William III, Duke of Saxony
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William III, Duke of Saxony was a 15th-century German prince of the House of Wettin who ruled parts of Saxony and Thuringia during a period of territorial partitions and dynastic disputes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wilhelm III., Herzog von Sachsen | 1 |
| William III, Duke of Saxony canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12386602 — 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: William III, Duke of Saxony Context triple: [Margaret of Thuringia, sibling, William III, Duke of Saxony]
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Ernst Heinrich of Saxony
Ernst Heinrich of Saxony was a German prince of the House of Wettin and one of the last members of the Saxon royal family to live through the fall of the monarchy and both World Wars.
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John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony
John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony, was a 16th-century German nobleman of the Ernestine Wettin line known for his political struggles within the Holy Roman Empire and his patronage of Protestant institutions.
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John George IV, Elector of Saxony
John George IV, Elector of Saxony, was a late 17th-century German prince of the House of Wettin who ruled Saxony from 1691 to 1694 and is noted for his short, scandal-marked reign and close ties to the emerging power of Brandenburg-Prussia.
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Karl of Saxony
Karl of Saxony was a Saxon prince from the House of Wettin, the son of Maria Josepha of Austria and Elector Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, who lived in the early 18th century.
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John George III, Elector of Saxony
John George III, Elector of Saxony, was a 17th-century German prince of the House of Wettin who ruled Saxony during the turbulent period of the late Thirty Years’ War aftermath and the rise of absolutist states in Europe.
- 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: William III, Duke of Saxony Target entity description: William III, Duke of Saxony was a 15th-century German prince of the House of Wettin who ruled parts of Saxony and Thuringia during a period of territorial partitions and dynastic disputes.
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A.
Ernst Heinrich of Saxony
Ernst Heinrich of Saxony was a German prince of the House of Wettin and one of the last members of the Saxon royal family to live through the fall of the monarchy and both World Wars.
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B.
John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony
John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony, was a 16th-century German nobleman of the Ernestine Wettin line known for his political struggles within the Holy Roman Empire and his patronage of Protestant institutions.
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C.
John George IV, Elector of Saxony
John George IV, Elector of Saxony, was a late 17th-century German prince of the House of Wettin who ruled Saxony from 1691 to 1694 and is noted for his short, scandal-marked reign and close ties to the emerging power of Brandenburg-Prussia.
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D.
Karl of Saxony
Karl of Saxony was a Saxon prince from the House of Wettin, the son of Maria Josepha of Austria and Elector Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, who lived in the early 18th century.
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E.
John George III, Elector of Saxony
John George III, Elector of Saxony, was a 17th-century German prince of the House of Wettin who ruled Saxony during the turbulent period of the late Thirty Years’ War aftermath and the rise of absolutist states in Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: William III, Duke of Saxony Description of subject: William III, Duke of Saxony was a 15th-century German prince of the House of Wettin who ruled parts of Saxony and Thuringia during a period of territorial partitions and dynastic disputes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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