Lothar II
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Lothar II was a 9th-century Carolingian king of Lotharingia best known for his protracted and controversial efforts to annul his marriage, which sparked major political and ecclesiastical conflicts in the Frankish realm.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22791666 — 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: Lothar II Context triple: [Hincmar of Reims, opposed, Lothar II]
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Lothar I
Lothar I was a 9th-century Carolingian emperor and king whose reign and subsequent partition of his realm helped shape the political landscape of medieval Western and Central Europe.
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B.
Lothar the Lame
Lothar the Lame was a lesser-known Frankish prince of the 9th century, notable mainly as a physically disabled son of the West Frankish king and Holy Roman Emperor Charles the Bald.
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C.
Eberhard of Franconia
Eberhard of Franconia was a 10th-century German nobleman and duke who played a key role in the early political struggles of the Holy Roman Empire, notably opposing King Otto I.
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D.
Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor
Lothair III was a 12th-century German king and Holy Roman Emperor known for his election after the Salian dynasty, his conflicts with the Hohenstaufen, and his efforts to balance imperial authority with papal power.
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E.
Otto of Rheinfelden
Otto of Rheinfelden was an 11th-century German nobleman and duke, notable as the son of anti-king Rudolf of Rheinfelden during the Investiture Controversy in 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: Lothar II Target entity description: Lothar II was a 9th-century Carolingian king of Lotharingia best known for his protracted and controversial efforts to annul his marriage, which sparked major political and ecclesiastical conflicts in the Frankish realm.
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A.
Lothar I
Lothar I was a 9th-century Carolingian emperor and king whose reign and subsequent partition of his realm helped shape the political landscape of medieval Western and Central Europe.
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B.
Lothar the Lame
Lothar the Lame was a lesser-known Frankish prince of the 9th century, notable mainly as a physically disabled son of the West Frankish king and Holy Roman Emperor Charles the Bald.
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C.
Eberhard of Franconia
Eberhard of Franconia was a 10th-century German nobleman and duke who played a key role in the early political struggles of the Holy Roman Empire, notably opposing King Otto I.
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D.
Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor
Lothair III was a 12th-century German king and Holy Roman Emperor known for his election after the Salian dynasty, his conflicts with the Hohenstaufen, and his efforts to balance imperial authority with papal power.
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E.
Otto of Rheinfelden
Otto of Rheinfelden was an 11th-century German nobleman and duke, notable as the son of anti-king Rudolf of Rheinfelden during the Investiture Controversy in the Holy Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
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