Eric IV of Denmark
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Eric IV of Denmark was a 13th-century Danish king whose turbulent reign was marked by internal conflicts and his eventual assassination.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eric IV of Denmark canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8125575 — 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: Eric IV of Denmark Context triple: [Valdemar II of Denmark, successor, Eric IV of Denmark]
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Valdemar I of Denmark
Valdemar I of Denmark was a 12th-century Danish king known for consolidating royal power, defeating rival claimants, and laying the foundations for Denmark’s medieval expansion and Christianization.
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Valdemar II of Denmark
Valdemar II of Denmark was a 13th-century Danish king known for expanding his realm into a powerful Baltic empire and for his role in the legendary origins of the Danish flag, the Dannebrog.
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C.
Christian V of Denmark
Christian V of Denmark was a 17th-century king of Denmark and Norway from the House of Oldenburg, known for his role in consolidating absolutist rule and participating in the Scanian War against Sweden.
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D.
Ulrik of Denmark
Ulrik of Denmark was a Danish prince of the early 17th century, known as a younger son of King Christian IV who pursued a career in the military and nobility rather than ruling.
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E.
Frederick IX of Denmark
Frederick IX of Denmark was the King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972, known for modernizing the monarchy and being the father of the current queen, Margrethe II.
- 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: Eric IV of Denmark Target entity description: Eric IV of Denmark was a 13th-century Danish king whose turbulent reign was marked by internal conflicts and his eventual assassination.
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A.
Valdemar I of Denmark
Valdemar I of Denmark was a 12th-century Danish king known for consolidating royal power, defeating rival claimants, and laying the foundations for Denmark’s medieval expansion and Christianization.
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B.
Valdemar II of Denmark
Valdemar II of Denmark was a 13th-century Danish king known for expanding his realm into a powerful Baltic empire and for his role in the legendary origins of the Danish flag, the Dannebrog.
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C.
Christian V of Denmark
Christian V of Denmark was a 17th-century king of Denmark and Norway from the House of Oldenburg, known for his role in consolidating absolutist rule and participating in the Scanian War against Sweden.
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D.
Ulrik of Denmark
Ulrik of Denmark was a Danish prince of the early 17th century, known as a younger son of King Christian IV who pursued a career in the military and nobility rather than ruling.
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E.
Frederick IX of Denmark
Frederick IX of Denmark was the King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972, known for modernizing the monarchy and being the father of the current queen, Margrethe II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Denmark
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human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Eric Ploughpenny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1216 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| conflict | civil conflicts in Denmark ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1250 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Estridsen dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 13th century ⓘ |
| father | Valdemar II of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Eric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| monarchOf | Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Berengaria of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Danish ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Duke of Schleswig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
conflicts with Danish nobility
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struggle with his brothers Abel and Christopher ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being assassinated during his reign
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turbulent reign marked by internal conflicts ⓘ |
| occupation | monarch ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Valdemar II of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForNickname | introduction of a plough tax ⓘ |
| regnalNumber | IV ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1250 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1241 ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| royalHouse | House of Estridsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Abel of Denmark
NERFINISHED
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Christopher I of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Jutta of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Abel of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territory | Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | King of Denmark 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: Eric IV of Denmark Description of subject: Eric IV of Denmark was a 13th-century Danish king whose turbulent reign was marked by internal conflicts and his eventual assassination.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.