Maria
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Maria I of Portugal was the first queen regnant of Portugal, known for her devout Catholicism, initial period of enlightened reforms, and later mental illness that led to her son acting as regent.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maria canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3934467 — 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: Maria Context triple: [Maria I of Portugal, givenName, Maria]
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Maria
Maria is an alternate given name of Letizia Ramolino, the mother of Napoleon Bonaparte and a notable figure in Corsican and French history.
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Maria
Maria is the birth name of Marie Curie, the pioneering physicist and chemist who conducted groundbreaking research on radioactivity.
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Maria
Maria is the young Puerto Rican woman at the heart of the musical "West Side Story," whose forbidden romance with Tony drives the story’s modern retelling of "Romeo and Juliet."
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Maria
Maria is the middle given name of Cesare Maria De Vecchi, an Italian Fascist politician and prominent figure in Mussolini’s regime.
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Maria
Maria is a character in the period drama film "Stage Beauty," which explores gender roles and the world of 17th-century English theatre.
- 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: Maria Target entity description: Maria I of Portugal was the first queen regnant of Portugal, known for her devout Catholicism, initial period of enlightened reforms, and later mental illness that led to her son acting as regent.
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Maria
Maria is an alternate given name of Letizia Ramolino, the mother of Napoleon Bonaparte and a notable figure in Corsican and French history.
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Maria
Maria was a late Roman noblewoman of the Western Roman Empire, known primarily as the daughter of the powerful general Stilicho and wife of Emperor Honorius.
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Maria
Maria is the birth name of Marie Curie, the pioneering physicist and chemist who conducted groundbreaking research on radioactivity.
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Maria
Maria is a female given name of Latin origin meaning "beloved" or "wished-for child," widely used across many cultures and languages.
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Maria
Maria is the protagonist of Paulo Coelho's novel "Eleven Minutes," a young Brazilian woman whose journey explores themes of love, sexuality, and self-discovery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
monarch ⓘ queen regnant ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Maria the Mad
ⓘ
Maria the Pious ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Estrela Basilica ⓘ |
| capitalOfRealmDuringReign |
Lisbon
ⓘ
Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| causeOfRegency | mental illness ⓘ |
| child |
Infanta Mariana Victoria of Portugal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Infante José, Prince of Brazil ⓘ
linked to:
José, Prince of Brazil
John VI of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1734-12-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1816-03-20 ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Braganza dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Braganza
|
| education | Catholic religious education ⓘ |
| endTimeOfReign | 1816-03-20 ⓘ |
| event | transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil ⓘ |
| father | Joseph I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fledFrom | Napoleonic invasions of Portugal ⓘ |
| givenName | Maria ⓘ |
| hasRegent | John VI of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | House of Braganza ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Portuguese ⓘ |
| monarchOf |
Brazil
ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ |
| mother | Mariana Victoria of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movedCapitalTo | Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first queen regnant of Portugal
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devout Catholicism ⓘ enlightened reforms early in her reign ⓘ later mental illness ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of Portugal
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Lisbon ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Rio de Janeiro
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | enlightened absolutism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Queen of Brazil
ⓘ
Queen of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen of the Algarves ⓘ |
| predecessor | Joseph I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Peter III of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTimeOfReign | 1777-02-24 ⓘ |
| style |
Her Most Faithful Majesty
ⓘ
linked to:
Most Faithful Majesty
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| successor | John VI of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Queen of Brazil
ⓘ
Queen of Portugal and the Algarves ⓘ
linked to:
Queens of Portugal
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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: Maria Description of subject: Maria I of Portugal was the first queen regnant of Portugal, known for her devout Catholicism, initial period of enlightened reforms, and later mental illness that led to her son acting as regent.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.