William, Count of Poitou
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William, Count of Poitou was a 12th-century French nobleman of the ducal house of Aquitaine, notable as the son of Empress Matilda (Maud), heir to the English throne.
All labels observed (1)
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| William, Count of Poitou canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20456068 — 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: William, Count of Poitou Context triple: [Maud, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire, child, William, Count of Poitou]
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William, Count of Évreux
William, Count of Évreux was a prominent Norman nobleman and military leader of the late 11th and early 12th centuries, closely involved in the power struggles of the Anglo-Norman realm.
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William I, Duke of Aquitaine
William I, Duke of Aquitaine was a powerful 10th-century French nobleman and military leader renowned for his pivotal role in monastic reform and support of the Church.
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C.
Geoffrey, Count of Nantes
Geoffrey, Count of Nantes was a 12th-century French nobleman of the Angevin dynasty who briefly ruled the County of Nantes before his early death.
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D.
Hugh of Champagne
Hugh of Champagne was a powerful 11th–12th century French nobleman and crusader who ruled as Count of Champagne and played a key role in the politics of medieval France.
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E.
William IX, Count of Poitiers
William IX, Count of Poitiers was the eldest son and heir of Eleanor of Aquitaine and King Louis VII of France, whose early death in childhood altered the succession of the Angevin and Aquitanian realms.
- 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: William, Count of Poitou Target entity description: William, Count of Poitou was a 12th-century French nobleman of the ducal house of Aquitaine, notable as the son of Empress Matilda (Maud), heir to the English throne.
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A.
William, Count of Évreux
William, Count of Évreux was a prominent Norman nobleman and military leader of the late 11th and early 12th centuries, closely involved in the power struggles of the Anglo-Norman realm.
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B.
William I, Duke of Aquitaine
William I, Duke of Aquitaine was a powerful 10th-century French nobleman and military leader renowned for his pivotal role in monastic reform and support of the Church.
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C.
Geoffrey, Count of Nantes
Geoffrey, Count of Nantes was a 12th-century French nobleman of the Angevin dynasty who briefly ruled the County of Nantes before his early death.
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D.
Hugh of Champagne
Hugh of Champagne was a powerful 11th–12th century French nobleman and crusader who ruled as Count of Champagne and played a key role in the politics of medieval France.
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E.
William IX, Count of Poitiers
William IX, Count of Poitiers was the eldest son and heir of Eleanor of Aquitaine and King Louis VII of France, whose early death in childhood altered the succession of the Angevin and Aquitanian realms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.