Emma of Sicily
E98519
Emma of Sicily was a Norman noblewoman of the 11th century, known primarily as a daughter of Roger I, the first Count of Sicily, and for her role in the early Norman dynasty in southern Italy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Emma of Sicily canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T824843 — 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: Emma of Sicily Context triple: [Roger I of Sicily, child, Emma of Sicily]
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A.
Regent Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies
Regent Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies was a 19th-century Spanish queen consort and regent who governed on behalf of her daughter Isabella II during a crucial period of liberal reforms in Spain.
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B.
Maria Luisa of Parma
Maria Luisa of Parma was Queen consort of Spain and a politically influential Bourbon royal who played a prominent role at the court of her husband, King Charles IV.
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C.
Isabella
Isabella is a virtuous and resourceful young noblewoman in Horace Walpole’s Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto," whose peril and resistance drive much of the story’s suspense and drama.
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D.
Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily
Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily was an 18th–19th century Bourbon princess who became Holy Roman Empress and Queen of the Habsburg dominions through her marriage to Emperor Francis II.
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E.
Cristina of England
Cristina of England was an 11th-century English princess and nun, daughter of Edward the Exile and member of the royal House of Wessex.
- 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: Emma of Sicily Target entity description: Emma of Sicily was a Norman noblewoman of the 11th century, known primarily as a daughter of Roger I, the first Count of Sicily, and for her role in the early Norman dynasty in southern Italy.
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A.
Regent Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies
Regent Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies was a 19th-century Spanish queen consort and regent who governed on behalf of her daughter Isabella II during a crucial period of liberal reforms in Spain.
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B.
Maria Luisa of Parma
Maria Luisa of Parma was Queen consort of Spain and a politically influential Bourbon royal who played a prominent role at the court of her husband, King Charles IV.
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C.
Isabella
Isabella is a virtuous and resourceful young noblewoman in Horace Walpole’s Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto," whose peril and resistance drive much of the story’s suspense and drama.
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D.
Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily
Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily was an 18th–19th century Bourbon princess who became Holy Roman Empress and Queen of the Habsburg dominions through her marriage to Emperor Francis II.
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E.
Cristina of England
Cristina of England was an 11th-century English princess and nun, daughter of Edward the Exile and member of the royal House of Wessex.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norman noble
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historical figure ⓘ medieval noble ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Norman conquest of southern Italy
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Norman rule in Sicily ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 11th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | County of Sicily ⓘ |
| culture | Norman ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Norman dynasty in southern Italy
ⓘ
linked to:
Hauteville dynasty
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| ethnicGroup | Normans ⓘ |
| father | Roger I of Sicily ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Emma ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| languageOfEnvironment |
Latin
ⓘ
Norman French ⓘ
linked to:
Anglo-Norman
Sicilian ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Hauteville family
ⓘ
linked to:
Hauteville dynasty
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| notableFor |
being a daughter of Roger I of Sicily
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role in early Norman dynasty in southern Italy ⓘ |
| parent | Roger I of Sicily ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Sicily
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Southern Italy ⓘ |
| region | Southern Italy ⓘ |
| relative | Roger I of Sicily ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| title | noblewoman of Sicily ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Emma of Sicily Description of subject: Emma of Sicily was a Norman noblewoman of the 11th century, known primarily as a daughter of Roger I, the first Count of Sicily, and for her role in the early Norman dynasty in southern Italy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.