Edgar (son of Æthelred the Unready)
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Edgar was an English prince of the late 10th and early 11th centuries, one of the younger sons of King Æthelred the Unready and a member of the House of Wessex during the turbulent years of Viking invasions.
All labels observed (1)
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| Edgar (son of Æthelred the Unready) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19060928 — 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: Edgar (son of Æthelred the Unready) Context triple: [Ælfgifu of York, motherOf, Edgar (son of Æthelred the Unready)]
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Edmund (son of Edmund Ironside)
Edmund (son of Edmund Ironside) was an 11th-century English prince and heir of King Edmund Ironside, whose life was largely shaped by the dynastic struggles following the Danish conquest of England.
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Waltheof of Melrose
Waltheof of Melrose was a 12th-century Anglo-Scottish nobleman who became abbot of Melrose Abbey and was venerated for his piety and leadership within the Cistercian order.
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C.
Edred Fitzpiers
Edred Fitzpiers is a central character in Thomas Hardy’s novel "The Woodlanders," portrayed as an ambitious, morally conflicted country doctor whose actions profoundly affect the rural community around him.
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D.
Eadric of Kent
Eadric of Kent was an early 7th-century Anglo-Saxon king who briefly ruled the Kingdom of Kent during a period of dynastic conflict and shifting power in southeastern England.
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E.
Edgar Ætheling
Edgar Ætheling was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon prince and briefly proclaimed, though never crowned, king of England after the Norman Conquest.
- 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: Edgar (son of Æthelred the Unready) Target entity description: Edgar was an English prince of the late 10th and early 11th centuries, one of the younger sons of King Æthelred the Unready and a member of the House of Wessex during the turbulent years of Viking invasions.
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A.
Edmund (son of Edmund Ironside)
Edmund (son of Edmund Ironside) was an 11th-century English prince and heir of King Edmund Ironside, whose life was largely shaped by the dynastic struggles following the Danish conquest of England.
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B.
Waltheof of Melrose
Waltheof of Melrose was a 12th-century Anglo-Scottish nobleman who became abbot of Melrose Abbey and was venerated for his piety and leadership within the Cistercian order.
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C.
Edred Fitzpiers
Edred Fitzpiers is a central character in Thomas Hardy’s novel "The Woodlanders," portrayed as an ambitious, morally conflicted country doctor whose actions profoundly affect the rural community around him.
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D.
Eadric of Kent
Eadric of Kent was an early 7th-century Anglo-Saxon king who briefly ruled the Kingdom of Kent during a period of dynastic conflict and shifting power in southeastern England.
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E.
Edgar Ætheling
Edgar Ætheling was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon prince and briefly proclaimed, though never crowned, king of England after the Norman Conquest.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.