William III, Duke of Bavaria-Munich
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William III, Duke of Bavaria-Munich was a late 14th- and early 15th-century Wittelsbach ruler who governed part of Bavaria and played a role in the complex dynastic politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
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| William III, Duke of Bavaria-Munich canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21334389 — 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: William III, Duke of Bavaria-Munich Context triple: [Sophia of Bavaria, sibling, William III, Duke of Bavaria-Munich]
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William I, Duke of Bavaria
William I, Duke of Bavaria was a 14th-century Wittelsbach ruler who governed parts of Bavaria and the Low Countries, including Holland, Zeeland, and Hainaut.
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William V, Duke of Bavaria
William V, Duke of Bavaria was a 16th-century Bavarian ruler known for his staunch Counter-Reformation Catholicism, extensive patronage of Jesuits and the arts, and financial extravagance that led to his abdication in favor of his son.
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C.
William IV, Duke of Bavaria
William IV, Duke of Bavaria was a 16th-century Bavarian ruler known for his role in consolidating ducal power, supporting the arts and sciences, and issuing the Bavarian Reinheitsgebot (beer purity law) of 1516.
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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.
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William II, Duke of Bavaria
William II, Duke of Bavaria was a 14th-century German nobleman from the Wittelsbach dynasty who ruled parts of Bavaria and Holland during a period of regional dynastic conflicts.
- 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: William III, Duke of Bavaria-Munich Target entity description: William III, Duke of Bavaria-Munich was a late 14th- and early 15th-century Wittelsbach ruler who governed part of Bavaria and played a role in the complex dynastic politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
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A.
William I, Duke of Bavaria
William I, Duke of Bavaria was a 14th-century Wittelsbach ruler who governed parts of Bavaria and the Low Countries, including Holland, Zeeland, and Hainaut.
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B.
William V, Duke of Bavaria
William V, Duke of Bavaria was a 16th-century Bavarian ruler known for his staunch Counter-Reformation Catholicism, extensive patronage of Jesuits and the arts, and financial extravagance that led to his abdication in favor of his son.
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C.
William IV, Duke of Bavaria
William IV, Duke of Bavaria was a 16th-century Bavarian ruler known for his role in consolidating ducal power, supporting the arts and sciences, and issuing the Bavarian Reinheitsgebot (beer purity law) of 1516.
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D.
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.
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E.
William II, Duke of Bavaria
William II, Duke of Bavaria was a 14th-century German nobleman from the Wittelsbach dynasty who ruled parts of Bavaria and Holland during a period of regional dynastic conflicts.
- F. None of above. chosen
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