Clemens August of Bavaria
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Clemens August of Bavaria was an 18th-century German prince of the Wittelsbach dynasty who served as Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and held multiple high ecclesiastical offices within the Holy Roman Empire.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clemens August of Bavaria canonical | 6 |
| Clemens August | 1 |
| Clemens August of Bavaria (as Elector of Cologne) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1721516 — 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.
Target entity: Clemens August of Bavaria Context triple: [Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, child, Clemens August of Bavaria]
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Clemens August
Clemens August was a German count and Catholic bishop, later cardinal, renowned for his outspoken opposition to Nazi policies during the Third Reich.
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Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria was a 17th-century Wittelsbach ruler who strengthened Bavarian sovereignty and rebuilt the territory after the devastations of the Thirty Years' War.
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Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century Bavarian ruler and military leader whose ambitious foreign policy and shifting alliances significantly shaped the politics of the Holy Roman Empire and wider Europe.
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Elector Maximilian IV Joseph of Bavaria
Elector Maximilian IV Joseph of Bavaria was the early 19th-century Bavarian ruler who became the first King of Bavaria and a key modernizer of the state.
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Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria
Maximilian III Joseph was the 18th-century Elector of Bavaria whose relatively enlightened rule modernized his territories and marked the end of the Bavarian Wittelsbach electoral line.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Clemens August of Bavaria Target entity description: Clemens August of Bavaria was an 18th-century German prince of the Wittelsbach dynasty who served as Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and held multiple high ecclesiastical offices within the Holy Roman Empire.
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A.
Clemens August
Clemens August was a German count and Catholic bishop, later cardinal, renowned for his outspoken opposition to Nazi policies during the Third Reich.
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B.
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria was a 17th-century Wittelsbach ruler who strengthened Bavarian sovereignty and rebuilt the territory after the devastations of the Thirty Years' War.
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C.
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century Bavarian ruler and military leader whose ambitious foreign policy and shifting alliances significantly shaped the politics of the Holy Roman Empire and wider Europe.
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Elector Maximilian IV Joseph of Bavaria
Elector Maximilian IV Joseph of Bavaria was the early 19th-century Bavarian ruler who became the first King of Bavaria and a key modernizer of the state.
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Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria
Maximilian III Joseph was the 18th-century Elector of Bavaria whose relatively enlightened rule modernized his territories and marked the end of the Bavarian Wittelsbach electoral line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Elector of Cologne
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Roman Catholic archbishop ⓘ human ⓘ prince ⓘ |
| baptismPlace |
Brussels, Belgium
ⓘ
surface form:
Brussels
|
| burialPlace | Cologne Cathedral ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 18th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1700-08-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1761-02-06 ⓘ |
| dynasty |
House of Wittelsbach
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surface form:
Wittelsbach dynasty
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| endTime | 1761 (as Archbishop-Elector of Cologne) ⓘ |
| familyName |
House of Wittelsbach
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surface form:
Wittelsbach
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| father | Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ |
| givenName |
Clemens August of Bavaria
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Clemens August
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| languageOfWorkOrName |
German
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Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Wittelsbach ⓘ |
| mother | Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska ⓘ |
| nobleRank | prince-elector ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Prince of Bavaria ⓘ |
| notableFor |
holding multiple prince-bishoprics in the Holy Roman Empire
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patronage of Baroque architecture ⓘ |
| participatedIn | imperial politics of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| partOf | Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Brussels, Belgium
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surface form:
Brussels
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Netherlands
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| placeOfDeath |
Brühl
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Electorate of Cologne ⓘ Falkenlust Palace ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Archbishop-Elector of Cologne
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Bishop of Regensburg ⓘ Grand Master of the Teutonic Order ⓘ Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim ⓘ Prince-Bishop of Münster ⓘ Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück ⓘ Prince-Bishop of Paderborn ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| residence |
Augustusburg Palace, Brühl
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Falkenlust Palace ⓘ
surface form:
Falkenlust Palace, Brühl
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| sibling | Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| startTime |
1723 (as Prince-Bishop of Münster)
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1723 (as Prince-Bishop of Paderborn) ⓘ 1724 (as Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim) ⓘ 1728 (as Archbishop-Elector of Cologne) ⓘ 1728 (as Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück) ⓘ 1732 (as Grand Master of the Teutonic Order) ⓘ |
| style | His Electoral Highness ⓘ |
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Subject: Clemens August of Bavaria Description of subject: Clemens August of Bavaria was an 18th-century German prince of the Wittelsbach dynasty who served as Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and held multiple high ecclesiastical offices within the Holy Roman Empire.
Referenced by (8)
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