Matilda of Sicily
E113370
Matilda of Sicily was a Norman noblewoman of the 11th century, known primarily as a daughter of Roger I, the first Count of Sicily.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matilda of Sicily canonical | 3 |
| Constance of Sicily | 1 |
| Matilda of Apulia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T824842 — 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: Matilda of Sicily Context triple: [Roger I of Sicily, child, Matilda of Sicily]
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A.
Matilda of Tuscany
Matilda of Tuscany was an influential 11th-century Italian noblewoman and military leader who played a key role in supporting the papacy against the Holy Roman Emperors during the Investiture Controversy.
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B.
Joanna I of Naples
Joanna I of Naples was a 14th-century queen renowned for her turbulent reign marked by political intrigue, multiple marriages, and her controversial involvement in the assassination of her first husband.
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C.
Isabella of England, Holy Roman Empress
Isabella of England, Holy Roman Empress, was a 13th-century English princess who became Empress by marrying Frederick II, one of medieval Europe’s most powerful rulers.
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D.
Adèle of Champagne
Adèle of Champagne was a 12th-century French queen consort and influential noblewoman, best known as the wife of King Louis VII of France and the mother of King Philip II.
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E.
Agnes of Merania
Agnes of Merania was a late 12th-century noblewoman and queen consort of France, known for her controversial marriage to King Philip II that sparked a major conflict with the papacy.
- 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: Matilda of Sicily Target entity description: Matilda of Sicily was a Norman noblewoman of the 11th century, known primarily as a daughter of Roger I, the first Count of Sicily.
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A.
Matilda of Tuscany
Matilda of Tuscany was an influential 11th-century Italian noblewoman and military leader who played a key role in supporting the papacy against the Holy Roman Emperors during the Investiture Controversy.
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B.
Joanna I of Naples
Joanna I of Naples was a 14th-century queen renowned for her turbulent reign marked by political intrigue, multiple marriages, and her controversial involvement in the assassination of her first husband.
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C.
Isabella of England, Holy Roman Empress
Isabella of England, Holy Roman Empress, was a 13th-century English princess who became Empress by marrying Frederick II, one of medieval Europe’s most powerful rulers.
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D.
Adèle of Champagne
Adèle of Champagne was a 12th-century French queen consort and influential noblewoman, best known as the wife of King Louis VII of France and the mother of King Philip II.
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E.
Agnes of Merania
Agnes of Merania was a late 12th-century noblewoman and queen consort of France, known for her controversial marriage to King Philip II that sparked a major conflict with the papacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Count
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Norman noble ⓘ historical figure ⓘ medieval county ⓘ medieval noble ⓘ nobleman ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ |
| century | 11th century ⓘ |
| child | Matilda of Sicily ⓘ |
| continent |
Europe
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Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | County of Sicily ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Hauteville dynasty
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Hauteville dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Norman ⓘ |
| father | Roger I of Sicily ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Hauteville family
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linked to:
Hauteville dynasty
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| notableRelative | Roger I of Sicily ⓘ |
| parent | Roger I of Sicily ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Sicily ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| title |
Count of Sicily
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linked to:
Count of Calabria
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| titleHeldByFamily |
Count of Sicily
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linked to:
County of Sicily
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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: Matilda of Sicily Description of subject: Matilda of Sicily was a Norman noblewoman of the 11th century, known primarily as a daughter of Roger I, the first Count of Sicily.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.