King of the Canary Islands
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The King of the Canary Islands was a feudal-style title granted in the early 15th century to the Norman noble Jean de Béthencourt after his conquest and Christianization of the archipelago under the auspices of the Crown of Castile.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| King of the Canary Islands canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22152512 — 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: King of the Canary Islands Context triple: [Jean de Béthencourt, obtainedTitle, King of the Canary Islands]
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A.
Queen of the Canary Islands
Queen of the Canary Islands is an honorific Marian title referring to the Virgin of Candelaria, venerated as the patroness and symbolic sovereign of the Canary Islands.
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B.
King of Majorca
The King of Majorca was the monarch who ruled the medieval Kingdom of Majorca, a realm centered on the Balearic Islands and parts of mainland territories in what is now Spain and France.
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C.
Adelantado of the Canary Islands
The Adelantado of the Canary Islands was a royal colonial governorship and military command in the Spanish Crown’s service, responsible for the conquest, administration, and defense of the Canary Islands.
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D.
Marqués de Tenerife
Marqués de Tenerife is a Spanish noble title historically associated with the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
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E.
Viceroy of Navarre
The Viceroy of Navarre was the Spanish Crown’s chief royal representative governing the Kingdom of Navarre on its behalf.
- 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: King of the Canary Islands Target entity description: The King of the Canary Islands was a feudal-style title granted in the early 15th century to the Norman noble Jean de Béthencourt after his conquest and Christianization of the archipelago under the auspices of the Crown of Castile.
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A.
Queen of the Canary Islands
Queen of the Canary Islands is an honorific Marian title referring to the Virgin of Candelaria, venerated as the patroness and symbolic sovereign of the Canary Islands.
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B.
King of Majorca
The King of Majorca was the monarch who ruled the medieval Kingdom of Majorca, a realm centered on the Balearic Islands and parts of mainland territories in what is now Spain and France.
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C.
Adelantado of the Canary Islands
The Adelantado of the Canary Islands was a royal colonial governorship and military command in the Spanish Crown’s service, responsible for the conquest, administration, and defense of the Canary Islands.
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D.
Marqués de Tenerife
Marqués de Tenerife is a Spanish noble title historically associated with the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
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E.
Viceroy of Navarre
The Viceroy of Navarre was the Spanish Crown’s chief royal representative governing the Kingdom of Navarre on its behalf.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.