Duke of Neuburg
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The Duke of Neuburg was a title held by members of the Wittelsbach dynasty who ruled the small German principality of Palatinate-Neuburg within the Holy Roman Empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duke of Neuburg canonical | 2 |
| Count Palatine of Neuburg | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6574472 — 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 Neuburg Context triple: [Duke of Cleves, hasSuccessor, Duke of Neuburg]
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A.
Duke of Elchingen
The Duke of Elchingen was the Napoleonic noble title held by Marshal Michel Ney, one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s most famous and celebrated military commanders.
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B.
Duke of Styria
The Duke of Styria was a medieval noble title governing the duchy of Styria in Central Europe, often held by prominent rulers within the Holy Roman Empire.
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C.
Duke of Carinthia
The Duke of Carinthia was a medieval noble title associated with the rule of the historical Carinthia region in Central Europe, often held by prominent dynasties and occasionally by reigning kings.
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D.
Duke of Austria
The Duke of Austria was the hereditary noble title held by the medieval and early modern rulers of the Austrian lands within the Holy Roman Empire, preceding the later title of Archduke.
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E.
Duke of Bavaria
Duke of Bavaria was the hereditary sovereign title held by the rulers of the Bavarian duchy within the Holy Roman Empire and later the Kingdom of Bavaria.
- 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 Neuburg Target entity description: The Duke of Neuburg was a title held by members of the Wittelsbach dynasty who ruled the small German principality of Palatinate-Neuburg within the Holy Roman Empire.
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A.
Duke of Elchingen
The Duke of Elchingen was the Napoleonic noble title held by Marshal Michel Ney, one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s most famous and celebrated military commanders.
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B.
Duke of Styria
The Duke of Styria was a medieval noble title governing the duchy of Styria in Central Europe, often held by prominent rulers within the Holy Roman Empire.
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C.
Duke of Carinthia
The Duke of Carinthia was a medieval noble title associated with the rule of the historical Carinthia region in Central Europe, often held by prominent dynasties and occasionally by reigning kings.
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D.
Duke of Austria
The Duke of Austria was the hereditary noble title held by the medieval and early modern rulers of the Austrian lands within the Holy Roman Empire, preceding the later title of Archduke.
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E.
Duke of Bavaria
Duke of Bavaria was the hereditary sovereign title held by the rulers of the Bavarian duchy within the Holy Roman Empire and later the Kingdom of Bavaria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | noble title ⓘ |
| associatedCapital | Neuburg Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedHouseBranch | Palatinate-Neuburg line of Wittelsbachs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | Bavarian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTerritory |
Lower Bavaria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Palatinate-Neuburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Thirty Years' War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
War of the Jülich-Cleves-Berg Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dynasty | House of Wittelsbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feudalRank | imperial prince ⓘ |
| governmentForm | principality ⓘ |
| heldBy |
Charles Philip, Elector Palatine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ John William, Elector Palatine NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip William, Elector Palatine NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldPersonalUnionWith |
Electorate of Bavaria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Electorate of the Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heraldry | Wittelsbach coat of arms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Early Modern period
ⓘ
surface form:
Early modern period
|
| languageOfCourt | German ⓘ |
| legalSystem | imperial law of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Germany ⓘ |
| nobleRank | duke ⓘ |
| nobleStyle | Serene Highness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Wittelsbach territories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalRole | imperial prince with seat and vote in the Imperial Diet ⓘ |
| predecessorTitle | Count Palatine of the Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTitle |
Duke of Bavaria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elector Palatine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Calvinism
ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| seat | Neuburg an der Donau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereigntyStatus | immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| succession | agnatic primogeniture ⓘ |
| territorialStatus | imperial estate ⓘ |
| titleCreatedFor | a cadet branch of the Wittelsbach dynasty ⓘ |
| titleExtinctInPractice | 18th century ⓘ |
| titleHolderOf | ruler of Palatinate-Neuburg ⓘ |
| titleType | territorial title ⓘ |
| vassalOf | Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| within | Holy Roman Empire 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 Neuburg Description of subject: The Duke of Neuburg was a title held by members of the Wittelsbach dynasty who ruled the small German principality of Palatinate-Neuburg within the Holy Roman Empire.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Count Palatine of Neuburg