Eric II of Norway
E463009
Eric II of Norway was a 13th-century king of Norway best known as the father of Margaret, Maid of Norway, whose disputed succession helped trigger the Scottish Wars of Independence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eric II of Norway canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4671234 — 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: Eric II of Norway Context triple: [Margaret, Maid of Norway, father, Eric II of Norway]
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A.
Olaf II of Norway
Olaf II of Norway, also known as Saint Olaf, was an early 11th-century king whose efforts to consolidate Christianity in Norway made him a national patron saint and a central figure in the country's medieval history.
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B.
Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway
Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway is a young Norwegian prince, the son of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, and third in line to the Norwegian throne.
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C.
Haakon III of Norway
Haakon III of Norway was a medieval Norwegian king whose brief reign was marked by dynastic conflict during the turbulent civil war era.
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D.
Sverre of Norway
Sverre of Norway was a 12th-century king who led a successful rebellion to claim the Norwegian throne and became the founder of the Sverre dynasty.
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E.
Magnus VI of Norway
Magnus VI of Norway, also known as Magnus the Law-mender, was a 13th-century Norwegian king renowned for his comprehensive legal reforms that unified and modernized the kingdom’s laws.
- 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: Eric II of Norway Target entity description: Eric II of Norway was a 13th-century king of Norway best known as the father of Margaret, Maid of Norway, whose disputed succession helped trigger the Scottish Wars of Independence.
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A.
Olaf II of Norway
Olaf II of Norway, also known as Saint Olaf, was an early 11th-century king whose efforts to consolidate Christianity in Norway made him a national patron saint and a central figure in the country's medieval history.
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B.
Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway
Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway is a young Norwegian prince, the son of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, and third in line to the Norwegian throne.
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C.
Haakon III of Norway
Haakon III of Norway was a medieval Norwegian king whose brief reign was marked by dynastic conflict during the turbulent civil war era.
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D.
Sverre of Norway
Sverre of Norway was a 12th-century king who led a successful rebellion to claim the Norwegian throne and became the founder of the Sverre dynasty.
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E.
Magnus VI of Norway
Magnus VI of Norway, also known as Magnus the Law-mender, was a 13th-century Norwegian king renowned for his comprehensive legal reforms that unified and modernized the kingdom’s laws.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Norway
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Eirik II Magnusson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eirik Magnusson NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Magnusson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Margaret, Maid of Norway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scottish succession crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1268 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Bergen Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Margaret, Maid of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalPlacement | High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCause | unknown natural causes ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1299 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Bergen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 13th century ⓘ |
| father | Magnus VI of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Eric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| house | House of Sverre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Norwegian ⓘ |
| monarchFrom | 1280 ⓘ |
| monarchOf | Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchTo | 1299 ⓘ |
| mother |
Ingeborg Eriksdatter of Denmark
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ingeborg of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Old Norse ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Sverre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
fathered Margaret, Maid of Norway
ⓘ
involved indirectly in the succession crisis leading to the Scottish Wars of Independence ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Magnus VI of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | Kingdom of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1299 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1280 ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| royalTitle | King ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Haakon V of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Isabella Bruce
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isabella Bruce, Queen of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Haakon V of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | King of Norway ⓘ |
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: Eric II of Norway Description of subject: Eric II of Norway was a 13th-century king of Norway best known as the father of Margaret, Maid of Norway, whose disputed succession helped trigger the Scottish Wars of Independence.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Haakon V of Norway