House of Hrethel
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The House of Hrethel is the royal Geatish dynasty in the Old English epic Beowulf, descended from King Hrethel and including notable figures such as Hygelac and Beowulf.
All labels observed (1)
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| House of Hrethel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20263732 — 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: House of Hrethel Context triple: [Hygelac, family, House of Hrethel]
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A.
House of Reginar
The House of Reginar was a prominent medieval noble family from Lotharingia that produced influential counts and dukes in what is now Belgium and the surrounding regions.
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B.
Fortriu
Fortriu was a powerful early medieval Pictish kingdom in what is now northern Scotland, noted for its political dominance and frequent appearance in contemporary chronicles.
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C.
House of Ingelger
The House of Ingelger was a medieval French noble dynasty that founded the hereditary counts of Anjou and ultimately gave rise to the powerful Plantagenet line.
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D.
House of Ban
The House of Ban is a legendary royal lineage in Arthurian romance, associated with King Ban of Benwick and his descendants, including the knight Lancelot.
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House of Knýtlinga
The House of Knýtlinga was the medieval Danish royal dynasty that produced rulers such as Harald Bluetooth, Sweyn Forkbeard, and Cnut the Great, who dominated Denmark, England, and parts of Scandinavia in the 10th–11th centuries.
- 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: House of Hrethel Target entity description: The House of Hrethel is the royal Geatish dynasty in the Old English epic Beowulf, descended from King Hrethel and including notable figures such as Hygelac and Beowulf.
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A.
House of Reginar
The House of Reginar was a prominent medieval noble family from Lotharingia that produced influential counts and dukes in what is now Belgium and the surrounding regions.
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B.
Fortriu
Fortriu was a powerful early medieval Pictish kingdom in what is now northern Scotland, noted for its political dominance and frequent appearance in contemporary chronicles.
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C.
House of Ingelger
The House of Ingelger was a medieval French noble dynasty that founded the hereditary counts of Anjou and ultimately gave rise to the powerful Plantagenet line.
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D.
House of Ban
The House of Ban is a legendary royal lineage in Arthurian romance, associated with King Ban of Benwick and his descendants, including the knight Lancelot.
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E.
House of Knýtlinga
The House of Knýtlinga was the medieval Danish royal dynasty that produced rulers such as Harald Bluetooth, Sweyn Forkbeard, and Cnut the Great, who dominated Denmark, England, and parts of Scandinavia in the 10th–11th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.