Magnus IV the Blind
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Magnus IV the Blind was a 12th-century king of Norway whose turbulent reign was marked by civil wars, deposition, and eventual blinding by his rivals.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Magnus IV of Norway | 1 |
| Magnus IV the Blind canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20837008 — 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: Magnus IV the Blind Context triple: [Fairhair dynasty, hasMonarch, Magnus IV the Blind]
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A.
Magnus II of Norway
Magnus II of Norway was a short-reigning 11th-century Norwegian king and son of Harald Hardrada who briefly ruled jointly with his brother Olaf III.
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B.
Magnus III of Norway
Magnus III of Norway, also known as Magnus Barefoot, was a late 11th- and early 12th-century Norwegian king famed for his aggressive expansionist campaigns in the British Isles and the Norse world.
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C.
Magnus VII of Norway
Magnus VII of Norway was a 14th-century king who ruled both Norway and Sweden in a personal union, becoming one of the first monarchs to unite the two kingdoms under a single crown.
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D.
Magnus V of Norway
Magnus V of Norway was a 12th-century Norwegian king from the House of Gille who ruled during a turbulent civil war era before being defeated by King Sverre.
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E.
Magnus VI of Norway
Magnus VI of Norway, also known as Magnus the Law-mender, was a 13th-century Norwegian king renowned for his comprehensive legal reforms that unified and modernized the kingdom’s laws.
- 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: Magnus IV the Blind Target entity description: Magnus IV the Blind was a 12th-century king of Norway whose turbulent reign was marked by civil wars, deposition, and eventual blinding by his rivals.
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A.
Magnus II of Norway
Magnus II of Norway was a short-reigning 11th-century Norwegian king and son of Harald Hardrada who briefly ruled jointly with his brother Olaf III.
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B.
Magnus III of Norway
Magnus III of Norway, also known as Magnus Barefoot, was a late 11th- and early 12th-century Norwegian king famed for his aggressive expansionist campaigns in the British Isles and the Norse world.
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C.
Magnus VII of Norway
Magnus VII of Norway was a 14th-century king who ruled both Norway and Sweden in a personal union, becoming one of the first monarchs to unite the two kingdoms under a single crown.
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D.
Magnus V of Norway
Magnus V of Norway was a 12th-century Norwegian king from the House of Gille who ruled during a turbulent civil war era before being defeated by King Sverre.
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E.
Magnus VI of Norway
Magnus VI of Norway, also known as Magnus the Law-mender, was a 13th-century Norwegian king renowned for his comprehensive legal reforms that unified and modernized the kingdom’s laws.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.