Saxe-Weimar’s Brigade
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Saxe-Weimar’s Brigade was a military formation commanded by Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar that served within the Netherlands’ army during the Napoleonic Wars, notably at the Battle of Waterloo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saxe-Weimar’s Brigade canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8974167 — 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: Saxe-Weimar’s Brigade Context triple: [Netherlands 2nd Division, subunit, Saxe-Weimar’s Brigade]
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Prussian IV Corps
The Prussian IV Corps was a major field formation of the Prussian Army that played a significant role in the Waterloo campaign of 1815 under General Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow.
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B.
Prussian II Corps
The Prussian II Corps was a major field formation of the Prussian Army that played a key role in the 1815 Waterloo campaign under Field Marshal Blücher.
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C.
Prussian III Corps
The Prussian III Corps was a major field formation of the Prussian Army that played a significant role in the Waterloo campaign of 1815 under the command of General Johann von Thielmann.
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D.
Prussian I Corps
The Prussian I Corps was a major field formation of the Prussian Army during the Napoleonic Wars, playing a key role in the 1815 campaign that culminated at Waterloo.
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E.
Third Army of the North German Confederation
The Third Army of the North German Confederation was a major field army formed under Prussian leadership during the Franco-Prussian War, composed largely of South German contingents and instrumental in key victories against France.
- 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: Saxe-Weimar’s Brigade Target entity description: Saxe-Weimar’s Brigade was a military formation commanded by Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar that served within the Netherlands’ army during the Napoleonic Wars, notably at the Battle of Waterloo.
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A.
Prussian IV Corps
The Prussian IV Corps was a major field formation of the Prussian Army that played a significant role in the Waterloo campaign of 1815 under General Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow.
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B.
Prussian II Corps
The Prussian II Corps was a major field formation of the Prussian Army that played a key role in the 1815 Waterloo campaign under Field Marshal Blücher.
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C.
Prussian III Corps
The Prussian III Corps was a major field formation of the Prussian Army that played a significant role in the Waterloo campaign of 1815 under the command of General Johann von Thielmann.
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D.
Prussian I Corps
The Prussian I Corps was a major field formation of the Prussian Army during the Napoleonic Wars, playing a key role in the 1815 campaign that culminated at Waterloo.
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E.
Third Army of the North German Confederation
The Third Army of the North German Confederation was a major field army formed under Prussian leadership during the Franco-Prussian War, composed largely of South German contingents and instrumental in key victories against France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | military unit ⓘ |
| allegiance | King William I of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alliance | Seventh Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battle | Battle of Waterloo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 18 June 1815 ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| higherFormation | 2nd Netherlands Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| higherFormationCommander | General Willem Frederik Graaf van Bylandt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | post-1813 reorganization of the Dutch army ⓘ |
| location | near Waterloo, present-day Belgium ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
participation in the Battle of Waterloo
ⓘ
service under the Duke of Wellington’s overall command ⓘ |
| opponent | French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opponentCommander | Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Netherlands army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
defensive operations
ⓘ
line infantry ⓘ |
| service | Netherlands field army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | infantry ⓘ |
| theater | Waterloo Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Saxe-Weimar’s Brigade Description of subject: Saxe-Weimar’s Brigade was a military formation commanded by Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar that served within the Netherlands’ army during the Napoleonic Wars, notably at the Battle of Waterloo.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.