Duke of Greater Poland
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The Duke of Greater Poland was a medieval Polish ruler who governed the historic region of Greater Poland, a core area around Poznań that played a central role in the early Polish state.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duke of Greater Poland canonical | 6 |
| Duke of Poznań | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3439477 — 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: Duke of Greater Poland Context triple: [Henry II the Pious, title, Duke of Greater Poland]
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A.
Duke of Silesia
The Duke of Silesia was a medieval noble title held by rulers of the historical Silesian region in Central Europe, often associated with the Piast dynasty and the fragmented Polish realm.
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B.
High Duke of Poland
The High Duke of Poland was the senior ruler in the fragmented Polish realm during the Piast dynasty, holding nominal supremacy over other regional dukes and often governing from Kraków.
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C.
Prince of Poland
Prince of Poland was a royal title historically borne by male members of the Polish ruling dynasty, signifying their status as heirs or high-ranking nobles within the Kingdom of Poland.
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D.
Jan Piotr Sapieha
Jan Piotr Sapieha was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman and military commander from the influential Sapieha family, active during the early 17th-century conflicts involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Muscovy.
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E.
Opole Piasts
The Opole Piasts were a regional branch of Poland’s Piast dynasty that ruled the Duchy of Opole and surrounding Silesian territories during the Middle Ages.
- 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: Duke of Greater Poland Target entity description: The Duke of Greater Poland was a medieval Polish ruler who governed the historic region of Greater Poland, a core area around Poznań that played a central role in the early Polish state.
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A.
Duke of Silesia
The Duke of Silesia was a medieval noble title held by rulers of the historical Silesian region in Central Europe, often associated with the Piast dynasty and the fragmented Polish realm.
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B.
High Duke of Poland
The High Duke of Poland was the senior ruler in the fragmented Polish realm during the Piast dynasty, holding nominal supremacy over other regional dukes and often governing from Kraków.
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C.
Prince of Poland
Prince of Poland was a royal title historically borne by male members of the Polish ruling dynasty, signifying their status as heirs or high-ranking nobles within the Kingdom of Poland.
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D.
Jan Piotr Sapieha
Jan Piotr Sapieha was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman and military commander from the influential Sapieha family, active during the early 17th-century conflicts involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Muscovy.
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E.
Opole Piasts
The Opole Piasts were a regional branch of Poland’s Piast dynasty that ruled the Duchy of Opole and surrounding Silesian territories during the Middle Ages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ducal title
ⓘ
medieval noble title ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Greater Poland ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Christianization of Poland
ⓘ
Piast dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
Piast monarchy
|
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| dissolved | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| followedBy | King of Poland (for some holders) ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Poznań NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoreTerritory |
Gniezno region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kalisz region NERFINISHED ⓘ Poznań region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalCenter |
Gniezno Cathedral
ⓘ
Poznań Cathedral ⓘ |
| hasEconomicBase | agricultural lands of Greater Poland ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Poles ⓘ |
| hasFeudalStatus | vassal of the Polish crown (in some periods) ⓘ |
| hasFirstKnownHolder | Mieszko I of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentForm | hereditary duchy ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRegion | Greater Poland ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Polish ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryFunction | defense of western Polish frontiers ⓘ |
| hasNotableHolder |
Bolesław I the Brave
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mieszko I of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Mieszko III the Old NERFINISHED ⓘ Przemysł I of Greater Poland ⓘ Przemysł II ⓘ
surface form:
Przemysł II of Poland
Władysław Odonic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| hasRole |
regional princeps during Polish fragmentation
ⓘ
ruler of Greater Poland ⓘ |
| hasSeatOfPower |
Gniezno (periodically)
ⓘ
Poznań stronghold ⓘ |
| hasStrategicImportance | core area of the early Polish state ⓘ |
| hasTitleHolderType | male hereditary ruler ⓘ |
| inception | 10th century ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Greater Poland ⓘ |
| partOf |
Polish principalities
ⓘ
surface form:
Piast-ruled Poland
early Polish state ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
voivode of Kalisz
ⓘ
voivode of Poznań ⓘ |
| significantEvent | fragmentation of Poland (12th–13th centuries) ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedByDynasty | Piast dynasty ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Duke of Greater Poland Description of subject: The Duke of Greater Poland was a medieval Polish ruler who governed the historic region of Greater Poland, a core area around Poznań that played a central role in the early Polish state.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Duke of Poznań