Duke Charles Alexander of Württemberg
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Duke Charles Alexander of Württemberg was an 18th-century German nobleman and military leader who served as Duke of Württemberg and held high command in the imperial armies during the War of the Polish Succession.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg | 1 |
| Duke Charles Alexander of Württemberg canonical | 1 |
| Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5147443 — 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 Charles Alexander of Württemberg Context triple: [Siege of Philippsburg (1734), commander, Duke Charles Alexander of Württemberg]
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Duke Alexander of Württemberg
Duke Alexander of Württemberg was a 19th-century German nobleman and military officer from the royal House of Württemberg, known for his service in the Russian army and his dynastic connections to several European royal families.
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B.
Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg
Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg was a 19th-century German nobleman and explorer from the royal House of Württemberg, known for his extensive travels and scientific expeditions, particularly in North America.
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C.
Duke Nicholas of Württemberg
Duke Nicholas of Württemberg was a 19th-century German nobleman and military officer from the ruling House of Württemberg.
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D.
Duke Carl Heinrich of Württemberg
Duke Carl Heinrich of Württemberg was a German nobleman of the House of Württemberg, a cadet member of this historic Swabian dynasty that ruled parts of southwestern Germany for centuries.
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Duke Louis of Württemberg
Duke Louis of Württemberg was a German nobleman and member of the historic House of Württemberg, a prominent ruling dynasty in southwestern Germany.
- 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 Charles Alexander of Württemberg Target entity description: Duke Charles Alexander of Württemberg was an 18th-century German nobleman and military leader who served as Duke of Württemberg and held high command in the imperial armies during the War of the Polish Succession.
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A.
Duke Alexander of Württemberg
Duke Alexander of Württemberg was a 19th-century German nobleman and military officer from the royal House of Württemberg, known for his service in the Russian army and his dynastic connections to several European royal families.
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B.
Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg
Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg was a 19th-century German nobleman and explorer from the royal House of Württemberg, known for his extensive travels and scientific expeditions, particularly in North America.
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C.
Duke Nicholas of Württemberg
Duke Nicholas of Württemberg was a 19th-century German nobleman and military officer from the ruling House of Württemberg.
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D.
Duke Carl Heinrich of Württemberg
Duke Carl Heinrich of Württemberg was a German nobleman of the House of Württemberg, a cadet member of this historic Swabian dynasty that ruled parts of southwestern Germany for centuries.
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E.
Duke Louis of Württemberg
Duke Louis of Württemberg was a German nobleman and member of the historic House of Württemberg, a prominent ruling dynasty in southwestern Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
duke
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human ⓘ military commander ⓘ nobleman ⓘ ruler of Württemberg ⓘ |
| allegiance | Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1684-01-24 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Stuttgart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
NERFINISHED
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Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conversionYear | 1712 ⓘ |
| convertedFrom | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Duchy of Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1737-03-12 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Ludwigsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1737 ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | von Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Karl Alexander von Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Karl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldOffice | Imperial governor of Belgrade ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | German ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | field marshal ⓘ |
| mother | Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high command in imperial armies during the War of the Polish Succession
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rule of Württemberg from 1733 to 1737 ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
War of the Polish Succession
NERFINISHED
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War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Duke of Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionRuled | Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Ludwigsburg Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn | Imperial Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1733 ⓘ |
| successor | Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Duke of Württemberg
NERFINISHED
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Imperial field marshal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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 Charles Alexander of Württemberg Description of subject: Duke Charles Alexander of Württemberg was an 18th-century German nobleman and military leader who served as Duke of Württemberg and held high command in the imperial armies during the War of the Polish Succession.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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notableRelative
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Duke Charles Alexander of Württemberg
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this entity surface form:
Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg
this entity surface form:
Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg