Ordulf, Duke of Saxony
E448961
Ordulf, Duke of Saxony was an 11th-century German nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Saxony and continued the influence of the Billung dynasty within the Holy Roman Empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lothar of Saxony | 1 |
| Ordulf, Duke of Saxony canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4377443 — 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: Ordulf, Duke of Saxony Context triple: [Billung dynasty, notableMember, Ordulf, Duke of Saxony]
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Bernhard III, Duke of Saxony
Bernhard III, Duke of Saxony, was a 13th-century German prince of the Ascanian dynasty who ruled parts of Saxony during the fragmentation of the medieval duchy.
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B.
Bruno, Duke of Saxony
Bruno, Duke of Saxony, was a 9th-century Saxon nobleman of the Liudolfing (Ottonian) dynasty whose lineage played a key role in the formation of medieval German principalities.
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C.
Duke of Saxony
The Duke of Saxony was a historic noble title associated with the rulers and high-ranking princes of the Saxony region in what is now Germany.
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D.
Albert, Duke of Saxony
Albert, Duke of Saxony was a late 15th-century German nobleman and military leader from the House of Wettin who played a significant political role in the Low Countries and central Europe.
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E.
William II, Margrave of Meissen
William II, Margrave of Meissen, was a late 14th- and early 15th-century German nobleman of the House of Wettin who played a significant role in regional politics and patronage in central Germany.
- 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: Ordulf, Duke of Saxony Target entity description: Ordulf, Duke of Saxony was an 11th-century German nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Saxony and continued the influence of the Billung dynasty within the Holy Roman Empire.
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A.
Bernhard III, Duke of Saxony
Bernhard III, Duke of Saxony, was a 13th-century German prince of the Ascanian dynasty who ruled parts of Saxony during the fragmentation of the medieval duchy.
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B.
Bruno, Duke of Saxony
Bruno, Duke of Saxony, was a 9th-century Saxon nobleman of the Liudolfing (Ottonian) dynasty whose lineage played a key role in the formation of medieval German principalities.
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C.
Duke of Saxony
The Duke of Saxony was a historic noble title associated with the rulers and high-ranking princes of the Saxony region in what is now Germany.
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D.
Albert, Duke of Saxony
Albert, Duke of Saxony was a late 15th-century German nobleman and military leader from the House of Wettin who played a significant political role in the Low Countries and central Europe.
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E.
William II, Margrave of Meissen
William II, Margrave of Meissen, was a late 14th- and early 15th-century German nobleman of the House of Wettin who played a significant role in regional politics and patronage in central Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
duke
ⓘ
medieval German noble ⓘ member of the Billung dynasty ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| activity |
consolidation of ducal authority in Saxony
ⓘ
defense of Saxon frontiers ⓘ |
| allegiance | Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | circa 1020 ⓘ |
| child | Magnus, Duke of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Duchy of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 28 March 1072 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Saxon ⓘ |
| father | Bernard II, Duke of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra | High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Northern Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | Billung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Eilika of Schweinfurt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Old Saxon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Billung dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Duke of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
continuing the influence of the Billung dynasty in Saxony
ⓘ
rule over the Duchy of Saxony in the 11th century ⓘ |
| otherName |
Ordulf Billung
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ordulf of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Billung rule in Saxony
ⓘ
political structure of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Duke of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Bernard II, Duke of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | Duchy of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1072 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1059 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Gertrude of Haldensleben
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ulfhild of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Magnus, Duke of Saxony 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: Ordulf, Duke of Saxony Description of subject: Ordulf, Duke of Saxony was an 11th-century German nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Saxony and continued the influence of the Billung dynasty within the Holy Roman Empire.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lothar of Saxony