Duke of Żagań
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The Duke of Żagań was a hereditary title held by members of the Silesian Piast dynasty who ruled the duchy centered on the town of Żagań in present-day western Poland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duke of Żagań canonical | 3 |
| Dukes of Żagań | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12966693 — 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 Żagań Context triple: [Żagań Piasts, nobleTitle, Duke of Żagań]
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A.
Duke of Opole
The Duke of Opole was a noble title associated with the historic Silesian duchy centered on the city of Opole, often held by prominent European aristocrats.
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B.
Duke of Sieradz
The Duke of Sieradz was a medieval Polish noble title associated with the Piast dynasty and the rule over the Sieradz region in central Poland.
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C.
Duke of Słupsk
The Duke of Słupsk was a medieval Pomeranian noble title held by members of the House of Griffins, rulers of the Duchy of Pomerania in what is now northwestern Poland and northeastern Germany.
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D.
Duke of Sandomierz
The Duke of Sandomierz was a medieval Polish princely title associated with the fragmented Piast-ruled duchy centered on the city of Sandomierz.
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E.
Duke of Inowrocław
The Duke of Inowrocław was a medieval Polish princely title held by members of the Kuyavian branch of the Piast dynasty who ruled the Inowrocław region.
- 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 Żagań Target entity description: The Duke of Żagań was a hereditary title held by members of the Silesian Piast dynasty who ruled the duchy centered on the town of Żagań in present-day western Poland.
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A.
Duke of Opole
The Duke of Opole was a noble title associated with the historic Silesian duchy centered on the city of Opole, often held by prominent European aristocrats.
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B.
Duke of Sieradz
The Duke of Sieradz was a medieval Polish noble title associated with the Piast dynasty and the rule over the Sieradz region in central Poland.
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C.
Duke of Słupsk
The Duke of Słupsk was a medieval Pomeranian noble title held by members of the House of Griffins, rulers of the Duchy of Pomerania in what is now northwestern Poland and northeastern Germany.
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D.
Duke of Sandomierz
The Duke of Sandomierz was a medieval Polish princely title associated with the fragmented Piast-ruled duchy centered on the city of Sandomierz.
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E.
Duke of Inowrocław
The Duke of Inowrocław was a medieval Polish princely title held by members of the Kuyavian branch of the Piast dynasty who ruled the Inowrocław region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ducal title
ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ noble title ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Duchy of Żagań NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Żagań NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Duchy of Żagań NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty |
House of Biron
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Talleyrand-Périgord NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Wallenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Piast dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime |
1840s
ⓘ
19th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Prussian administrative district of Sagan ⓘ |
| follows | Duchy of Głogów (partitioned) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHolder |
Albrecht of Żagań
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Albrecht von Wallenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Balthasar of Żagań NERFINISHED ⓘ Birgitte of Courland NERFINISHED ⓘ Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord NERFINISHED ⓘ Dino de Talleyrand-Périgord NERFINISHED ⓘ Dorothea von Biron NERFINISHED ⓘ Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry III of Głogów NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry V of Iron NERFINISHED ⓘ Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord NERFINISHED ⓘ Jan I of Żagań NERFINISHED ⓘ Jan II the Mad NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter von Biron NERFINISHED ⓘ Rudolf of Żagań NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Wenceslaus II of Żagań NERFINISHED ⓘ Wenceslaus III of Żagań NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | Żagań Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1274 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
German
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ Polish ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Lower Silesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Poland ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Żagań NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | duke ⓘ |
| partOf |
Piast-ruled Silesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Silesian duchies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentIn |
Kingdom of Bohemia (as overlord)
NERFINISHED
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Lands of the Bohemian Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism (historical ruling house) ⓘ |
| startTime | 13th century ⓘ |
| usedBy | Silesian Piast dynasty 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 Żagań Description of subject: The Duke of Żagań was a hereditary title held by members of the Silesian Piast dynasty who ruled the duchy centered on the town of Żagań in present-day western Poland.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dukes of Żagań