Wulfnoth Godwinson
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Wulfnoth Godwinson was an English nobleman of the powerful Godwin family and younger brother of Queen Edith of Wessex and Earl Harold Godwinson, later King Harold II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wulfnoth Godwinson canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4708114 — 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.
Target entity: Wulfnoth Godwinson Context triple: [Edith of Wessex, sibling, Wulfnoth Godwinson]
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Gyrth Godwinson
Gyrth Godwinson was an 11th-century English nobleman and earl, best known as the younger brother and close supporter of King Harold Godwinson who died alongside him resisting the Norman Conquest.
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Leofwine Godwinson
Leofwine Godwinson was an 11th-century English nobleman and earl who, alongside his brother King Harold II, died fighting the Norman invasion at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
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Tostig Godwinson
Tostig Godwinson was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon nobleman and Earl of Northumbria who, after being deposed, allied with Norway’s King Harald Hardrada and fought against his brother Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.
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Godwin, Earl of Wessex
Godwin, Earl of Wessex, was a powerful 11th-century English nobleman and political figure who rose to become one of the most influential earls under King Cnut and later the de facto ruler of much of England before the Norman Conquest.
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Waltheof of Melrose
Waltheof of Melrose was a 12th-century Anglo-Scottish nobleman who became abbot of Melrose Abbey and was venerated for his piety and leadership within the Cistercian order.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Wulfnoth Godwinson Target entity description: Wulfnoth Godwinson was an English nobleman of the powerful Godwin family and younger brother of Queen Edith of Wessex and Earl Harold Godwinson, later King Harold II.
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A.
Gyrth Godwinson
Gyrth Godwinson was an 11th-century English nobleman and earl, best known as the younger brother and close supporter of King Harold Godwinson who died alongside him resisting the Norman Conquest.
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B.
Leofwine Godwinson
Leofwine Godwinson was an 11th-century English nobleman and earl who, alongside his brother King Harold II, died fighting the Norman invasion at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
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C.
Tostig Godwinson
Tostig Godwinson was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon nobleman and Earl of Northumbria who, after being deposed, allied with Norway’s King Harald Hardrada and fought against his brother Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.
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Godwin, Earl of Wessex
Godwin, Earl of Wessex, was a powerful 11th-century English nobleman and political figure who rose to become one of the most influential earls under King Cnut and later the de facto ruler of much of England before the Norman Conquest.
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E.
Waltheof of Melrose
Waltheof of Melrose was a 12th-century Anglo-Scottish nobleman who became abbot of Melrose Abbey and was venerated for his piety and leadership within the Cistercian order.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English nobleman
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
House of Normandy
NERFINISHED
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Norman Conquest of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedBy | William the Conqueror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1040 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | after 1087 ⓘ |
| detainedBy |
William I of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| detainedIn |
Normandy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rouen NERFINISHED ⓘ Winchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
High Middle Ages
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late Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Anglo-Saxon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
younger brother of Edith of Wessex
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younger brother of Harold Godwinson ⓘ |
| father | Godwin, Earl of Wessex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit | 11th century ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Old English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Godwin family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Gytha Thorkelsdóttir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | thegn ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
released from captivity after death of William I
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remained in captivity after Norman Conquest of England ⓘ taken as hostage to Normandy before 1066 ⓘ |
| notableFamily | House of Godwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | hostage in Normandy ⓘ |
| relative |
King Harold II of England
NERFINISHED
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Queen Edith of Wessex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sibling |
Edith of Wessex
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gunhild Godwinsdóttir NERFINISHED ⓘ Gyrth Godwinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Harold Godwinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Leofwine Godwinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Swein Godwinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Tostig Godwinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Ælfgar (son of Godwin) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Wulfnoth Godwinson Description of subject: Wulfnoth Godwinson was an English nobleman of the powerful Godwin family and younger brother of Queen Edith of Wessex and Earl Harold Godwinson, later King Harold II.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.