Gertrude of Süpplingenburg
E501434
Gertrude of Süpplingenburg was a 12th-century German noblewoman, Duchess of Saxony and Bavaria, and a key dynastic figure as the daughter of Emperor Lothair III and wife of Henry the Proud.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gertrude of Süpplingenburg canonical | 2 |
| Gertrude of Saxony | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5180146 — 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: Gertrude of Süpplingenburg Context triple: [Henry the Lion, mother, Gertrude of Süpplingenburg]
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A.
Gertrude of Hohenberg
Gertrude of Hohenberg was a 13th-century German noblewoman who became Queen consort of Germany as the first wife of King Rudolf I of Habsburg.
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B.
Gertrude of Merania
Gertrude of Merania was a 13th-century Queen consort of Hungary from the Andechs-Merania noble family, influential in Hungarian politics until her assassination in 1213.
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C.
Gertrude of Saxony
Gertrude of Saxony was an 11th-century noblewoman from the Billung dynasty who became Countess of Flanders through marriage and played a significant role in the political alliances of northern Europe.
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D.
Irmgard of Saxony
Irmgard of Saxony was a 10th-century German noblewoman from the Liudolfing (Ottonian) dynasty, notable as a daughter of Duke Otto the Illustrious and thus a close relative of the future Holy Roman Emperor Otto I.
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E.
Gerberga of Saxony
Gerberga of Saxony was a 10th-century Ottonian princess who became Queen of the West Franks through her marriage to King Louis IV and played a significant political role as regent and mediator in West Frankish affairs.
- 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: Gertrude of Süpplingenburg Target entity description: Gertrude of Süpplingenburg was a 12th-century German noblewoman, Duchess of Saxony and Bavaria, and a key dynastic figure as the daughter of Emperor Lothair III and wife of Henry the Proud.
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A.
Gertrude of Hohenberg
Gertrude of Hohenberg was a 13th-century German noblewoman who became Queen consort of Germany as the first wife of King Rudolf I of Habsburg.
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B.
Gertrude of Merania
Gertrude of Merania was a 13th-century Queen consort of Hungary from the Andechs-Merania noble family, influential in Hungarian politics until her assassination in 1213.
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C.
Gertrude of Saxony
Gertrude of Saxony was an 11th-century noblewoman from the Billung dynasty who became Countess of Flanders through marriage and played a significant role in the political alliances of northern Europe.
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D.
Irmgard of Saxony
Irmgard of Saxony was a 10th-century German noblewoman from the Liudolfing (Ottonian) dynasty, notable as a daughter of Duke Otto the Illustrious and thus a close relative of the future Holy Roman Emperor Otto I.
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E.
Gerberga of Saxony
Gerberga of Saxony was a 10th-century Ottonian princess who became Queen of the West Franks through her marriage to King Louis IV and played a significant political role as regent and mediator in West Frankish affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
duchess
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human ⓘ medieval German noble ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Brunswick Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Henry the Lion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Duchy of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1115 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1143-04-18 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | Medieval German chronicles ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Saxon ⓘ |
| father | Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit | 1130s ⓘ |
| mother | Richenza of Northeim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Middle High German NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Supplinburger dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Welf dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor
NERFINISHED
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Henry the Black NERFINISHED ⓘ Wulfhilde of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Süpplingenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Duchess of Bavaria
NERFINISHED
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Duchess of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| residence |
Bavaria
NERFINISHED
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Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| saidToBeTheSameAs | Gertrud von Süpplingenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| significantEvent | marriage alliance between Supplinburger and Welf dynasties ⓘ |
| spouse | Henry the Proud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 12th century ⓘ |
| title |
Duchess consort of Bavaria
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Duchess consort of Saxony ⓘ |
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: Gertrude of Süpplingenburg Description of subject: Gertrude of Süpplingenburg was a 12th-century German noblewoman, Duchess of Saxony and Bavaria, and a key dynastic figure as the daughter of Emperor Lothair III and wife of Henry the Proud.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gertrude of Saxony