António, Prior do Crato
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António, Prior do Crato was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman and claimant to the Portuguese throne who briefly reigned during the 1580 succession crisis before being deposed by Spanish forces.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| António, Prior of Crato | 6 |
| António, Prior do Crato canonical | 1 |
| Dom António, Prior do Crato | 1 |
| Infante António of Portugal, Prior of Crato | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6073661 — 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: António, Prior do Crato Context triple: [Antonio, Prior of Crato, fullName, António, Prior do Crato]
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A.
Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães
Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, was a 16th-century Portuguese infante of the House of Aviz and a prominent nobleman closely connected to the royal succession.
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B.
Afonso, Prince of Portugal
Afonso, Prince of Portugal was the eldest son and heir apparent of King John III of Portugal, whose early death prevented him from ascending the throne.
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C.
Infante Afonso, Duke of Porto
Infante Afonso, Duke of Porto was a Portuguese prince of the House of Braganza and younger son of King Luís I, known for his military career and role in the final years of the Portuguese monarchy.
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D.
John Manuel, Prince of Portugal
John Manuel, Prince of Portugal was a 16th-century Portuguese infante and heir apparent to the throne whose early death prevented him from becoming king.
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E.
Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza
Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza was a prominent 15th-century Portuguese nobleman and statesman who became one of the most powerful figures in the kingdom and the progenitor of a dynasty that would later rule Portugal and Brazil.
- 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: António, Prior do Crato Target entity description: António, Prior do Crato was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman and claimant to the Portuguese throne who briefly reigned during the 1580 succession crisis before being deposed by Spanish forces.
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A.
Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães
Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, was a 16th-century Portuguese infante of the House of Aviz and a prominent nobleman closely connected to the royal succession.
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B.
Afonso, Prince of Portugal
Afonso, Prince of Portugal was the eldest son and heir apparent of King John III of Portugal, whose early death prevented him from ascending the throne.
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C.
Infante Afonso, Duke of Porto
Infante Afonso, Duke of Porto was a Portuguese prince of the House of Braganza and younger son of King Luís I, known for his military career and role in the final years of the Portuguese monarchy.
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D.
John Manuel, Prince of Portugal
John Manuel, Prince of Portugal was a 16th-century Portuguese infante and heir apparent to the throne whose early death prevented him from becoming king.
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E.
Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza
Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza was a prominent 15th-century Portuguese nobleman and statesman who became one of the most powerful figures in the kingdom and the progenitor of a dynasty that would later rule Portugal and Brazil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese nobleman
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claimant to the throne ⓘ de facto monarch of Portugal ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alliedWith | French Huguenots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Alcântara (1580)
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Terceira (1583) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 16th century ⓘ |
| claimedTitle |
King of Portugal
NERFINISHED
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King of the Algarves NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord of Ceuta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | War of the Portuguese Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defeatedBy | Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exileIn |
England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Luís, Duke of Beja NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | António NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole | symbol of Portuguese resistance to Spanish rule ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Portuguese ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty | House of Aviz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchOf | Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Violante Gomes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | António, Prior do Crato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Portuguese succession crisis of 1580
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
organized resistance to Spanish rule in the Azores ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a leading Portuguese claimant against the Iberian Union ⓘ |
| opponent |
Duke of Alba
NERFINISHED
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Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Grand Master of the Order of St. John (Portuguese Langue)
NERFINISHED
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Prior of Crato NERFINISHED ⓘ de facto King of Portugal ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1580 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1580 ⓘ |
| relative |
Cardinal Henry of Portugal
NERFINISHED
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King John III of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ King Sebastian I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| resultOfSuccessionCrisis | deposed by Spanish forces ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| successionContext |
death of Cardinal Henry of Portugal without heirs
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death of King Sebastian I at the Battle of Alcácer Quibir ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Dutch Republic
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: António, Prior do Crato Description of subject: António, Prior do Crato was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman and claimant to the Portuguese throne who briefly reigned during the 1580 succession crisis before being deposed by Spanish forces.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
António, Prior of Crato
this entity surface form:
António, Prior of Crato
this entity surface form:
António, Prior of Crato
this entity surface form:
António, Prior of Crato
this entity surface form:
António, Prior of Crato
this entity surface form:
António, Prior of Crato
this entity surface form:
Infante António of Portugal, Prior of Crato
this entity surface form:
Dom António, Prior do Crato