Duke of Brzeg
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The Duke of Brzeg was a hereditary noble title held by a Silesian branch of the Piast dynasty that ruled the Brzeg region in present-day Poland during the Middle Ages and early modern period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Duke of Brzeg canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13049851 — 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: Duke of Brzeg Context triple: [Piasts of Brzeg, titleHeld, Duke of Brzeg]
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A.
Duke of Żagań
The Duke of Żagań was a hereditary title held by members of the Silesian Piast dynasty who ruled the duchy centered on the town of Żagań in present-day western Poland.
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B.
Duke of Opole
The Duke of Opole was a noble title associated with the historic Silesian duchy centered on the city of Opole, often held by prominent European aristocrats.
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C.
Duke of Łęczyca
The Duke of Łęczyca was a medieval Polish noble title held by members of the Piast dynasty who ruled the Łęczyca region.
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D.
Duke of Bytom
The Duke of Bytom was a medieval Silesian noble title held by members of the Piast dynasty who ruled the Bytom region.
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E.
Duke of Inowrocław
The Duke of Inowrocław was a medieval Polish princely title held by members of the Kuyavian branch of the Piast dynasty who ruled the Inowrocław region.
- 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: Duke of Brzeg Target entity description: The Duke of Brzeg was a hereditary noble title held by a Silesian branch of the Piast dynasty that ruled the Brzeg region in present-day Poland during the Middle Ages and early modern period.
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A.
Duke of Żagań
The Duke of Żagań was a hereditary title held by members of the Silesian Piast dynasty who ruled the duchy centered on the town of Żagań in present-day western Poland.
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B.
Duke of Opole
The Duke of Opole was a noble title associated with the historic Silesian duchy centered on the city of Opole, often held by prominent European aristocrats.
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C.
Duke of Łęczyca
The Duke of Łęczyca was a medieval Polish noble title held by members of the Piast dynasty who ruled the Łęczyca region.
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D.
Duke of Bytom
The Duke of Bytom was a medieval Silesian noble title held by members of the Piast dynasty who ruled the Bytom region.
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E.
Duke of Inowrocław
The Duke of Inowrocław was a medieval Polish princely title held by members of the Kuyavian branch of the Piast dynasty who ruled the Inowrocław region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Silesian duchy title
ⓘ
ducal title ⓘ hereditary noble title ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Brzeg region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duchy of Brzeg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Piast fragmentation of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Oder River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | Piast eagle with regional Silesian elements ⓘ |
| country |
Bohemian Crown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Poland (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedFollowing | extinction of the Silesian Piast male line ⓘ |
| endTime |
17th century
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18th century ⓘ |
| feudalRank | duke ⓘ |
| governmentForm | feudal monarchy ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | hereditary ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Central Europe ⓘ |
| inception | after partition of Silesian Piast lands ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
German
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ Polish ⓘ |
| laterReligion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Silesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
present-day Poland ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Piast dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | high nobility ⓘ |
| partOf | fragmentation of the Duchy of Silesia ⓘ |
| precededBy | Duke of Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Lower Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Brzeg Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seat | Brzeg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 14th century ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Holy Roman Emperor
NERFINISHED
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King of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleHolder |
Christian of Brzeg
NERFINISHED
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George II of Brzeg NERFINISHED ⓘ Ludwik I the Fair NERFINISHED ⓘ Ludwik II of Brzeg NERFINISHED ⓘ Piast dukes of Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Piast dynasty
NERFINISHED
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Silesian Piasts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Duke of Brzeg Description of subject: The Duke of Brzeg was a hereditary noble title held by a Silesian branch of the Piast dynasty that ruled the Brzeg region in present-day Poland during the Middle Ages and early modern period.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.