Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg
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Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg was a late 15th- to early 16th-century German nobleman of the House of Nassau and ruler of the small principality of Nassau-Dillenburg in the Holy Roman Empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John V, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg | 3 |
| Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8797660 — 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: Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg Context triple: [Nassau-Dillenburg line, hasMember, Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg]
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John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg was a 16th-century German nobleman and staunch Calvinist who played a key political and military role in the early stages of the Dutch Revolt alongside his brother William the Silent.
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John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen was a 17th-century German-Dutch nobleman, military commander, and colonial governor of Dutch Brazil who became a prominent patron of the arts and architecture.
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Justin of Nassau
Justin of Nassau was a Dutch military commander and illegitimate son of William the Silent, best known for his role in the early stages of the Eighty Years' War.
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John Louis of Nassau-Hadamar
John Louis of Nassau-Hadamar was a 17th-century German count of the House of Nassau who established and led the small principality of Nassau-Hadamar within the Holy Roman Empire.
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John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen
John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen was a German nobleman of the House of Nassau who ruled the small principality of Nassau-Siegen in 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: Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg Target entity description: Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg was a late 15th- to early 16th-century German nobleman of the House of Nassau and ruler of the small principality of Nassau-Dillenburg in the Holy Roman Empire.
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A.
John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg was a 16th-century German nobleman and staunch Calvinist who played a key political and military role in the early stages of the Dutch Revolt alongside his brother William the Silent.
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B.
John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen was a 17th-century German-Dutch nobleman, military commander, and colonial governor of Dutch Brazil who became a prominent patron of the arts and architecture.
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C.
Justin of Nassau
Justin of Nassau was a Dutch military commander and illegitimate son of William the Silent, best known for his role in the early stages of the Eighty Years' War.
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D.
John Louis of Nassau-Hadamar
John Louis of Nassau-Hadamar was a 17th-century German count of the House of Nassau who established and led the small principality of Nassau-Hadamar within the Holy Roman Empire.
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E.
John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen
John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen was a German nobleman of the House of Nassau who ruled the small principality of Nassau-Siegen in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
count
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human ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Dillenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg
NERFINISHED
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Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Johanna of Nassau-Dillenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ John of Nassau-Vianden NERFINISHED ⓘ Maria of Nassau-Dillenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottilie of Nassau-Dillenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1455-11-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1516-07-30 ⓘ |
| deathCause | natural causes ⓘ |
| era |
Early modern period
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Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| father | John IV of Nassau-Dillenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | Nassau-Dillenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| houseBranch | Ottonian line of the House of Nassau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | German ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Nassau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Maria of Loon-Heinsberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Nassau-Dillenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | count ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Count of Nassau-Dillenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRelative | William the Silent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dillenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Dillenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | ruler of Nassau-Dillenburg ⓘ |
| predecessor | John IV of Nassau-Dillenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | County of Nassau-Dillenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Duchy of Nassau historical region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1516 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1475 ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| residence | Dillenburg Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleHeldInLife | Lord of Dillenburg 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: Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg Description of subject: Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg was a late 15th- to early 16th-century German nobleman of the House of Nassau and ruler of the small principality of Nassau-Dillenburg in the Holy Roman Empire.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
John V, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
this entity surface form:
John V, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
this entity surface form:
John V, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg