First Battle of Höchstädt
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The First Battle of Höchstädt was a 1703 engagement in the War of the Spanish Succession in which French and Bavarian forces defeated an Imperial army near the town of Höchstädt in Bavaria.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Höchstädt (1703) | 2 |
| First Battle of Höchstädt canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4676360 — 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: First Battle of Höchstädt Context triple: [Second Battle of Höchstädt, precededBy, First Battle of Höchstädt]
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Second Battle of Höchstädt
The Second Battle of Höchstädt, better known as the Battle of Blenheim, was a decisive 1704 engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession in which Allied forces under the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy crushed the Franco-Bavarian army, halting French expansion in Europe.
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Battle of Essling
The Battle of Essling was a major 1809 engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which Austrian forces halted Napoleon’s advance near Vienna along the Danube River.
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Battle of Hohenfriedberg
The Battle of Hohenfriedberg was a major Prussian victory over Austrian and Saxon forces in 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession, cementing Frederick the Great’s military reputation.
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Battle of Kesselsdorf
The Battle of Kesselsdorf was a decisive 1745 Prussian victory over Saxon and Austrian forces near Dresden that effectively ended the Second Silesian War in Frederick the Great’s favor.
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Battle of Emsdorf
The Battle of Emsdorf was a 1760 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces, including British and German troops, defeated the French in western Germany.
- 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: First Battle of Höchstädt Target entity description: The First Battle of Höchstädt was a 1703 engagement in the War of the Spanish Succession in which French and Bavarian forces defeated an Imperial army near the town of Höchstädt in Bavaria.
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A.
Second Battle of Höchstädt
The Second Battle of Höchstädt, better known as the Battle of Blenheim, was a decisive 1704 engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession in which Allied forces under the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy crushed the Franco-Bavarian army, halting French expansion in Europe.
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B.
Battle of Essling
The Battle of Essling was a major 1809 engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which Austrian forces halted Napoleon’s advance near Vienna along the Danube River.
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C.
Battle of Hohenfriedberg
The Battle of Hohenfriedberg was a major Prussian victory over Austrian and Saxon forces in 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession, cementing Frederick the Great’s military reputation.
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D.
Battle of Kesselsdorf
The Battle of Kesselsdorf was a decisive 1745 Prussian victory over Saxon and Austrian forces near Dresden that effectively ended the Second Silesian War in Frederick the Great’s favor.
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E.
Battle of Emsdorf
The Battle of Emsdorf was a 1760 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces, including British and German troops, defeated the French in western Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of Höchstädt (1703) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Electorate of Bavaria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| conflict | War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Electorate of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 1703 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Blenheim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second Battle of Höchstädt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Bavaria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Höchstädt an der Donau NERFINISHED ⓘ near Höchstädt ⓘ |
| notableFor | French and Bavarian defeat of an Imperial army near Höchstädt in 1703 ⓘ |
| opponent |
Bavarian forces
ⓘ
French forces ⓘ Imperial army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier operations in the Danube theatre of the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ |
| region | Southern Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | French and Bavarian victory ⓘ |
| side |
French–Bavarian alliance
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Imperial forces ⓘ |
| theatre | Danube campaign of the War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1703 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: First Battle of Höchstädt Description of subject: The First Battle of Höchstädt was a 1703 engagement in the War of the Spanish Succession in which French and Bavarian forces defeated an Imperial army near the town of Höchstädt in Bavaria.
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Battle of Höchstädt (1703)
this entity surface form:
Battle of Höchstädt (1703)