William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg
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William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg, was a 12th–13th century German nobleman of the Welf dynasty who ruled the Lüneburg territories and played a role in the regional politics of northern Germany.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg canonical | 2 |
| William of Winchester | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5180152 — 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: William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg Context triple: [Henry the Lion, child, William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg]
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Theobald of Bec
Theobald of Bec was a 12th-century Archbishop of Canterbury and influential churchman who played a key role in English ecclesiastical politics before the time of Thomas Becket.
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Hugh d'Avranches
Hugh d'Avranches was an 11th-century Norman nobleman and close ally of William the Conqueror who became the powerful Earl of Chester in post-Conquest England.
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Gordon de Blois
Gordon de Blois was the husband of pioneering American modernist architect Natalie de Blois.
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Hugh of Lincoln
Hugh of Lincoln was a 12th-century Carthusian monk and Bishop of Lincoln renowned for his piety, reforming zeal, and later veneration as a saint in the Catholic Church.
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Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke
Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke, was a 13th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and the youngest son of the famed knight William Marshal, whose brief tenure as earl marked the end of the male line of the Marshal dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg Target entity description: William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg, was a 12th–13th century German nobleman of the Welf dynasty who ruled the Lüneburg territories and played a role in the regional politics of northern Germany.
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A.
Theobald of Bec
Theobald of Bec was a 12th-century Archbishop of Canterbury and influential churchman who played a key role in English ecclesiastical politics before the time of Thomas Becket.
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B.
Hugh d'Avranches
Hugh d'Avranches was an 11th-century Norman nobleman and close ally of William the Conqueror who became the powerful Earl of Chester in post-Conquest England.
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C.
Gordon de Blois
Gordon de Blois was the husband of pioneering American modernist architect Natalie de Blois.
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D.
Hugh of Lincoln
Hugh of Lincoln was a 12th-century Carthusian monk and Bishop of Lincoln renowned for his piety, reforming zeal, and later veneration as a saint in the Catholic Church.
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E.
Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke
Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke, was a 13th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and the youngest son of the famed knight William Marshal, whose brief tenure as earl marked the end of the male line of the Marshal dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German nobleman
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member of the Welf dynasty ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| aristocraticRank | prince of the Welf house ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Brunswick-Lüneburg
NERFINISHED
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Duchy of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ Welf territorial consolidation in northern Germany ⓘ |
| child | Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dynasty | Welf dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| father | Henry the Lion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit |
early 13th century
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late 12th century ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| houseSeat | Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Middle Low German ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Welf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Lord ⓘ |
| notableFamilyConnection |
grandson of Henry II of England
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nephew of John, King of England ⓘ nephew of Richard I of England ⓘ son of Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria ⓘ |
| participatedIn | regional politics of northern Germany ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of England
NERFINISHED
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Winchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Duchy of Saxony
NERFINISHED
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Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Lord of Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Lower Saxony
NERFINISHED
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northern Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Gertrude of Saxony
NERFINISHED
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Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Richenza of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Helena of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryRuled |
Brunswick-Lüneburg (parts)
NERFINISHED
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Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Lord of Lueneburg
NERFINISHED
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Lord of Lunenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord of Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg Description of subject: William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg, was a 12th–13th century German nobleman of the Welf dynasty who ruled the Lüneburg territories and played a role in the regional politics of northern Germany.
Referenced by (3)
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