Alexander Balas
E451861
Alexander Balas was a 2nd-century BC pretender to the Seleucid throne who briefly ruled the Seleucid Empire after overthrowing Demetrius I Soter, amid ongoing conflicts with neighboring powers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alexander Balas canonical | 4 |
| Alexander I Balas | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4551134 — 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: Alexander Balas Context triple: [Seventh Syrian War, opponent, Alexander Balas]
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A.
Antigonus III Doson
Antigonus III Doson was a 3rd-century BC king of Macedon from the Antigonid dynasty, known for restoring Macedonian power in Greece through military and diplomatic successes before his early death.
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B.
Brutus III
Brutus III is the third in a series of influential Anti-Federalist essays, written under the pseudonym "Brutus," that argued against ratifying the proposed U.S. Constitution.
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C.
Gentius
Gentius was the last king of the Illyrian kingdom, known for his conflict with Rome that led to the Roman conquest of Illyria in the 2nd century BCE.
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D.
Tetricus II
Tetricus II was a 3rd-century Roman imperial prince who served as co-emperor of the breakaway Gallic Empire alongside his father Tetricus I before their eventual surrender to Emperor Aurelian.
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E.
Alexius
Alexius is a masculine given name of Greek origin, historically borne by several Byzantine emperors and Christian saints.
- 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: Alexander Balas Target entity description: Alexander Balas was a 2nd-century BC pretender to the Seleucid throne who briefly ruled the Seleucid Empire after overthrowing Demetrius I Soter, amid ongoing conflicts with neighboring powers.
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A.
Antigonus III Doson
Antigonus III Doson was a 3rd-century BC king of Macedon from the Antigonid dynasty, known for restoring Macedonian power in Greece through military and diplomatic successes before his early death.
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B.
Brutus III
Brutus III is the third in a series of influential Anti-Federalist essays, written under the pseudonym "Brutus," that argued against ratifying the proposed U.S. Constitution.
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C.
Gentius
Gentius was the last king of the Illyrian kingdom, known for his conflict with Rome that led to the Roman conquest of Illyria in the 2nd century BCE.
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D.
Tetricus II
Tetricus II was a 3rd-century Roman imperial prince who served as co-emperor of the breakaway Gallic Empire alongside his father Tetricus I before their eventual surrender to Emperor Aurelian.
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E.
Alexius
Alexius is a masculine given name of Greek origin, historically borne by several Byzantine emperors and Christian saints.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic ruler
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Seleucid king ⓘ pretender to the throne ⓘ |
| ally |
Jonathan Apphus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ptolemy VI Philometor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Smyrna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Antioch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 2nd century BC ⓘ |
| claimedParent |
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laodice IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coinage | issued silver tetradrachms bearing his image ⓘ |
| conflict | Seleucid civil war against Demetrius I Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 145 BC ⓘ |
| deathPlace | near Antioch ⓘ |
| downfall | defeated by Demetrius II Nicator and Ptolemy VI ⓘ |
| dynasty | Seleucid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| father | Antiochus IV Epiphanes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Alexander I Balas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legitimacy | widely regarded as a usurper ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| mother | Laodice IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
marriage alliance with Ptolemaic Egypt through Cleopatra Thea
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overthrew Demetrius I Soter ⓘ recognized as king by the Roman Senate ⓘ |
| occupation | monarch ⓘ |
| opponent |
Demetrius I Soter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Demetrius II Nicator NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy VI Philometor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of the Seleucid Empire ⓘ |
| predecessor | Demetrius I Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 145 BC ⓘ |
| reignStart | 150 BC ⓘ |
| religion | Hellenistic polytheism ⓘ |
| riseToPower | backed by foreign powers claiming to be son of Antiochus IV ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| source |
1 Maccabees
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Cleopatra Thea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Demetrius II Nicator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Egypt
NERFINISHED
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Pergamon NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Basileus (King) ⓘ |
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: Alexander Balas Description of subject: Alexander Balas was a 2nd-century BC pretender to the Seleucid throne who briefly ruled the Seleucid Empire after overthrowing Demetrius I Soter, amid ongoing conflicts with neighboring powers.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Alexander I Balas
this entity surface form:
Alexander I Balas