Duchy of Oels
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The Duchy of Oels was a historical Silesian duchy centered on the town of Oels (Oleśnica), which passed through various dynastic rulers and played a notable role in the regional politics of Central Europe.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Duchy of Oels canonical | 3 |
| Duchy of Bernstadt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14266938 — 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: Duchy of Oels Context triple: [Württemberg-Oels, ruledTerritory, Duchy of Oels]
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A.
Duchy of Jägerndorf
The Duchy of Jägerndorf was a historical Silesian principality within the Holy Roman Empire, centered on the town of Jägerndorf (now Krnov in the Czech Republic).
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B.
Duchy of Saxe-Römhild
The Duchy of Saxe-Römhild was a small Ernestine Saxon duchy in what is now Thuringia, Germany, that existed in the late 17th and early 18th centuries as part of the fragmented Saxon principalities of the Holy Roman Empire.
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C.
Principality of Leiningen
The Principality of Leiningen was a small sovereign state of the Holy Roman Empire and later the Confederation of the Rhine, ruled by the House of Leiningen in what is now southwestern Germany.
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D.
Principality of Grubenhagen
The Principality of Grubenhagen was a small medieval German principality within the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a branch of the House of Welf and centered around the town of Herzberg in present-day Lower Saxony.
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E.
Duchy of Mansfeld
The Duchy of Mansfeld was a small territorial state in the Holy Roman Empire, centered in present-day Saxony-Anhalt, known for its mining industry and its early association with the Protestant Reformation.
- 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: Duchy of Oels Target entity description: The Duchy of Oels was a historical Silesian duchy centered on the town of Oels (Oleśnica), which passed through various dynastic rulers and played a notable role in the regional politics of Central Europe.
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A.
Duchy of Jägerndorf
The Duchy of Jägerndorf was a historical Silesian principality within the Holy Roman Empire, centered on the town of Jägerndorf (now Krnov in the Czech Republic).
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B.
Duchy of Saxe-Römhild
The Duchy of Saxe-Römhild was a small Ernestine Saxon duchy in what is now Thuringia, Germany, that existed in the late 17th and early 18th centuries as part of the fragmented Saxon principalities of the Holy Roman Empire.
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C.
Principality of Leiningen
The Principality of Leiningen was a small sovereign state of the Holy Roman Empire and later the Confederation of the Rhine, ruled by the House of Leiningen in what is now southwestern Germany.
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D.
Principality of Grubenhagen
The Principality of Grubenhagen was a small medieval German principality within the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a branch of the House of Welf and centered around the town of Herzberg in present-day Lower Saxony.
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E.
Duchy of Mansfeld
The Duchy of Mansfeld was a small territorial state in the Holy Roman Empire, centered in present-day Saxony-Anhalt, known for its mining industry and its early association with the Protestant Reformation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Duchy of Oels