Alexander (Byzantine emperor)
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Alexander was a 10th-century Byzantine emperor who briefly ruled as senior emperor from 912 to 913, known for reversing many of his predecessor Leo VI’s policies and precipitating a period of instability in the empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander (Byzantine emperor) canonical | 2 |
| Alexander (emperor) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12618548 — 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: Alexander (Byzantine emperor) Context triple: [Basil I, fatherOf, Alexander (Byzantine emperor)]
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A.
Alexander of Byzantium
Alexander of Byzantium was a Byzantine emperor from the Macedonian dynasty who briefly ruled the Eastern Roman Empire in the early 11th century.
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B.
Alexius
Alexius is a masculine given name of Greek origin, historically borne by several Byzantine emperors and Christian saints.
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C.
Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos
Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos was a 10th-century Byzantine emperor renowned as a scholar-emperor and author of important works on imperial administration and court ceremony.
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D.
Nikephoros I of Constantinople
Nikephoros I of Constantinople was an influential early 9th-century Ecumenical Patriarch known for his strong defense of icon veneration during the second phase of Byzantine Iconoclasm.
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E.
Heraclius Constantine
Heraclius Constantine, better known as Constans II, was a 7th-century Byzantine emperor noted for his military campaigns against the Arabs and internal religious conflicts over Monothelitism.
- 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: Alexander (Byzantine emperor) Target entity description: Alexander was a 10th-century Byzantine emperor who briefly ruled as senior emperor from 912 to 913, known for reversing many of his predecessor Leo VI’s policies and precipitating a period of instability in the empire.
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A.
Alexander of Byzantium
Alexander of Byzantium was a Byzantine emperor from the Macedonian dynasty who briefly ruled the Eastern Roman Empire in the early 11th century.
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B.
Alexius
Alexius is a masculine given name of Greek origin, historically borne by several Byzantine emperors and Christian saints.
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C.
Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos
Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos was a 10th-century Byzantine emperor renowned as a scholar-emperor and author of important works on imperial administration and court ceremony.
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D.
Nikephoros I of Constantinople
Nikephoros I of Constantinople was an influential early 9th-century Ecumenical Patriarch known for his strong defense of icon veneration during the second phase of Byzantine Iconoclasm.
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E.
Heraclius Constantine
Heraclius Constantine, better known as Constans II, was a 7th-century Byzantine emperor noted for his military campaigns against the Arabs and internal religious conflicts over Monothelitism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Basil I
this entity surface form:
Alexander (emperor)