William de Croÿ, 1st Duke of Aarschot
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William de Croÿ, 1st Duke of Aarschot, was a prominent 16th-century nobleman and statesman of the Habsburg Netherlands who held high offices at the Burgundian-Habsburg court.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15206951 — 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 de Croÿ, 1st Duke of Aarschot Context triple: [Philippe de Croÿ, Duke of Aarschot, father, William de Croÿ, 1st Duke of Aarschot]
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Philippe de Croÿ, Duke of Aarschot
Philippe de Croÿ, Duke of Aarschot, was a prominent 16th-century nobleman from the Low Countries who played a leading military and political role during the Dutch Revolt.
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B.
Duke of Aarschot
The Duke of Aarschot is a historic hereditary noble title from the Low Countries, traditionally held by prominent aristocrats in what is now Belgium.
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C.
Charles, Count of Flanders
Charles, Count of Flanders was a mid-20th-century Belgian royal who served as Prince Regent of Belgium from 1944 to 1950 during the absence of his brother, King Leopold III.
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D.
Antoine, Duke of Brabant
Antoine, Duke of Brabant was a late medieval French nobleman of the House of Valois who ruled the Duchy of Brabant and played a significant role in the politics of the Low Countries.
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E.
Erard de la Marck
Erard de la Marck was a powerful early 16th-century prince-bishop and statesman who significantly strengthened the political and cultural influence of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège within the Holy Roman Empire.
- 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 de Croÿ, 1st Duke of Aarschot Target entity description: William de Croÿ, 1st Duke of Aarschot, was a prominent 16th-century nobleman and statesman of the Habsburg Netherlands who held high offices at the Burgundian-Habsburg court.
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A.
Philippe de Croÿ, Duke of Aarschot
Philippe de Croÿ, Duke of Aarschot, was a prominent 16th-century nobleman from the Low Countries who played a leading military and political role during the Dutch Revolt.
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B.
Duke of Aarschot
The Duke of Aarschot is a historic hereditary noble title from the Low Countries, traditionally held by prominent aristocrats in what is now Belgium.
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C.
Charles, Count of Flanders
Charles, Count of Flanders was a mid-20th-century Belgian royal who served as Prince Regent of Belgium from 1944 to 1950 during the absence of his brother, King Leopold III.
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D.
Antoine, Duke of Brabant
Antoine, Duke of Brabant was a late medieval French nobleman of the House of Valois who ruled the Duchy of Brabant and played a significant role in the politics of the Low Countries.
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E.
Erard de la Marck
Erard de la Marck was a powerful early 16th-century prince-bishop and statesman who significantly strengthened the political and cultural influence of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège within the Holy Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
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