William, Prince of Orange
E446013
Dutch prince
heir apparent
heir to the throne of the Netherlands
member of the House of Orange-Nassau
William, Prince of Orange (1840–1879) was the eldest son and heir apparent of King William III of the Netherlands who died before he could ascend the throne.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Willem, Prins van Oranje | 1 |
| William, Prince of Orange canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3701939 — 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, Prince of Orange Context triple: [William, Prince of Orange (1840–1879), name, William, Prince of Orange]
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A.
William, Prince of Orange
William, Prince of Orange (later King William II of the Netherlands) was a 19th-century Dutch royal and military leader best known for his prominent role in the Napoleonic Wars, particularly the Waterloo campaign.
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B.
William I, Prince of Orange
William I, Prince of Orange, also known as William the Silent, was the main leader of the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule and is regarded as the founding father of the independent Dutch Republic.
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C.
Alexander, Prince of Orange
Alexander, Prince of Orange was the eldest son and heir apparent of King William III of the Netherlands who died young, preventing him from ascending to the throne.
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D.
William II, Prince of Orange
William II, Prince of Orange was a 17th-century Dutch stadtholder and military leader who played a key role in the later stages of the Eighty Years' War and in the politics of the Dutch Republic.
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E.
Philip William, Prince of Orange
Philip William, Prince of Orange was the eldest son and heir of William the Silent, who became Prince of Orange and a prominent noble in the Habsburg Netherlands during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
- 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, Prince of Orange Target entity description: William, Prince of Orange (1840–1879) was the eldest son and heir apparent of King William III of the Netherlands who died before he could ascend the throne.
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A.
William, Prince of Orange
William, Prince of Orange (later King William II of the Netherlands) was a 19th-century Dutch royal and military leader best known for his prominent role in the Napoleonic Wars, particularly the Waterloo campaign.
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B.
William I, Prince of Orange
William I, Prince of Orange, also known as William the Silent, was the main leader of the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule and is regarded as the founding father of the independent Dutch Republic.
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C.
Alexander, Prince of Orange
Alexander, Prince of Orange was the eldest son and heir apparent of King William III of the Netherlands who died young, preventing him from ascending to the throne.
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D.
William II, Prince of Orange
William II, Prince of Orange was a 17th-century Dutch stadtholder and military leader who played a key role in the later stages of the Eighty Years' War and in the politics of the Dutch Republic.
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E.
Philip William, Prince of Orange
Philip William, Prince of Orange was the eldest son and heir of William the Silent, who became Prince of Orange and a prominent noble in the Habsburg Netherlands during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch prince
ⓘ
heir apparent ⓘ heir to the throne of the Netherlands ⓘ member of the House of Orange-Nassau ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Nieuwe Kerk, Delft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | typhus ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1840-09-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1879-06-11 ⓘ |
| didNotAscendThrone | diedBeforeAccession ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| father | William III of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| heirOf | William III of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | House of Orange-Nassau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Dutch
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| monarchistTitle | Prince of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Sophie of Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Orange-Nassau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Prince of Orange NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the eldest son and heir apparent of King William III of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| occupation | royal heir ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | The Hague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Prince of Orange
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
heir apparent to the Dutch throne ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| residence |
Palace Noordeinde
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Hague ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Prince Alexander of the Netherlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prince Henry of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | His Royal Highness ⓘ |
| titleEnd | 1879-06-11 ⓘ |
| titleStart | 1840-09-04 ⓘ |
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: William, Prince of Orange Description of subject: William, Prince of Orange (1840–1879) was the eldest son and heir apparent of King William III of the Netherlands who died before he could ascend the throne.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Willem, Prins van Oranje