Zollern lordship
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The Zollern lordship was an early medieval territorial domain in southwestern Germany that formed the ancestral power base of the House of Hohenzollern.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lordship of Zollern | 1 |
| Zollern lordship canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14598029 — 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: Zollern lordship Context triple: [County of Zollern, predecessor, Zollern lordship]
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A.
Lordship of Hanau
The Lordship of Hanau was a medieval territorial lordship in what is now Germany that later developed into the more powerful County of Hanau within the Holy Roman Empire.
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B.
Lordship of Steinfurt
The Lordship of Steinfurt was a small territorial state within the Holy Roman Empire, centered on the town of Steinfurt in present-day North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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C.
Lordship of Kniphausen
The Lordship of Kniphausen was a small semi-independent territorial lordship in what is now northwestern Germany, historically ruled by local nobles under shifting regional overlordships.
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D.
Lordship of Geldern
The Lordship of Geldern was a medieval territorial lordship in the Low Countries that later developed into the more powerful County (and eventually Duchy) of Guelders.
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E.
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).
- 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: Zollern lordship Target entity description: The Zollern lordship was an early medieval territorial domain in southwestern Germany that formed the ancestral power base of the House of Hohenzollern.
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A.
Lordship of Hanau
The Lordship of Hanau was a medieval territorial lordship in what is now Germany that later developed into the more powerful County of Hanau within the Holy Roman Empire.
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B.
Lordship of Steinfurt
The Lordship of Steinfurt was a small territorial state within the Holy Roman Empire, centered on the town of Steinfurt in present-day North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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C.
Lordship of Kniphausen
The Lordship of Kniphausen was a small semi-independent territorial lordship in what is now northwestern Germany, historically ruled by local nobles under shifting regional overlordships.
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D.
Lordship of Geldern
The Lordship of Geldern was a medieval territorial lordship in the Low Countries that later developed into the more powerful County (and eventually Duchy) of Guelders.
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E.
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).
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Zollern lordship