José, Prince of Brazil
E411760
José, Prince of Brazil was the eldest son and heir apparent of Queen Maria I of Portugal who died young, preventing him from ascending the throne.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| José, Prince of Brazil canonical | 4 |
| Infante José, Prince of Brazil | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3934486 — 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: José, Prince of Brazil Context triple: [Maria I of Portugal, child, José, Prince of Brazil]
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A.
John, Prince of Brazil
John, Prince of Brazil was the heir apparent to the Portuguese throne who later became King John VI of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves.
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B.
Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza
Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza is a Brazilian prince and member of the former imperial family of Brazil, descended from both the House of Orléans and the House of Braganza.
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C.
Prince Imperial of Brazil
The Prince Imperial of Brazil is the traditional title given to the heir apparent of the former Brazilian Empire, historically linked to the imperial House of Orléans-Braganza.
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D.
Prince Luís of Orléans-Braganza
Prince Luís of Orléans-Braganza was a Brazilian imperial prince and prominent monarchist claimant to the defunct throne of the Empire of Brazil as a member of the House of Orléans-Braganza.
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E.
Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza
Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza was a Brazilian prince and head of the imperial house who was regarded by monarchists as a claimant to the defunct throne of Brazil in the 20th century.
- 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: José, Prince of Brazil Target entity description: José, Prince of Brazil was the eldest son and heir apparent of Queen Maria I of Portugal who died young, preventing him from ascending the throne.
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A.
John, Prince of Brazil
John, Prince of Brazil was the heir apparent to the Portuguese throne who later became King John VI of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves.
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B.
Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza
Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza is a Brazilian prince and member of the former imperial family of Brazil, descended from both the House of Orléans and the House of Braganza.
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C.
Prince Imperial of Brazil
The Prince Imperial of Brazil is the traditional title given to the heir apparent of the former Brazilian Empire, historically linked to the imperial House of Orléans-Braganza.
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D.
Prince Luís of Orléans-Braganza
Prince Luís of Orléans-Braganza was a Brazilian imperial prince and prominent monarchist claimant to the defunct throne of the Empire of Brazil as a member of the House of Orléans-Braganza.
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E.
Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza
Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza was a Brazilian prince and head of the imperial house who was regarded by monarchists as a claimant to the defunct throne of Brazil in the 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese royalty
ⓘ
heir apparent ⓘ prince ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Portuguese Empire ⓘ |
| birthOrder |
eldest son of Maria I of Portugal
ⓘ
eldest son of Peter III of Portugal ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Pantheon of the Braganzas ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | smallpox ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1761-08-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1788-09-11 ⓘ |
| deathBeforeAccession | true ⓘ |
| dynasticConnection | Brazilian branch of the House of Braganza ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| father | Peter III of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | José Francisco Xavier de Paula Domingos António Agostinho Anastácio de Bragança NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | José ⓘ |
| heirApparentOf | Maria I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heirApparentTo | throne of Portugal ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Portuguese ⓘ |
| monarchFather | Peter III of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchMother | Maria I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Maria I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Duke of Braganza
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prince of Beira ⓘ Prince of Brazil ⓘ |
| notableFor | being heir apparent to Maria I of Portugal who died before ascending the throne ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of Portugal
ⓘ
Lisbon ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Ajuda (Lisbon)
ⓘ
surface form:
Ajuda, Lisbon
Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Duke of Braganza
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prince of Beira ⓘ Prince of Brazil ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| royalHouse | House of Braganza ⓘ |
| sibling |
Benedita, Princess of Brazil
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John VI of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Mariana Victoria of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Benedita, Princess of Brazil
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Infanta Benedita of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | His Royal Highness ⓘ |
| successorAsHeirApparent | John VI of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Prince of Brazil
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surface form:
His Royal Highness The Prince of Brazil
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: José, Prince of Brazil Description of subject: José, Prince of Brazil was the eldest son and heir apparent of Queen Maria I of Portugal who died young, preventing him from ascending the throne.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Maria I of Portugal