Welf I, Count of Altorf
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Welf I, Count of Altorf, was a prominent early medieval nobleman and progenitor of the influential Elder House of Welf in southern Germany.
All labels observed (1)
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| Welf I, Count of Altorf canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16563917 — 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: Welf I, Count of Altorf Context triple: [Judith of Bavaria, father, Welf I, Count of Altorf]
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Dietrich I, Count of Falkenburg
Dietrich I, Count of Falkenburg, was a 13th-century German nobleman and regional lord in the Holy Roman Empire, notable as the father of Beatrice of Falkenburg, the third wife of King Richard of Cornwall.
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Walram II, Count of Nassau
Walram II, Count of Nassau, was a 13th-century German nobleman whose lineage founded the Walramian branch of the House of Nassau, an important dynasty in German and European history.
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C.
William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg was a 16th-century German nobleman of the House of Nassau and the father of William the Silent, founder of the Dutch royal line.
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D.
Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe was a German nobleman and head of the small principality of Schaumburg-Lippe during the early 20th century.
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E.
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg was a 16th-century German archbishop and prince-elector whose conversion to Protestantism and attempt to secularize his territory sparked the Cologne War 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: Welf I, Count of Altorf Target entity description: Welf I, Count of Altorf, was a prominent early medieval nobleman and progenitor of the influential Elder House of Welf in southern Germany.
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A.
Dietrich I, Count of Falkenburg
Dietrich I, Count of Falkenburg, was a 13th-century German nobleman and regional lord in the Holy Roman Empire, notable as the father of Beatrice of Falkenburg, the third wife of King Richard of Cornwall.
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B.
Walram II, Count of Nassau
Walram II, Count of Nassau, was a 13th-century German nobleman whose lineage founded the Walramian branch of the House of Nassau, an important dynasty in German and European history.
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C.
William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg was a 16th-century German nobleman of the House of Nassau and the father of William the Silent, founder of the Dutch royal line.
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D.
Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe was a German nobleman and head of the small principality of Schaumburg-Lippe during the early 20th century.
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E.
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg was a 16th-century German archbishop and prince-elector whose conversion to Protestantism and attempt to secularize his territory sparked the Cologne War within the Holy Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.