Mahaut of Châtillon
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Mahaut of Châtillon was a French noblewoman of the House of Châtillon who became Countess of Valois and mother of Blanche of Valois, linking her to the royal Capetian and Bohemian courts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahaut of Châtillon canonical | 7 |
| Dame de Châtillon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2789288 — 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: Mahaut of Châtillon Context triple: [Blanche of Valois, mother, Mahaut of Châtillon]
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A.
Sibylla of Burgundy
Sibylla of Burgundy was a 12th-century noblewoman who became Queen of Sicily through her marriage to King Roger II.
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B.
Sophia of Montferrat
Sophia of Montferrat was an Italian noblewoman from the House of Montferrat who became Byzantine empress consort through her marriage to Emperor John VIII Palaiologos.
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C.
Blanche of Artois
Blanche of Artois was a 13th-century French noblewoman and Queen consort of Navarre who served as regent for her daughter Joan I and later became closely connected to the English royal family through her second marriage.
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D.
Yolande of Dreux
Yolande of Dreux was a 13th-century French noblewoman who became Queen Consort of Scotland through her marriage to King Alexander III.
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E.
Countess of Narbonne
The Countess of Narbonne is a central aristocratic figure in Horace Walpole’s Gothic drama "The Mysterious Mother," embodying themes of guilt, secrecy, and tragic family scandal.
- 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: Mahaut of Châtillon Target entity description: Mahaut of Châtillon was a French noblewoman of the House of Châtillon who became Countess of Valois and mother of Blanche of Valois, linking her to the royal Capetian and Bohemian courts.
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A.
Sibylla of Burgundy
Sibylla of Burgundy was a 12th-century noblewoman who became Queen of Sicily through her marriage to King Roger II.
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B.
Sophia of Montferrat
Sophia of Montferrat was an Italian noblewoman from the House of Montferrat who became Byzantine empress consort through her marriage to Emperor John VIII Palaiologos.
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C.
Blanche of Artois
Blanche of Artois was a 13th-century French noblewoman and Queen consort of Navarre who served as regent for her daughter Joan I and later became closely connected to the English royal family through her second marriage.
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D.
Yolande of Dreux
Yolande of Dreux was a 13th-century French noblewoman who became Queen Consort of Scotland through her marriage to King Alexander III.
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E.
Countess of Narbonne
The Countess of Narbonne is a central aristocratic figure in Horace Walpole’s Gothic drama "The Mysterious Mother," embodying themes of guilt, secrecy, and tragic family scandal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Countess
ⓘ
French noble ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ |
| birthPlace | France ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Bohemian royal court
ⓘ
Capetian dynasty ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| deathPlace | France ⓘ |
| father |
Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol
ⓘ
linked to:
Guy de Châtillon, Count of Saint-Pol
|
| floruit |
early 14th century
ⓘ
late 13th century ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Blanche of Valois
ⓘ
Isabella of Valois ⓘ
linked to:
Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon
Louis of Valois ⓘ Marie of Valois ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Old French ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Châtillon ⓘ |
| mother |
Blanche of Valois
ⓘ
Isabella of Valois ⓘ
linked to:
Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon
Louis of Valois ⓘ Marie of Brittany ⓘ Marie of Valois ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Châtillon ⓘ |
| nobleRank | countess ⓘ |
| partOf | French high nobility ⓘ |
| relative |
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
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John of Bohemia ⓘ Philip VI of France ⓘ |
| spouse | Charles of Valois ⓘ |
| title | Countess of Valois ⓘ |
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: Mahaut of Châtillon Description of subject: Mahaut of Châtillon was a French noblewoman of the House of Châtillon who became Countess of Valois and mother of Blanche of Valois, linking her to the royal Capetian and Bohemian courts.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mahaut of Châtillon