notably borne by Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, a prominent British military commander and statesman of the 20th century.
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E.
Leofric
Leofric was an 11th-century English bishop who became the first Bishop of Exeter after transferring the see from Crediton and was a notable patron of learning and church reform.
- 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: Ælfgar (son of Godwin) Target entity description: Ælfgar was a lesser-known son of the powerful Anglo-Saxon earl Godwin of Wessex and thus a brother of Harold Godwinson, the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England.
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A.
Leofwine Godwinson
Leofwine Godwinson was an 11th-century English nobleman and earl who, alongside his brother King Harold II, died fighting the Norman invasion at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
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B.
Gyrth Godwinson
Gyrth Godwinson was an 11th-century English nobleman and earl, best known as the younger brother and close supporter of King Harold Godwinson who died alongside him resisting the Norman Conquest.
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C.
Wulfnoth Godwinson
Wulfnoth Godwinson was an English nobleman of the powerful Godwin family and younger brother of Queen Edith of Wessex and Earl Harold Godwinson, later King Harold II.
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D.
Leofric
Leofric is a given name notably borne by Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, a prominent British military commander and statesman of the 20th century.
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E.
Leofric
Leofric was an 11th-century English bishop who became the first Bishop of Exeter after transferring the see from Crediton and was a notable patron of learning and church reform.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.