Dietrich of Ringelheim
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Dietrich of Ringelheim was a 9th–10th century Saxon nobleman best known as the father of Saint Matilda of Ringelheim, queen consort of East Francia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dietrich of Ringelheim canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9339211 — 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: Dietrich of Ringelheim Context triple: [Matilda of Ringelheim, father, Dietrich of Ringelheim]
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A.
Dietrich von Saucken
Dietrich von Saucken was a German general of the Wehrmacht during World War II, noted for his leadership on the Eastern Front and his reputation as a skilled yet independently minded commander.
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B.
Bruno of Cologne
Bruno of Cologne was an 11th-century German cleric and mystic who founded the Carthusian Order, becoming venerated as its principal saint.
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C.
Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg
Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg was a German nobleman and church reformer who became Pope Leo IX, a leading figure of the 11th-century Gregorian Reform movement.
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D.
Friedrich von Martini
Friedrich von Martini was a 19th-century Swiss engineer best known for developing the breech-loading action used in the British Martini–Henry rifle.
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E.
Konrad von Marburg
Konrad von Marburg was a 13th-century German priest and inquisitor known for his extreme zeal in prosecuting alleged heretics in the Holy Roman 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: Dietrich of Ringelheim Target entity description: Dietrich of Ringelheim was a 9th–10th century Saxon nobleman best known as the father of Saint Matilda of Ringelheim, queen consort of East Francia.
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A.
Dietrich von Saucken
Dietrich von Saucken was a German general of the Wehrmacht during World War II, noted for his leadership on the Eastern Front and his reputation as a skilled yet independently minded commander.
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B.
Bruno of Cologne
Bruno of Cologne was an 11th-century German cleric and mystic who founded the Carthusian Order, becoming venerated as its principal saint.
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C.
Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg
Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg was a German nobleman and church reformer who became Pope Leo IX, a leading figure of the 11th-century Gregorian Reform movement.
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D.
Friedrich von Martini
Friedrich von Martini was a 19th-century Swiss engineer best known for developing the breech-loading action used in the British Martini–Henry rifle.
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E.
Konrad von Marburg
Konrad von Marburg was a 13th-century German priest and inquisitor known for his extreme zeal in prosecuting alleged heretics in the Holy Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Saxon nobleman
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human ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| child | Matilda of Ringelheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | East Francia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | medieval Saxon ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 9th century ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 10th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Saxon ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Matilda of Ringelheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Saxon nobility (unspecified) ⓘ |
| hasDescendant | Ottonian dynasty (through Matilda of Ringelheim) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the father of Saint Matilda of Ringelheim
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status as a Saxon noble in the 9th–10th century ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Old Saxon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Saxon aristocracy ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Saxon nobility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | founding and patronage of religious institutions in Saxony ⓘ |
| occupation | nobleman ⓘ |
| partOf | East Frankish realm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Ringelheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | local count in Saxony ⓘ |
| region | Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Matilda of Ringelheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Ringelheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| saidToBeTheSameAs | Theodoric of Ringelheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Reinhild (probable) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Early Middle Ages ⓘ |
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: Dietrich of Ringelheim Description of subject: Dietrich of Ringelheim was a 9th–10th century Saxon nobleman best known as the father of Saint Matilda of Ringelheim, queen consort of East Francia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.