Willem II van der Marck
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Willem II van der Marck was a 16th-century Dutch nobleman and privateer who became a prominent rebel commander against Spanish rule during the early stages of the Eighty Years' War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Willem II van der Marck canonical | 2 |
| Willem II van der Marck, heer van Lumey | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6293977 — 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: Willem II van der Marck Context triple: [Geuzen, notableLeader, Willem II van der Marck]
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A.
Willem II Tilburg
Willem II Tilburg is a professional Dutch football club based in the city of Tilburg that competes in the national league system.
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B.
Willem van Nassau
Willem van Nassau is the birth name of William I of Orange, the 16th-century nobleman who led the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule and is regarded as the founding father of the Netherlands.
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C.
Lodewijk van Heiden
Lodewijk van Heiden was a Dutch-born admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy, best known for his key role in the decisive Allied victory at the Battle of Navarino during the Greek War of Independence.
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D.
Charles of Egmond
Charles of Egmond was a late 15th- and early 16th-century Duke of Guelders known for his prolonged resistance to Habsburg domination in the Low Countries.
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E.
Reinier de Graaf
Reinier de Graaf was a 17th-century Dutch physician and anatomist renowned for his pioneering research on the female reproductive system and the discovery of ovarian follicles (now called Graafian follicles).
- 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: Willem II van der Marck Target entity description: Willem II van der Marck was a 16th-century Dutch nobleman and privateer who became a prominent rebel commander against Spanish rule during the early stages of the Eighty Years' War.
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A.
Willem II Tilburg
Willem II Tilburg is a professional Dutch football club based in the city of Tilburg that competes in the national league system.
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B.
Willem van Nassau
Willem van Nassau is the birth name of William I of Orange, the 16th-century nobleman who led the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule and is regarded as the founding father of the Netherlands.
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C.
Lodewijk van Heiden
Lodewijk van Heiden was a Dutch-born admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy, best known for his key role in the decisive Allied victory at the Battle of Navarino during the Greek War of Independence.
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D.
Charles of Egmond
Charles of Egmond was a late 15th- and early 16th-century Duke of Guelders known for his prolonged resistance to Habsburg domination in the Low Countries.
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E.
Reinier de Graaf
Reinier de Graaf was a 17th-century Dutch physician and anatomist renowned for his pioneering research on the female reproductive system and the discovery of ovarian follicles (now called Graafian follicles).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch noble
ⓘ
human ⓘ military commander ⓘ nobleman ⓘ privateer ⓘ |
| activity |
leading rebel forces
ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ privateering ⓘ |
| cause | Dutch independence from Spanish rule ⓘ |
| conflict | Eighty Years' War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Habsburg Netherlands
ⓘ
Seventeen Provinces ⓘ |
| era | Reformation era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dutch ⓘ |
| familyName |
van der Marck
ⓘ
linked to:
Lumey van der Marck
|
| givenName | Willem ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Spanish Crown (before rebellion)
ⓘ
linked to:
Crown of Spain
|
| historicalRole | early leader in the Dutch Revolt ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Dutch ⓘ |
| militaryRank | rebel commander ⓘ |
| movement |
Dutch Revolt
ⓘ
linked to:
Eighty Years' War
|
| nobleFamily | House of La Marck ⓘ |
| notableActivityPeriod | early phase of the Eighty Years' War ⓘ |
| notableFor |
rebellion against Spanish rule in the Low Countries
ⓘ
role in early stages of the Eighty Years' War ⓘ |
| occupation |
military commander
ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ privateer ⓘ |
| opponent |
Philip II of Spain
ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| opposed | Spanish rule in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| partOf | Dutch rebel leadership ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | rebel against Spanish rule ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Low Countries
ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Protestant–Catholic conflicts in the Low Countries ⓘ |
| residence | Low Countries ⓘ |
| side | Dutch rebels ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
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: Willem II van der Marck Description of subject: Willem II van der Marck was a 16th-century Dutch nobleman and privateer who became a prominent rebel commander against Spanish rule during the early stages of the Eighty Years' War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Willem II van der Marck