Harold Godwinson as Earl of Wessex
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Harold Godwinson as Earl of Wessex was the powerful Anglo-Saxon noble who, before becoming the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England in 1066, controlled one of the kingdom’s most influential earldoms.
All labels observed (1)
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| Harold Godwinson as Earl of Wessex canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12416356 — 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: Harold Godwinson as Earl of Wessex Context triple: [Godwin, Earl of Wessex, succeededBy, Harold Godwinson as Earl of Wessex]
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Gyrth Godwinson
Gyrth Godwinson was an 11th-century English nobleman and earl, best known as the younger brother and close supporter of King Harold Godwinson who died alongside him resisting the Norman Conquest.
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William FitzOsbern
William FitzOsbern was an 11th-century Norman nobleman, close companion of William the Conqueror, and a key military leader in the Norman Conquest of England.
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C.
Wulfnoth Godwinson
Wulfnoth Godwinson was an English nobleman of the powerful Godwin family and younger brother of Queen Edith of Wessex and Earl Harold Godwinson, later King Harold II.
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Godwin, Earl of Wessex
Godwin, Earl of Wessex, was a powerful 11th-century English nobleman and political figure who rose to become one of the most influential earls under King Cnut and later the de facto ruler of much of England before the Norman Conquest.
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Leofwine Godwinson
Leofwine Godwinson was an 11th-century English nobleman and earl who, alongside his brother King Harold II, died fighting the Norman invasion at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
- 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: Harold Godwinson as Earl of Wessex Target entity description: Harold Godwinson as Earl of Wessex was the powerful Anglo-Saxon noble who, before becoming the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England in 1066, controlled one of the kingdom’s most influential earldoms.
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A.
Gyrth Godwinson
Gyrth Godwinson was an 11th-century English nobleman and earl, best known as the younger brother and close supporter of King Harold Godwinson who died alongside him resisting the Norman Conquest.
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B.
William FitzOsbern
William FitzOsbern was an 11th-century Norman nobleman, close companion of William the Conqueror, and a key military leader in the Norman Conquest of England.
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C.
Wulfnoth Godwinson
Wulfnoth Godwinson was an English nobleman of the powerful Godwin family and younger brother of Queen Edith of Wessex and Earl Harold Godwinson, later King Harold II.
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D.
Godwin, Earl of Wessex
Godwin, Earl of Wessex, was a powerful 11th-century English nobleman and political figure who rose to become one of the most influential earls under King Cnut and later the de facto ruler of much of England before the Norman Conquest.
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E.
Leofwine Godwinson
Leofwine Godwinson was an 11th-century English nobleman and earl who, alongside his brother King Harold II, died fighting the Norman invasion at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
- F. None of above. chosen
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