Old Zürich War
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The Old Zürich War was a 15th-century conflict within the Swiss Confederacy, primarily between the city of Zürich and several other member states, over territorial and succession disputes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old Zürich War canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17455431 — 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: Old Zürich War Context triple: [City of Uri, participatedIn, Old Zürich War]
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A.
Swabian War
The Swabian War was a 1499 conflict between the Old Swiss Confederacy and the Swabian League of the Holy Roman Empire that effectively secured Swiss de facto independence from imperial authority.
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B.
Swiss–Habsburg Wars
The Swiss–Habsburg Wars were a series of late medieval conflicts between the Old Swiss Confederacy and the House of Habsburg that played a key role in securing Swiss autonomy and weakening Habsburg influence in the region.
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C.
Sickingen's War
Sickingen's War was a 1522–1523 uprising of imperial knights in the Holy Roman Empire, led by Franz von Sickingen, that challenged both territorial princes and the Catholic Church during the early Reformation.
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D.
First War of Kappel
The First War of Kappel was a 1529 conflict in the Swiss Confederacy between Protestant and Catholic cantons, primarily led by Zurich and the Catholic central Swiss states, over religious and political tensions during the Reformation.
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E.
Second War of Kappel
The Second War of Kappel was a 1531 armed conflict in the Swiss Reformation era in which Protestant and Catholic cantons clashed, resulting in the defeat of the Protestant forces and the death of reformer Huldrych Zwingli.
- 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: Old Zürich War Target entity description: The Old Zürich War was a 15th-century conflict within the Swiss Confederacy, primarily between the city of Zürich and several other member states, over territorial and succession disputes.
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A.
Swabian War
The Swabian War was a 1499 conflict between the Old Swiss Confederacy and the Swabian League of the Holy Roman Empire that effectively secured Swiss de facto independence from imperial authority.
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B.
Swiss–Habsburg Wars
The Swiss–Habsburg Wars were a series of late medieval conflicts between the Old Swiss Confederacy and the House of Habsburg that played a key role in securing Swiss autonomy and weakening Habsburg influence in the region.
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C.
Sickingen's War
Sickingen's War was a 1522–1523 uprising of imperial knights in the Holy Roman Empire, led by Franz von Sickingen, that challenged both territorial princes and the Catholic Church during the early Reformation.
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D.
First War of Kappel
The First War of Kappel was a 1529 conflict in the Swiss Confederacy between Protestant and Catholic cantons, primarily led by Zurich and the Catholic central Swiss states, over religious and political tensions during the Reformation.
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E.
Second War of Kappel
The Second War of Kappel was a 1531 armed conflict in the Swiss Reformation era in which Protestant and Catholic cantons clashed, resulting in the defeat of the Protestant forces and the death of reformer Huldrych Zwingli.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.