Alexander III
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Alexander III was the papal name of a 12th-century pope known for his conflicts with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and his support of Thomas Becket against King Henry II of England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alexander III canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4822028 — 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 III Context triple: [Pope Alexander III, papalNameNumber, Alexander III]
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A.
Alexander III
Alexander III was a 13th-century King of Scots whose reign is remembered for relative peace, prosperity, and the consolidation of Scottish independence.
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Alexander I
Alexander I was a 12th-century King of Scots known for consolidating royal authority and supporting ecclesiastical reform in Scotland.
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C.
Alexander III of Russia
Alexander III of Russia was the Emperor of Russia from 1881 to 1894, known for his conservative, autocratic rule and efforts to strengthen and centralize the Russian Empire.
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King Alexander I
King Alexander I was the monarch who unified and ruled the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) in the interwar period until his assassination in 1934.
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E.
Peter II of Russia
Peter II of Russia was an early 18th-century emperor of Russia from the Romanov dynasty whose brief reign followed that of his grandfather Peter the Great.
- 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 III Target entity description: Alexander III was the papal name of a 12th-century pope known for his conflicts with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and his support of Thomas Becket against King Henry II of England.
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A.
Alexander III
Alexander III was a 13th-century King of Scots whose reign is remembered for relative peace, prosperity, and the consolidation of Scottish independence.
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B.
Alexander I
Alexander I was a 12th-century King of Scots known for consolidating royal authority and supporting ecclesiastical reform in Scotland.
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C.
Alexander III of Russia
Alexander III of Russia was the Emperor of Russia from 1881 to 1894, known for his conservative, autocratic rule and efforts to strengthen and centralize the Russian Empire.
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D.
King Alexander I
King Alexander I was the monarch who unified and ruled the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) in the interwar period until his assassination in 1934.
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E.
Peter II of Russia
Peter II of Russia was an early 18th-century emperor of Russia from the Romanov dynasty whose brief reign followed that of his grandfather Peter the Great.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic cleric
ⓘ
Pope ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Roland of Siena
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rolandus Bandinelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Rolando Bandinelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Republic of Siena
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Civita Castellana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Frederick I Barbarossa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convened | Third Lateran Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| councilDate | 1179 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Republic of Siena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Civita Castellana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Papal States ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Bologna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1181-08-30 ⓘ |
| hadAntipopeRival |
Callixtus III
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paschal III NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Development of medieval canon law ⓘ |
| inOfficeDuring |
Becket–Henry II conflict
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lombard League resistance to the Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| issued | Various decretals on marriage law ⓘ |
| mediated | Peace between Frederick I and the Lombard League ⓘ |
| notableWork | Commentary on the Decretum of Gratian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
canon lawyer
ⓘ
theologian ⓘ |
| opponent | Frederick I Barbarossa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposed | Henry II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| papalElection | Papal election of 1159 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| papalNumber | 171 ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Pope ⓘ |
| predecessor | Adrian IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| promoted | Canonical procedure in ecclesiastical courts ⓘ |
| recognized |
Military Order of Alcántara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Military Order of Calatrava NERFINISHED ⓘ Military Order of Santiago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reform | Regulation of papal elections by two-thirds majority of cardinals ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| signed | Treaty of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1159-09-07 ⓘ |
| strengthened | Papal authority over episcopal elections ⓘ |
| successor | Lucius III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported |
Canterbury Cathedral clergy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thomas Becket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfTreatyOfVenice | 1177 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alexander III Description of subject: Alexander III was the papal name of a 12th-century pope known for his conflicts with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and his support of Thomas Becket against King Henry II of England.
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