Cochin royal family
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The Cochin royal family is the erstwhile ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Cochin in Kerala, India, known for its long-standing maritime trade connections and interactions with Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonial powers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cochin royal family canonical | 9 |
| Cochin royal lineage | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7045019 — 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: Cochin royal family Context triple: [Chera dynasty, successor, Cochin royal family]
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A.
Nayakkar dynasty
The Nayakkar dynasty was a South Indian-origin royal house that ruled the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka during its final centuries before British annexation.
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B.
Manikya dynasty
The Manikya dynasty was a royal lineage that ruled the northeastern Indian kingdom of Tripura for several centuries, shaping its political, cultural, and architectural heritage.
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C.
Jodhpur royal family
The Jodhpur royal family is the former ruling dynasty of the Marwar region in Rajasthan, India, known for its historic leadership, cultural patronage, and grand heritage properties.
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D.
Gajapati dynasty
The Gajapati dynasty was a powerful medieval Hindu royal lineage that ruled a vast kingdom centered in present-day Odisha, extending its influence over large parts of eastern and southern India.
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E.
Muttaraiyar dynasty
The Muttaraiyar dynasty was a powerful early medieval Tamil ruling family in South India, known for controlling parts of the Kaveri delta region before being absorbed by the rising Chola empire.
- 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: Cochin royal family Target entity description: The Cochin royal family is the erstwhile ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Cochin in Kerala, India, known for its long-standing maritime trade connections and interactions with Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonial powers.
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A.
Nayakkar dynasty
The Nayakkar dynasty was a South Indian-origin royal house that ruled the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka during its final centuries before British annexation.
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B.
Manikya dynasty
The Manikya dynasty was a royal lineage that ruled the northeastern Indian kingdom of Tripura for several centuries, shaping its political, cultural, and architectural heritage.
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C.
Jodhpur royal family
The Jodhpur royal family is the former ruling dynasty of the Marwar region in Rajasthan, India, known for its historic leadership, cultural patronage, and grand heritage properties.
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D.
Gajapati dynasty
The Gajapati dynasty was a powerful medieval Hindu royal lineage that ruled a vast kingdom centered in present-day Odisha, extending its influence over large parts of eastern and southern India.
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E.
Muttaraiyar dynasty
The Muttaraiyar dynasty was a powerful early medieval Tamil ruling family in South India, known for controlling parts of the Kaveri delta region before being absorbed by the rising Chola empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian royal dynasty
ⓘ
royal family ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Perumpadappu Swaroopam ⓘ |
| associatedPalace |
Hill Palace, Tripunithura
ⓘ
linked to:
Hill Palace Museum, Thrippunithura
Mattancherry Palace ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cochin Jews
ⓘ
linked to:
Cochin Jewish community
St. Francis Church, Kochi (colonial era interactions) ⓘ |
| capitalOfRealm | Kochi ⓘ |
| coastal | yes ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| countryAfterIntegration |
Republic of India
ⓘ
linked to:
India
|
| dynasticHouse |
Perumpadappu
ⓘ
linked to:
Perumpadappu Mooppil
|
| economicActivity |
pepper trade
ⓘ
spice trade ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Malayali
ⓘ
linked to:
Malayali people
|
| historicalEra |
British Raj
ⓘ
linked to:
British India
early modern India ⓘ medieval India ⓘ |
| knownFor |
interactions with British colonial power
ⓘ
interactions with Dutch colonial power ⓘ interactions with Portuguese colonial power ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ |
| language | Malayalam ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Kerala ⓘ |
| lostSovereignty | 1949 ⓘ |
| mergedInto |
State of Kerala
ⓘ
linked to:
Kerala
Travancore-Cochin ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Rama Varma
ⓘ
linked to:
Rama Varma (King of Venad)
Rama Varma Parikshith Thampuran ⓘ Rama Varma XV ⓘ
linked to:
Maharaja of Cochin
Sakthan Thampuran ⓘ |
| patronage |
Hindu temples in Cochin region
ⓘ
arts and culture in Kerala ⓘ |
| politicalRelationship |
ally of Portuguese in Malabar
ⓘ
princely state under British paramountcy ⓘ treaty relations with Dutch East India Company ⓘ vassal of Portuguese Empire (various periods) ⓘ |
| politicalStatusAfter1947 | princely state within India ⓘ |
| portCityOfRealm |
Cochin (Kochi)
ⓘ
linked to:
Cochin
|
| postMonarchyStatus | ceremonial ⓘ |
| region | Malabar Coast ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| residence | Tripunithura ⓘ |
| ruled | Kingdom of Cochin ⓘ |
| successionSystem | Marumakkathayam ⓘ |
| successionType | matrilineal ⓘ |
| traditionalTitleOfRuler |
Maharaja of Cochin
ⓘ
Perumpadappu Mooppil ⓘ |
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: Cochin royal family Description of subject: The Cochin royal family is the erstwhile ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Cochin in Kerala, India, known for its long-standing maritime trade connections and interactions with Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonial powers.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cochin royal family