John I, Duke of Saxony
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John I, Duke of Saxony, was a 13th-century German prince of the House of Ascania who ruled parts of the Duchy of Saxony during the period of its territorial partition.
All labels observed (1)
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| John I, Duke of Saxony canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17223992 — 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: John I, Duke of Saxony Context triple: [Matilda of Holstein, sibling, John I, Duke of Saxony]
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Johann, Duke of Saxony
Johann, Duke of Saxony was a 15th–16th century Wettin prince who later became Elector of Saxony and played a key role in supporting the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
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John George I, Elector of Saxony
John George I, Elector of Saxony, was a powerful early 17th-century German prince of the House of Wettin whose shifting alliances during the Thirty Years' War made him a key political and military figure in the Holy Roman Empire.
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Henry IV, Duke of Saxony
Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, was a 16th-century German nobleman of the House of Wettin who held ducal authority in Saxony as a member of the region’s ruling dynasty.
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John Frederick III, Duke of Saxony
John Frederick III, Duke of Saxony, was a 16th-century German nobleman of the Ernestine Wettin line known for his role as a Protestant patron and territorial ruler in Thuringia.
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John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony
John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony, was a 16th-century German nobleman of the Ernestine Wettin line known for his political struggles within the Holy Roman Empire and his patronage of Protestant institutions.
- 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: John I, Duke of Saxony Target entity description: John I, Duke of Saxony, was a 13th-century German prince of the House of Ascania who ruled parts of the Duchy of Saxony during the period of its territorial partition.
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A.
Johann, Duke of Saxony
Johann, Duke of Saxony was a 15th–16th century Wettin prince who later became Elector of Saxony and played a key role in supporting the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
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B.
John George I, Elector of Saxony
John George I, Elector of Saxony, was a powerful early 17th-century German prince of the House of Wettin whose shifting alliances during the Thirty Years' War made him a key political and military figure in the Holy Roman Empire.
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C.
Henry IV, Duke of Saxony
Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, was a 16th-century German nobleman of the House of Wettin who held ducal authority in Saxony as a member of the region’s ruling dynasty.
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D.
John Frederick III, Duke of Saxony
John Frederick III, Duke of Saxony, was a 16th-century German nobleman of the Ernestine Wettin line known for his role as a Protestant patron and territorial ruler in Thuringia.
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E.
John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony
John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony, was a 16th-century German nobleman of the Ernestine Wettin line known for his political struggles within the Holy Roman Empire and his patronage of Protestant institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.