Ealdgyth
E95479
Ealdgyth was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman of the 11th century, known primarily as the mother of Edward the Exile and thus a link in the lineage of the English royal house before the Norman Conquest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ealdgyth canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T801901 — 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: Ealdgyth Context triple: [Edward the Exile, mother, Ealdgyth]
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A.
Maud of Wales
Maud of Wales was a British princess who became Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VII.
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B.
Edith of Scotland (Matilda of Scotland)
Edith of Scotland, later known as Queen Matilda, was the daughter of King Malcolm III and Saint Margaret of Scotland who became the influential first wife of King Henry I of England.
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C.
Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile
Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile, was an 11th-century noblewoman of uncertain but likely Eastern European origin, best known as the mother of Saint Margaret of Scotland and a key ancestral figure in medieval English and Scottish royal lineages.
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D.
Marjorie, Countess of Carrick
Marjorie, Countess of Carrick, was a 13th-century Scottish noblewoman best known as the mother of King Robert the Bruce and a key figure in the lineage of the Scottish royal house.
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E.
Vortigern
Vortigern is the primary antagonist in the film "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword," depicted as a power-hungry ruler who usurps the throne through dark magic and treachery.
- 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: Ealdgyth Target entity description: Ealdgyth was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman of the 11th century, known primarily as the mother of Edward the Exile and thus a link in the lineage of the English royal house before the Norman Conquest.
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A.
Maud of Wales
Maud of Wales was a British princess who became Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VII.
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B.
Edith of Scotland (Matilda of Scotland)
Edith of Scotland, later known as Queen Matilda, was the daughter of King Malcolm III and Saint Margaret of Scotland who became the influential first wife of King Henry I of England.
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C.
Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile
Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile, was an 11th-century noblewoman of uncertain but likely Eastern European origin, best known as the mother of Saint Margaret of Scotland and a key ancestral figure in medieval English and Scottish royal lineages.
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D.
Marjorie, Countess of Carrick
Marjorie, Countess of Carrick, was a 13th-century Scottish noblewoman best known as the mother of King Robert the Bruce and a key figure in the lineage of the Scottish royal house.
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E.
Vortigern
Vortigern is the primary antagonist in the film "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword," depicted as a power-hungry ruler who usurps the throne through dark magic and treachery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglo-Saxon noblewoman
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ |
| approximateDate | fl. early 11th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith | House of Wessex ⓘ |
| beforeEvent | Norman Conquest of England ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Anglo-Saxon ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Edgar Ætheling
ⓘ
surface form:
Edgar the Ætheling
St. Margaret of Scotland (associated) ⓘ
surface form:
Margaret of Wessex (Saint Margaret of Scotland)
Scottish royal house through Margaret of Wessex ⓘ |
| knownFor | role in dynastic succession to the English throne ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Old English ⓘ |
| livedDuringEvent |
Viking Age in England
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reign of Æthelred the Unready ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| motherOf | Edward the Exile ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the mother of Edward the Exile
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link in the pre-Conquest English royal lineage ⓘ |
| partOf | English nobility ⓘ |
| positionInFamily | member of the English royal house by marriage or descent ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | England ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 11th 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: Ealdgyth Description of subject: Ealdgyth was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman of the 11th century, known primarily as the mother of Edward the Exile and thus a link in the lineage of the English royal house before the Norman Conquest.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.