Václav IV.
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Václav IV. was a late 14th- and early 15th-century King of Bohemia and King of the Romans from the Luxembourg dynasty, whose troubled reign was marked by internal conflicts and the lead-up to the Hussite movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Václav IV. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3425006 — 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: Václav IV. Context triple: [Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, alsoKnownAs, Václav IV.]
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A.
Albert II of Bohemia
Albert II of Bohemia was a 15th-century Habsburg ruler who briefly reigned as King of the Romans, Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia, playing a key role in Central European politics before his early death.
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B.
Karel IV.
Karel IV. was a 14th-century Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia from the Luxembourg dynasty, renowned for making Prague a major political and cultural center of Europe.
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C.
Wenceslaus I of Bohemia
Wenceslaus I of Bohemia was a 13th-century Přemyslid king known for consolidating royal power in Bohemia and resisting the Mongol incursions into Central Europe.
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D.
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia was a 13th–14th century king of Bohemia and Poland from the Přemyslid dynasty, known for his political consolidation of Central Europe and extensive economic reforms based on silver mining.
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E.
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia was the last male member of the Přemyslid dynasty and briefly king of Hungary, Bohemia, and Poland before his assassination in 1306.
- 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: Václav IV. Target entity description: Václav IV. was a late 14th- and early 15th-century King of Bohemia and King of the Romans from the Luxembourg dynasty, whose troubled reign was marked by internal conflicts and the lead-up to the Hussite movement.
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A.
Albert II of Bohemia
Albert II of Bohemia was a 15th-century Habsburg ruler who briefly reigned as King of the Romans, Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia, playing a key role in Central European politics before his early death.
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B.
Karel IV.
Karel IV. was a 14th-century Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia from the Luxembourg dynasty, renowned for making Prague a major political and cultural center of Europe.
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C.
Wenceslaus I of Bohemia
Wenceslaus I of Bohemia was a 13th-century Přemyslid king known for consolidating royal power in Bohemia and resisting the Mongol incursions into Central Europe.
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D.
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia was a 13th–14th century king of Bohemia and Poland from the Přemyslid dynasty, known for his political consolidation of Central Europe and extensive economic reforms based on silver mining.
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E.
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia was the last male member of the Přemyslid dynasty and briefly king of Hungary, Bohemia, and Poland before his assassination in 1306.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Bohemia
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King of the Romans ⓘ human ⓘ member of the House of Luxembourg ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1361-02-26 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Kingdom of Bohemia
NERFINISHED
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Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Cathedral of St. Vitus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prague Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coronation |
King of Bohemia in 1363
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King of the Romans in 1376 ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1419-08-16 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Kingdom of Bohemia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nový Hrad Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ near Kunratice ⓘ |
| dynasty | House of Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| father | Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Czech
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Latin ⓘ |
| mother | Anna of Schweidnitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name |
Václav IV.
NERFINISHED
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Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
King of Bohemia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King of the Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
deposed as King of the Romans by the prince-electors in 1400
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his reign in Bohemia marked by conflicts with the nobility ⓘ his reign preceded and contributed to the rise of the Hussite movement ⓘ involvement in disputes related to church reform and the Western Schism ⓘ period of political instability in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ struggles with the clergy and university masters in Prague ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Bohemia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King of the Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd |
as King of Bohemia: 1419
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as King of the Romans: 1400 ⓘ |
| reignStart |
as King of Bohemia: 1378
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as King of the Romans: 1376 ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| sibling |
Anne of Bohemia
NERFINISHED
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John of Görlitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Joanna of Bavaria
NERFINISHED
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Sophia of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor |
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
NERFINISHED
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Wenceslaus, King of Bohemia (Hussite period) – disputed context NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Václav IV. Description of subject: Václav IV. was a late 14th- and early 15th-century King of Bohemia and King of the Romans from the Luxembourg dynasty, whose troubled reign was marked by internal conflicts and the lead-up to the Hussite movement.
Referenced by (1)
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