Margraviate of Baden
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The Margraviate of Baden was a historical principality of the Holy Roman Empire located along the Upper Rhine in what is now southwestern Germany.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1971961 — 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.
Target entity: Margraviate of Baden Context triple: [Upper Rhenish Circle, includesTerritory, Margraviate of Baden]
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Duchy of Württemberg
The Duchy of Württemberg was a historical state within the Holy Roman Empire in southwestern Germany that served as the precursor to the later Kingdom of Württemberg.
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Grand Duchy of Baden
The Grand Duchy of Baden was a historical German state on the Upper Rhine that emerged in the early 19th century, later becoming a member of the German Confederation and then the German Empire.
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Duchy of Zweibrücken
The Duchy of Zweibrücken was a small territorial state within the Holy Roman Empire, centered on the town of Zweibrücken in present-day Germany and historically associated with the Palatine branch of the Wittelsbach dynasty.
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Landgraviate of Hesse
The Landgraviate of Hesse was a significant principality within the Holy Roman Empire that emerged in the late Middle Ages in central Germany and later fragmented into several Hessian states.
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Grand Duchy of Würzburg
The Grand Duchy of Würzburg was a short-lived Napoleonic client state in southern Germany that existed from 1806 to 1814 under the rule of Ferdinand III.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Margraviate of Baden Target entity description: The Margraviate of Baden was a historical principality of the Holy Roman Empire located along the Upper Rhine in what is now southwestern Germany.
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A.
Duchy of Württemberg
The Duchy of Württemberg was a historical state within the Holy Roman Empire in southwestern Germany that served as the precursor to the later Kingdom of Württemberg.
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B.
Grand Duchy of Baden
The Grand Duchy of Baden was a historical German state on the Upper Rhine that emerged in the early 19th century, later becoming a member of the German Confederation and then the German Empire.
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Duchy of Zweibrücken
The Duchy of Zweibrücken was a small territorial state within the Holy Roman Empire, centered on the town of Zweibrücken in present-day Germany and historically associated with the Palatine branch of the Wittelsbach dynasty.
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Landgraviate of Hesse
The Landgraviate of Hesse was a significant principality within the Holy Roman Empire that emerged in the late Middle Ages in central Germany and later fragmented into several Hessian states.
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Grand Duchy of Würzburg
The Grand Duchy of Würzburg was a short-lived Napoleonic client state in southern Germany that existed from 1806 to 1814 under the rule of Ferdinand III.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former principality
ⓘ
imperial state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ margraviate ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Alsace
ⓘ
Electoral Palatinate ⓘ
surface form:
Electorate of the Palatinate
Switzerland ⓘ Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Baden-Baden
ⓘ
Durlach ⓘ Karlsruhe ⓘ |
| coexistedWith |
Duchy of Württemberg
ONNED1
ⓘ
Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss Confederacy
|
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| currency |
Kreuzer
ⓘ
Rhenish guilder ⓘ |
| dividedInto |
Margraviate of Baden-Baden
ONNED1
ⓘ
Margraviate of Baden-Durlach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | House of Zähringen ⓘ |
| governmentType |
hereditary principality
ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ |
| hadEstateType | immediate territory of the Empire ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Southwest Germany ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baden
ⓘ
surface form:
Baden region
Upper Rhine region ⓘ southwestern Germany ⓘ |
| nobleRankOfRuler | margrave ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Charles Frederick, Margrave of Baden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach NERFINISHED ⓘ Christopher I, Margrave of Baden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Imperial Diet
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
|
| partOf | Swabian Circle ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | territorial state within the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| predecessor | Zähringen territories on the Upper Rhine ⓘ |
| presentIn | modern state of Baden-Württemberg ⓘ |
| rankInEmpire | imperial prince ⓘ |
| religion |
Calvinism
ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliationChange | Reformation in parts of the territory ⓘ |
| river | Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Grand Duchy of Baden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleHeldByRuler | Margrave of Baden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| todayPartlyIn |
Alsace
ⓘ
surface form:
France (Alsace border region)
Germany ⓘ |
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Subject: Margraviate of Baden Description of subject: The Margraviate of Baden was a historical principality of the Holy Roman Empire located along the Upper Rhine in what is now southwestern Germany.
Referenced by (34)
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