William of Hauteville
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William of Hauteville was an 11th-century Norman adventurer and military leader who played a key role in the Norman conquest of southern Italy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William of Hauteville canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4390138 — 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: William of Hauteville Context triple: [Duke of Apulia and Calabria, firstHolder, William of Hauteville]
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Geoffrey of Hauteville
Geoffrey of Hauteville was a Norman nobleman of the 11th century, a member of the influential Hauteville family that played a key role in the Norman conquest and rule of southern Italy and Sicily.
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Humphrey of Hauteville
Humphrey of Hauteville was an 11th-century Norman nobleman who led the expansion of Norman power in southern Italy as a key member of the influential Hauteville family.
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Tancred of Hauteville
Tancred of Hauteville was an 11th-century Norman nobleman whose numerous sons founded powerful dynasties in southern Italy and Sicily, making him the patriarch of the influential Hauteville family.
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D.
Robert Guiscard
Robert Guiscard was an 11th-century Norman adventurer and military leader who played a key role in the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, founding Norman rule in the region.
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Jordan of Hauteville
Jordan of Hauteville was the illegitimate eldest son and designated heir of Roger I of Sicily, known for his military role in the Norman conquest of southern Italy before his early death.
- 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: William of Hauteville Target entity description: William of Hauteville was an 11th-century Norman adventurer and military leader who played a key role in the Norman conquest of southern Italy.
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A.
Geoffrey of Hauteville
Geoffrey of Hauteville was a Norman nobleman of the 11th century, a member of the influential Hauteville family that played a key role in the Norman conquest and rule of southern Italy and Sicily.
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B.
Humphrey of Hauteville
Humphrey of Hauteville was an 11th-century Norman nobleman who led the expansion of Norman power in southern Italy as a key member of the influential Hauteville family.
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C.
Tancred of Hauteville
Tancred of Hauteville was an 11th-century Norman nobleman whose numerous sons founded powerful dynasties in southern Italy and Sicily, making him the patriarch of the influential Hauteville family.
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D.
Robert Guiscard
Robert Guiscard was an 11th-century Norman adventurer and military leader who played a key role in the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, founding Norman rule in the region.
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E.
Jordan of Hauteville
Jordan of Hauteville was the illegitimate eldest son and designated heir of Roger I of Sicily, known for his military role in the Norman conquest of southern Italy before his early death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norman knight
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adventurer ⓘ condottiero ⓘ historical figure ⓘ military leader ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Apulia
NERFINISHED
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Calabria NERFINISHED ⓘ Mezzogiorno NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Guaimar IV of Salerno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateBirthDate | early 11th century ⓘ |
| approximateDeathDate | 1046 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Duchy of Normandy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hauteville-la-Guichard NERFINISHED ⓘ Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Duchy of Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Apulia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Norman ⓘ |
| father | Tancred of Hauteville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foughtAgainst |
Byzantine Empire
NERFINISHED
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Lombard princes opposed to Salerno ⓘ |
| foughtIn |
Battle of Montemaggiore
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Montepeloso NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Olivento NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
Guillaume Bras-de-Fer
NERFINISHED
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William Iron Arm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldTitle | Count of Apulia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the first Hauteville count in southern Italy
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founding Norman power in Apulia ⓘ military prowess ⓘ |
| language | Old Norman ⓘ |
| marriedInto | ducal family of Sorrento NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Hauteville family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Muriella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Count of Apulia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
mercenary leader
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military commander ⓘ |
| playedKeyRoleIn |
Norman conquest of southern Italy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norman expansion in Apulia ⓘ |
| precededBy | none as Count of Apulia ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
Latin Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAs | leader of Norman mercenaries in southern Italy ⓘ |
| sibling |
Drogo of Hauteville
NERFINISHED
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Geoffrey of Hauteville NERFINISHED ⓘ Humphrey of Hauteville NERFINISHED ⓘ Mauger of Hauteville NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Guiscard NERFINISHED ⓘ Serlo of Hauteville NERFINISHED ⓘ Tancred of Hauteville the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Guida
NERFINISHED
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daughter of Guy, Duke of Sorrento ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Drogo of Hauteville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 11th century ⓘ |
| vassalOf | Guaimar IV of Salerno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: William of Hauteville Description of subject: William of Hauteville was an 11th-century Norman adventurer and military leader who played a key role in the Norman conquest of southern Italy.
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