Duke of Jülich
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The Duke of Jülich was the sovereign ruler of the historic Duchy of Jülich in the Holy Roman Empire, a strategically important territory in the Lower Rhine region of what is now western Germany.
All labels observed (1)
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| Duke of Jülich canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14578258 — 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 Jülich Context triple: [Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg, positionHeld, Duke of Jülich]
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Duke of Jülich-Berg
The Duke of Jülich-Berg was the sovereign ruler of the united Rhineland territories of Jülich and Berg within the Holy Roman Empire.
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Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
The Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg was the ruler of a significant united territorial state in the Lower Rhine region of the Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages and early modern period.
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Margrave of Jülich
The Margrave of Jülich was a high-ranking noble ruler of the medieval territory of Jülich in the Holy Roman Empire, held by members of the House of Jülich.
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William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg was a 16th-century German nobleman who ruled a large united territory in the Lower Rhine region and played a significant role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire and Reformation-era Europe.
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William II, Duke of Jülich
William II, Duke of Jülich, was a prominent 14th-century German nobleman who expanded his family's influence in the Rhineland through territorial consolidation and political alliances within the Holy Roman Empire.
- 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 Jülich Target entity description: The Duke of Jülich was the sovereign ruler of the historic Duchy of Jülich in the Holy Roman Empire, a strategically important territory in the Lower Rhine region of what is now western Germany.
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Duke of Jülich-Berg
The Duke of Jülich-Berg was the sovereign ruler of the united Rhineland territories of Jülich and Berg within the Holy Roman Empire.
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B.
Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
The Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg was the ruler of a significant united territorial state in the Lower Rhine region of the Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages and early modern period.
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C.
Margrave of Jülich
The Margrave of Jülich was a high-ranking noble ruler of the medieval territory of Jülich in the Holy Roman Empire, held by members of the House of Jülich.
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D.
William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg was a 16th-century German nobleman who ruled a large united territory in the Lower Rhine region and played a significant role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire and Reformation-era Europe.
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E.
William II, Duke of Jülich
William II, Duke of Jülich, was a prominent 14th-century German nobleman who expanded his family's influence in the Rhineland through territorial consolidation and political alliances within the Holy Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.