Matilda of Germany
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Matilda of Germany was an 11th-century German princess, daughter of Emperor Henry III and Empress Agnes of Poitou, who became abbess of the influential Essen Abbey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Matilda of Germany canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9422933 — 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: Matilda of Germany Context triple: [Agnes of Poitou, motherOf, Matilda of Germany]
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A.
Agnes of Germany
Agnes of Germany was a medieval German princess, the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, who became a notable member of European nobility through her dynastic connections.
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B.
Matilda of Swabia
Matilda of Swabia was a German noblewoman and princess of the Salian dynasty who played a role in the dynastic politics of the Holy Roman Empire in the early 11th century.
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C.
Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen
Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen was a German noblewoman of the House of Katzenelnbogen and the mother of Adolf of Nassau, who became King of the Romans in the late 13th century.
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D.
Elisabeth of Swabia
Elisabeth of Swabia was a 13th-century German princess from the Hohenstaufen dynasty who became Queen of Castile and León as the wife of King Ferdinand III and mother of Alfonso X.
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E.
Matilda of Holstein
Matilda of Holstein was a 13th-century German noblewoman and Queen consort of Sweden through her marriage to the influential statesman Birger Jarl.
- 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: Matilda of Germany Target entity description: Matilda of Germany was an 11th-century German princess, daughter of Emperor Henry III and Empress Agnes of Poitou, who became abbess of the influential Essen Abbey.
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A.
Agnes of Germany
Agnes of Germany was a medieval German princess, the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, who became a notable member of European nobility through her dynastic connections.
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B.
Matilda of Swabia
Matilda of Swabia was a German noblewoman and princess of the Salian dynasty who played a role in the dynastic politics of the Holy Roman Empire in the early 11th century.
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C.
Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen
Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen was a German noblewoman of the House of Katzenelnbogen and the mother of Adolf of Nassau, who became King of the Romans in the late 13th century.
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D.
Elisabeth of Swabia
Elisabeth of Swabia was a 13th-century German princess from the Hohenstaufen dynasty who became Queen of Castile and León as the wife of King Ferdinand III and mother of Alfonso X.
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E.
Matilda of Holstein
Matilda of Holstein was a 13th-century German noblewoman and Queen consort of Sweden through her marriage to the influential statesman Birger Jarl.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abbess
ⓘ
noblewoman ⓘ princess ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 11th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| father | Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Matilda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritage | German ⓘ |
| lifeSpan | 11th century ⓘ |
| memberOf | imperial family of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monasticOrder | Benedictine Order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Agnes of Poitou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Old High German ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Salian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | princess of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being daughter of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
ⓘ
leadership of Essen Abbey ⓘ |
| occupation |
abbess
ⓘ
nun ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Duchy of Saxony
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Essen NERFINISHED ⓘ Essen Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | abbess of Essen Abbey ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| residence | Essen Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling |
Conrad II of Germany (king)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Judith of Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | German princess ⓘ |
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: Matilda of Germany Description of subject: Matilda of Germany was an 11th-century German princess, daughter of Emperor Henry III and Empress Agnes of Poitou, who became abbess of the influential Essen Abbey.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.