Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
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Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen was the last reigning duke of the German duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, known for his military career and for losing his throne with the abolition of the monarchies in Germany after World War I.
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| Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15757901 — 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: Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Context triple: [Princess Charlotte of Prussia, spouse, Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen]
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Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen was a 17th–18th century German prince of the Ernestine Wettin line who established and ruled the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen.
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Emil Leopold August, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Emil Leopold August, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, was a German nobleman who ruled the small Thuringian duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg in the early 19th century and was the father of Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
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Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar
Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar was an early 18th-century German prince of the Ernestine Wettin line, noted for his strict Lutheran piety and for fostering the cultural life of Weimar, including employing Johann Sebastian Bach at his court.
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Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg was a German nobleman and military officer who served as the final reigning duke of the small Thuringian state of Saxe-Altenburg in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
The Duke of Saxe-Meiningen was the hereditary sovereign ruler of the small German duchy of Saxe-Meiningen within the Holy Roman Empire and later the German Confederation and 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: Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Target entity description: Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen was the last reigning duke of the German duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, known for his military career and for losing his throne with the abolition of the monarchies in Germany after World War I.
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A.
Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen was a 17th–18th century German prince of the Ernestine Wettin line who established and ruled the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen.
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B.
Emil Leopold August, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Emil Leopold August, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, was a German nobleman who ruled the small Thuringian duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg in the early 19th century and was the father of Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
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C.
Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar
Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar was an early 18th-century German prince of the Ernestine Wettin line, noted for his strict Lutheran piety and for fostering the cultural life of Weimar, including employing Johann Sebastian Bach at his court.
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Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
The Duke of Saxe-Meiningen was the hereditary sovereign ruler of the small German duchy of Saxe-Meiningen within the Holy Roman Empire and later the German Confederation and Empire.
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E.
Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg was a German nobleman and military officer who served as the final reigning duke of the small Thuringian state of Saxe-Altenburg in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
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