Mihai Pătrașcu

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Romanian national hero historical figure prince of Wallachia ruler of Moldavia ruler of Transylvania

Mihai Pătrașcu, better known as Michael the Brave (Mihai Viteazul), was a late 16th-century Wallachian prince famed for briefly uniting Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia under his rule.

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Label	Occurrences
Mihai Pătrașcu canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4518006 — 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: Mihai Pătrașcu
Context triple: [Mihai Viteazul, alsoKnownAs, Mihai Pătrașcu]

A. Sergiu Nicolaescu
Sergiu Nicolaescu was a prominent Romanian film director, actor, and politician known for his historical epics and influential role in post-communist Romanian politics.
B. Daniel Ciobotea
Daniel Ciobotea is the current Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, serving as its supreme spiritual leader and highest-ranking bishop.
C. Noga Alon
Noga Alon is an Israeli mathematician renowned for his influential work in combinatorics, graph theory, and theoretical computer science.
D. Ion Gigurtu
Ion Gigurtu was a Romanian politician and industrialist who briefly served as prime minister in 1940, leading a pro-German government during the turbulent months preceding Ion Antonescu’s regime.
E. Micha Sharir
Micha Sharir is an Israeli computer scientist and mathematician known for his influential work in computational geometry and discrete mathematics.
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: Mihai Pătrașcu
Target entity description: Mihai Pătrașcu, better known as Michael the Brave (Mihai Viteazul), was a late 16th-century Wallachian prince famed for briefly uniting Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia under his rule.

A. Sergiu Nicolaescu
Sergiu Nicolaescu was a prominent Romanian film director, actor, and politician known for his historical epics and influential role in post-communist Romanian politics.
B. Daniel Ciobotea
Daniel Ciobotea is the current Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, serving as its supreme spiritual leader and highest-ranking bishop.
C. Noga Alon
Noga Alon is an Israeli mathematician renowned for his influential work in combinatorics, graph theory, and theoretical computer science.
D. Ion Gigurtu
Ion Gigurtu was a Romanian politician and industrialist who briefly served as prime minister in 1940, leading a pro-German government during the turbulent months preceding Ion Antonescu’s regime.
E. Micha Sharir
Micha Sharir is an Israeli computer scientist and mathematician known for his influential work in computational geometry and discrete mathematics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Romanian national hero ⓘ historical figure ⓘ prince of Wallachia ⓘ ruler of Moldavia ⓘ ruler of Transylvania ⓘ
alliance	Holy League ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mihai Bravu ⓘ Mihai Viteazul ⓘ linked to: Mihai Viteazul (Michael the Brave)
assassinatedBy	agents of Giorgio Basta ⓘ
birthPlace	Wallachia ⓘ
birthYear	1558 ⓘ
burialPlace	Dealu Monastery ⓘ
causeOfDeath	assassination ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Mihai Viteazul National College (various cities in Romania) ⓘ Romanian banknotes and coins ⓘ statue in Bucharest ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Principality of Wallachia ⓘ linked to: Wallachia
deathPlace	Câmpia Turzii ⓘ
deathYear	1601 ⓘ
era	Late 16th century ⓘ
father	Pătrașcu cel Bun ⓘ
fullName	Mihai Pătrașcu ⓘ
house	Basarab dynasty ⓘ
knownFor	Battle of Călugăreni ⓘ Battle of Șelimbăr ⓘ briefly uniting Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia ⓘ entry into Alba Iulia in 1599 ⓘ wars against the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
language	Romanian ⓘ
militaryRank	military commander ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Drăculești ⓘ
opponent	Ottoman Empire ⓘ Principality of Moldavia (under Ieremia Movilă) ⓘ linked to: Principality of Moldavia Principality of Transylvania (under Andrew Báthory) ⓘ linked to: Principality of Transylvania
politicalGoal	unification of the three Romanian principalities ⓘ
predecessorInWallachia	Alexandru cel Rău ⓘ
reignedOver	Moldavia ⓘ Transylvania ⓘ Wallachia ⓘ
reignEnd	1601-08-09 ⓘ
reignStart	1593-10-11 ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
spouse	Stanca Basarab ⓘ
successorInWallachia	Simion Movilă ⓘ
symbolIn	Romanian nationalism ⓘ
title	Prince of Transylvania ⓘ linked to: Grand Prince of Transylvania Ruler of Moldavia ⓘ Voivode of Wallachia ⓘ