Sitric mac Amlaíb
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Sitric mac Amlaíb, better known as Sitric Silkenbeard, was a Viking king of Dublin and Northumbria in the late 10th and early 11th centuries, noted for his role in Irish politics and the Battle of Clontarf.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sitric mac Amlaíb canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12028620 — 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: Sitric mac Amlaíb Context triple: [Sitric Silkenbeard, alsoKnownAs, Sitric mac Amlaíb]
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Áed Findliath
Áed Findliath was a 9th-century High King of Ireland from the powerful Uí Néill dynasty, known for his resistance to Viking incursions and consolidation of northern power.
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B.
Áed Find
Áed Find was a king of Dál Riata in the 8th century, remembered in later tradition as an important ancestor of the Scottish royal line.
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C.
Domnall mac Áedo
Domnall mac Áedo was a 7th-century Irish king of the Cenél Conaill branch of the Uí Néill dynasty who became High King of Ireland.
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D.
Óengus mac Fergusa
Óengus mac Fergusa was an 8th-century king of the Picts who became one of the most powerful rulers in early medieval northern Britain.
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E.
Domnall mac Donnchada
Domnall mac Donnchada, better known as Donald III of Scotland, was a late 11th-century King of Scots whose turbulent reign was marked by dynastic struggles and repeated depositions.
- 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: Sitric mac Amlaíb Target entity description: Sitric mac Amlaíb, better known as Sitric Silkenbeard, was a Viking king of Dublin and Northumbria in the late 10th and early 11th centuries, noted for his role in Irish politics and the Battle of Clontarf.
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A.
Áed Findliath
Áed Findliath was a 9th-century High King of Ireland from the powerful Uí Néill dynasty, known for his resistance to Viking incursions and consolidation of northern power.
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B.
Áed Find
Áed Find was a king of Dál Riata in the 8th century, remembered in later tradition as an important ancestor of the Scottish royal line.
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C.
Domnall mac Áedo
Domnall mac Áedo was a 7th-century Irish king of the Cenél Conaill branch of the Uí Néill dynasty who became High King of Ireland.
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D.
Óengus mac Fergusa
Óengus mac Fergusa was an 8th-century king of the Picts who became one of the most powerful rulers in early medieval northern Britain.
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E.
Domnall mac Donnchada
Domnall mac Donnchada, better known as Donald III of Scotland, was a late 11th-century King of Scots whose turbulent reign was marked by dynastic struggles and repeated depositions.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.