Lord High Steward of Sweden
E131272
The Lord High Steward of Sweden was one of the kingdom’s great officers of state, historically responsible for overseeing the royal household and often wielding significant political influence, especially during periods of regency.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lord High Steward of Sweden canonical | 13 |
| Head of the Royal Court of Sweden | 1 |
| Lord High Justiciar of Sweden | 1 |
| Rikets högämbetsmän | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1144416 — 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: Lord High Steward of Sweden Context triple: [Swedish Regency Council, includedOffice, Lord High Steward of Sweden]
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A.
Lord High Chancellor of Sweden
The Lord High Chancellor of Sweden was one of the kingdom’s highest great officers of the realm, historically serving as the monarch’s chief legal and political advisor and head of the royal chancery.
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B.
Birger Jarl
Birger Jarl was a 13th-century Swedish statesman and de facto ruler of Sweden, renowned for consolidating royal power and laying the foundations of the Swedish capital.
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C.
Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie
Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie was a powerful 17th-century Swedish statesman and nobleman who served as a leading political figure and patron of the arts during the Swedish Empire’s great power era.
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D.
Chief Justice of Norway
The Chief Justice of Norway is the head of the Supreme Court and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Norwegian legal system.
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E.
King of Sweden
The King of Sweden is the constitutional monarch and ceremonial head of state of Sweden, representing the nation at official events and functions.
- 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: Lord High Steward of Sweden Target entity description: The Lord High Steward of Sweden was one of the kingdom’s great officers of state, historically responsible for overseeing the royal household and often wielding significant political influence, especially during periods of regency.
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A.
Lord High Chancellor of Sweden
The Lord High Chancellor of Sweden was one of the kingdom’s highest great officers of the realm, historically serving as the monarch’s chief legal and political advisor and head of the royal chancery.
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B.
Birger Jarl
Birger Jarl was a 13th-century Swedish statesman and de facto ruler of Sweden, renowned for consolidating royal power and laying the foundations of the Swedish capital.
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C.
Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie
Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie was a powerful 17th-century Swedish statesman and nobleman who served as a leading political figure and patron of the arts during the Swedish Empire’s great power era.
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D.
Chief Justice of Norway
The Chief Justice of Norway is the head of the Supreme Court and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Norwegian legal system.
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E.
King of Sweden
The King of Sweden is the constitutional monarch and ceremonial head of state of Sweden, representing the nation at official events and functions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
great officer of the realm of Sweden
ⓘ
political office ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod |
Kalmar Union
ⓘ
Swedish Empire ⓘ |
| country | Sweden ⓘ |
| exercisedPowerDuring |
regencies in Sweden
ⓘ
royal minorities ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Drots
ⓘ
Lord High Justiciar of Sweden ⓘ
linked to:
Lord High Steward of Sweden
Riksdrots ⓘ |
| hasRole |
guardian of royal interests during regencies
ⓘ
head of the royal court administration ⓘ high-ranking political advisor to the monarch of Sweden ⓘ overseer of the royal household of Sweden ⓘ |
| influenced | state policy of Sweden ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Swedish ⓘ |
| officeAbolishedIn | late 17th century ⓘ |
| officeAbolishedInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| officeCreatedIn | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| officeCreatedInCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| partOf |
Government of Sweden
ⓘ
linked to:
Swedish government
Great Officers of the Realm of Sweden ⓘ |
| positionHeldBy |
Arvid Horn
ⓘ
Axel Oxenstierna ⓘ
linked to:
Oxenstierna
Bo Jonsson Grip ⓘ Carl Gustaf Tessin ⓘ Carl Gyllenstierna ⓘ Carl Piper ⓘ Erik Axelsson Tott ⓘ Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna ⓘ Johan Gyllenstierna ⓘ Karl Knutsson Bonde ⓘ Lars Siggesson Sparre ⓘ Magnus Bengtsson Natt och Dag ⓘ Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie ⓘ Nils Bosson Sture ⓘ Per Brahe the Elder ⓘ
linked to:
Abraham Brahe
Per Brahe the Younger ⓘ Sten Sture the Elder ⓘ Sten Sture the Younger ⓘ
linked to:
Sten Sture the Elder
Svante Arrhenius (note: uncertain; example of noble officeholder) ⓘ
linked to:
Svante Arrhenius
Svante Nilsson ⓘ Torgils Knutsson ⓘ Ture Turesson Bielke ⓘ |
| precedenceOver | most other Swedish nobles ⓘ |
| rank | one of the five Great Officers of the Realm ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
administration of royal estates
ⓘ
judicial authority in the king’s name ⓘ supervision of royal household finances ⓘ |
| seatOfPower |
Swedish royal court
ⓘ
linked to:
Swedish Royal Court
|
| SwedishName | Riksdrots ⓘ |
| typicallyHeldBy | high nobility of Sweden ⓘ |
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: Lord High Steward of Sweden Description of subject: The Lord High Steward of Sweden was one of the kingdom’s great officers of state, historically responsible for overseeing the royal household and often wielding significant political influence, especially during periods of regency.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lord High Steward of Sweden
linked to: Lord High Steward of Sweden
subject linked to:
House of De la Gardie
subject linked to:
Magnus Gabriel
linked to: Lord High Steward of Sweden