Theresa of León
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Theresa of León was a 12th-century Portuguese countess and de facto ruler of the County of Portugal, best known as the mother of Afonso I, the first king of Portugal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Theresa of León canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10709834 — 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: Theresa of León Context triple: [Afonso I of Portugal, mother, Theresa of León]
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A.
Sancha of León
Sancha of León was an infanta of the Kingdom of León, daughter of King Alfonso IX, known for her role in the dynastic politics of medieval Iberia.
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B.
Urraca of León and Castile
Urraca of León and Castile was a 12th-century queen who ruled the kingdoms of León, Castile, and Galicia in her own right, becoming one of medieval Europe’s earliest reigning queens.
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C.
Queen of León
Queen of León was the royal consort and later co-ruler of the medieval Kingdom of León on the Iberian Peninsula.
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D.
Constance of Castile
Constance of Castile was a 14th-century Castilian princess and claimant to the Castilian throne who became the second wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, thereby linking the English royal family to the Castilian royal line.
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E.
Constance of Castile
Constance of Castile was a 12th-century Castilian princess who became Queen of France as the second wife of King Louis VII.
- 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: Theresa of León Target entity description: Theresa of León was a 12th-century Portuguese countess and de facto ruler of the County of Portugal, best known as the mother of Afonso I, the first king of Portugal.
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A.
Sancha of León
Sancha of León was an infanta of the Kingdom of León, daughter of King Alfonso IX, known for her role in the dynastic politics of medieval Iberia.
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B.
Urraca of León and Castile
Urraca of León and Castile was a 12th-century queen who ruled the kingdoms of León, Castile, and Galicia in her own right, becoming one of medieval Europe’s earliest reigning queens.
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C.
Queen of León
Queen of León was the royal consort and later co-ruler of the medieval Kingdom of León on the Iberian Peninsula.
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D.
Constance of Castile
Constance of Castile was a 14th-century Castilian princess and claimant to the Castilian throne who became the second wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, thereby linking the English royal family to the Castilian royal line.
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E.
Constance of Castile
Constance of Castile was a 12th-century Castilian princess who became Queen of France as the second wife of King Louis VII.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
de facto ruler
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ medieval ruler ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kingdom of Castile
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of León NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Monastery of Lorvão NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Afonso I of Portugal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sancha Henriques NERFINISHED ⓘ Teresa Henriques NERFINISHED ⓘ Urraca Henriques NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
County of Portugal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of León NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Battle of São Mamede NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | County of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Kingdom of León NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | County of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 1080 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 11 November 1130 ⓘ |
| defeatedBy | Afonso I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | as ruler, 1128 ⓘ |
| era | 12th century ⓘ |
| father | Alfonso VI of León and Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Theresa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Infanta ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Galician-Portuguese
ⓘ
Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Theresa of León's mother was Constance of Burgundy ⓘ |
| motherOf | Afonso I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Galician-Portuguese ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Jiménez dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being mother of the first king of Portugal
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governing the County of Portugal after the death of her husband ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | León NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Monastery of Lorvão NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Countess of Portugal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
de facto ruler of the County of Portugal ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | County of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling | Urraca of León and Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Fernando Pérez de Traba (relationship disputed, possibly as consort or partner)
NERFINISHED
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Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | as ruler, 1112 ⓘ |
| title |
Countess of Portugal
NERFINISHED
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Infanta of León 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: Theresa of León Description of subject: Theresa of León was a 12th-century Portuguese countess and de facto ruler of the County of Portugal, best known as the mother of Afonso I, the first king of Portugal.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.