Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy
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The Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy was a small ecclesiastical state of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by prince-abbots and centered on the twin abbeys of Stavelot and Malmedy in present-day Belgium.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11110330 — 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: Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy Context triple: [Stavelot, historicalAffiliation, Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy]
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Margraviate of Antwerp
The Margraviate of Antwerp was a medieval border territory and important feudal principality within the Holy Roman Empire, centered on the city of Antwerp in what is now Belgium.
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Duchy of Berg
The Duchy of Berg was a historic territorial state of the Holy Roman Empire in what is now western Germany, centered along the Rhine and Wupper rivers and often united with neighboring principalities.
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C.
Duchy of Limburg
The Duchy of Limburg was a historic territory in the Low Countries, centered on the town of Limbourg, that played a significant role in medieval and early modern European politics.
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D.
Duchy of Brabant
The Duchy of Brabant was a powerful medieval and early modern principality in the Low Countries, centered on cities like Brussels and Leuven, that played a key role in the political and economic development of what is now Belgium and the Netherlands.
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E.
Duchy of Jülich
The Duchy of Jülich was a historic territorial state within the Holy Roman Empire, located in what is now western Germany and parts of the Low Countries, that played a significant role in regional politics during the Middle Ages and early modern period.
- 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: Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy Target entity description: The Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy was a small ecclesiastical state of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by prince-abbots and centered on the twin abbeys of Stavelot and Malmedy in present-day Belgium.
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A.
Margraviate of Antwerp
The Margraviate of Antwerp was a medieval border territory and important feudal principality within the Holy Roman Empire, centered on the city of Antwerp in what is now Belgium.
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B.
Duchy of Berg
The Duchy of Berg was a historic territorial state of the Holy Roman Empire in what is now western Germany, centered along the Rhine and Wupper rivers and often united with neighboring principalities.
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C.
Duchy of Limburg
The Duchy of Limburg was a historic territory in the Low Countries, centered on the town of Limbourg, that played a significant role in medieval and early modern European politics.
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D.
Duchy of Brabant
The Duchy of Brabant was a powerful medieval and early modern principality in the Low Countries, centered on cities like Brussels and Leuven, that played a key role in the political and economic development of what is now Belgium and the Netherlands.
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E.
Duchy of Jülich
The Duchy of Jülich was a historic territorial state within the Holy Roman Empire, located in what is now western Germany and parts of the Low Countries, that played a significant role in regional politics during the Middle Ages and early modern period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ecclesiastical principality
ⓘ
former principality ⓘ state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Duchy of Jülich
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duchy of Limburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince-Bishopric of Liège NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Malmedy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stavelot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonLanguage |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ Walloon ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| currency |
Reichsthaler
ⓘ
Rhenish guilder ⓘ |
| diocese | Prince-Bishopric of Liège NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedBy | French Revolutionary armies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1795 ⓘ |
| event | annexation by France ⓘ |
| eventEndDate | 1795 annexation by the French First Republic ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Saint Remaclus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType |
ecclesiastical principality
ⓘ
theocratic monarchy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Malmedy Abbey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stavelot Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSite |
Malmedy Abbey complex
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stavelot Abbey complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
Belgium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wallonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Malmedy Abbey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stavelot Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Abbey of Malmedy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Abbey of Stavelot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| religiousOrder | Benedictines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rulerTitle | Prince-abbot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 651 ⓘ |
| successor |
Département de l'Ourthe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Département de la Roer NERFINISHED ⓘ French First Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| todayPartOf |
Province of Liège
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Province of Liège (Belgium) NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Luxembourg (Belgium) 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: Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy Description of subject: The Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy was a small ecclesiastical state of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by prince-abbots and centered on the twin abbeys of Stavelot and Malmedy in present-day Belgium.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.