George the Rich, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut
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George the Rich, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut, was a powerful late 15th-century Bavarian ruler whose death without a male heir triggered the War of the Succession of Landshut.
All labels observed (1)
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| George the Rich, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19309120 — 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: George the Rich, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut Context triple: [War of the Succession of Landshut, commander, George the Rich, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut]
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Duke George of Saxony
Duke George of Saxony was a powerful early 16th-century German prince known for his staunch opposition to Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation.
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George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, was an 18th-century German nobleman and regional ruler in the Holy Roman Empire known for his military and courtly patronage.
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C.
Joseph Clemens of Bavaria
Joseph Clemens of Bavaria was a Bavarian prince of the Wittelsbach dynasty who became Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and a significant political and ecclesiastical figure in late 17th- and early 18th-century Germany.
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D.
George, Count Palatine of Simmern
George, Count Palatine of Simmern was a 16th-century German nobleman and prince of the Holy Roman Empire from the Simmern branch of the Wittelsbach dynasty.
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Philip William of Bavaria
Philip William of Bavaria was a 17th-century Bavarian prince of the House of Wittelsbach who served as Bishop of Regensburg and held various ecclesiastical and political roles 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: George the Rich, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut Target entity description: George the Rich, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut, was a powerful late 15th-century Bavarian ruler whose death without a male heir triggered the War of the Succession of Landshut.
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A.
Duke George of Saxony
Duke George of Saxony was a powerful early 16th-century German prince known for his staunch opposition to Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation.
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B.
George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, was an 18th-century German nobleman and regional ruler in the Holy Roman Empire known for his military and courtly patronage.
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C.
Joseph Clemens of Bavaria
Joseph Clemens of Bavaria was a Bavarian prince of the Wittelsbach dynasty who became Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and a significant political and ecclesiastical figure in late 17th- and early 18th-century Germany.
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D.
George, Count Palatine of Simmern
George, Count Palatine of Simmern was a 16th-century German nobleman and prince of the Holy Roman Empire from the Simmern branch of the Wittelsbach dynasty.
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E.
Philip William of Bavaria
Philip William of Bavaria was a 17th-century Bavarian prince of the House of Wittelsbach who served as Bishop of Regensburg and held various ecclesiastical and political roles within the Holy Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
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