Visconti coat of arms
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The Visconti coat of arms is the heraldic emblem of the powerful Visconti family, medieval rulers of Milan, most famously featuring a serpent (biscione) devouring a human figure.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sforza coat of arms | 1 |
| Visconti arms with crowned serpent | 1 |
| Visconti coat of arms canonical | 1 |
| Visconti family coat of arms | 1 |
| coatOfArmsOfTheSforzaFamily | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10385342 — 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: Visconti coat of arms Context triple: [Lord of Milan, hasSymbol, Visconti coat of arms]
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A.
Chigi family coat of arms
The Chigi family coat of arms is the heraldic emblem of the prominent Italian noble House of Chigi, featuring distinctive symbols that represent the family's status, history, and influence.
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B.
Rucellai coat of arms
The Rucellai coat of arms is the heraldic emblem of the prominent Florentine Rucellai family, symbolizing their status and influence in Renaissance Florence.
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C.
Borgia coat of arms
The Borgia coat of arms is the distinctive heraldic emblem associated with the powerful and controversial Italian-Spanish Borgia family of the Renaissance.
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D.
Coat of arms of Pope Clement X
The Coat of arms of Pope Clement X is the heraldic emblem used during his papacy, featuring his personal family symbols combined with traditional papal insignia such as the crossed keys and tiara.
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E.
Coat of arms of Pope Julius III
The Coat of arms of Pope Julius III is the heraldic emblem associated with his papacy, featuring his personal family symbols combined with traditional papal insignia.
- 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: Visconti coat of arms Target entity description: The Visconti coat of arms is the heraldic emblem of the powerful Visconti family, medieval rulers of Milan, most famously featuring a serpent (biscione) devouring a human figure.
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A.
Chigi family coat of arms
The Chigi family coat of arms is the heraldic emblem of the prominent Italian noble House of Chigi, featuring distinctive symbols that represent the family's status, history, and influence.
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B.
Rucellai coat of arms
The Rucellai coat of arms is the heraldic emblem of the prominent Florentine Rucellai family, symbolizing their status and influence in Renaissance Florence.
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C.
Borgia coat of arms
The Borgia coat of arms is the distinctive heraldic emblem associated with the powerful and controversial Italian-Spanish Borgia family of the Renaissance.
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D.
Coat of arms of Pope Clement X
The Coat of arms of Pope Clement X is the heraldic emblem used during his papacy, featuring his personal family symbols combined with traditional papal insignia such as the crossed keys and tiara.
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E.
Coat of arms of Pope Julius III
The Coat of arms of Pope Julius III is the heraldic emblem associated with his papacy, featuring his personal family symbols combined with traditional papal insignia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | coat of arms ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Duchy of Milan
ⓘ
Milan ⓘ |
| category |
European heraldry
ⓘ
Italian noble families ⓘ symbols of Milan ⓘ |
| color |
azure field
ⓘ
green serpent ⓘ red human figure ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| depicts |
serpent devouring a human figure
ⓘ
serpent swallowing a child ⓘ |
| elementOf |
heraldry of Italy
ⓘ
heraldry of noble families ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Visconti arms with child emerging instead of being swallowed
ⓘ
linked to:
Visconti serpent
Visconti arms with crowned serpent ⓘ
linked to:
Visconti coat of arms
Visconti ducal arms quartered with imperial eagle ⓘ |
| heritageOf | Lombardy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alfa Romeo logo
ⓘ
Inter Milan crest ⓘ
linked to:
Inter Milan
biscione symbol of Milan ⓘ civic symbols of Milan ⓘ coat of arms of the Duchy of Milan ⓘ
linked to:
coat of arms of Milan
|
| languageOfTerm | Italian ⓘ |
| mainCharge | biscione ⓘ |
| nativeName |
biscione dei Visconti
ⓘ
linked to:
Visconti of Milan
stemma dei Visconti ⓘ
linked to:
Visconti family
|
| notableBearer |
Bernabò Visconti
ⓘ
Galeazzo II Visconti ⓘ Gian Galeazzo Visconti ⓘ |
| region | Lombardy ⓘ |
| relatedSymbol |
biscione of Milan
ⓘ
linked to:
biscione
snake-and-man motif ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Milanese identity
ⓘ
Visconti dynastic power ⓘ dominion over enemies ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Late Middle Ages
ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedBy |
House of Visconti
ⓘ
Visconti family ⓘ |
| usedFrom | 13th century ⓘ |
| usedOn |
banners
ⓘ
castles controlled by the Visconti ⓘ city gates of Milan ⓘ coins ⓘ seals ⓘ |
| usedUntil | 15th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Visconti coat of arms Description of subject: The Visconti coat of arms is the heraldic emblem of the powerful Visconti family, medieval rulers of Milan, most famously featuring a serpent (biscione) devouring a human figure.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Visconti coat of arms
linked to: Visconti coat of arms
linked to: Visconti coat of arms