Battle of Speyerbach
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The Battle of Speyerbach was a 1703 engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession in which French forces under commanders including Ferdinand de Marsin defeated Imperial troops near Speyer in present-day Germany.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Speyerbach canonical | 2 |
| Battle of Friedlingen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6492535 — 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: Battle of Speyerbach Context triple: [Ferdinand de Marsin, notableBattle, Battle of Speyerbach]
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A.
Battle of Wenzenbach
The Battle of Wenzenbach was a 1504 engagement during the War of the Bavarian Succession in which imperial forces decisively defeated rebellious Bavarian and Bohemian troops, marking a key step in consolidating Habsburg influence in the region.
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Battle of Schöngrabern
The Battle of Schöngrabern was a 1805 engagement during the Napoleonic Wars in which Russian forces conducted a rearguard action against Napoleon’s advancing army near Hollabrunn in Austria.
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C.
Battle of Ziegenhain
The Battle of Ziegenhain was a minor engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick clashed with French troops in Hesse.
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Battle of Wilhelmsthal
The Battle of Wilhelmsthal was a 1762 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces, including those led by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, defeated the French in western Germany.
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E.
Battle of Günzburg
The Battle of Günzburg was a 1805 engagement during the War of the Third Coalition in which French forces under Napoleon’s command clashed with Austrian troops near the Danube as part of the Ulm campaign.
- 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: Battle of Speyerbach Target entity description: The Battle of Speyerbach was a 1703 engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession in which French forces under commanders including Ferdinand de Marsin defeated Imperial troops near Speyer in present-day Germany.
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A.
Battle of Wenzenbach
The Battle of Wenzenbach was a 1504 engagement during the War of the Bavarian Succession in which imperial forces decisively defeated rebellious Bavarian and Bohemian troops, marking a key step in consolidating Habsburg influence in the region.
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B.
Battle of Schöngrabern
The Battle of Schöngrabern was a 1805 engagement during the Napoleonic Wars in which Russian forces conducted a rearguard action against Napoleon’s advancing army near Hollabrunn in Austria.
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C.
Battle of Ziegenhain
The Battle of Ziegenhain was a minor engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick clashed with French troops in Hesse.
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D.
Battle of Wilhelmsthal
The Battle of Wilhelmsthal was a 1762 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces, including those led by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, defeated the French in western Germany.
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E.
Battle of Günzburg
The Battle of Günzburg was a 1805 engagement during the War of the Third Coalition in which French forces under Napoleon’s command clashed with Austrian troops near the Danube as part of the Ulm campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Speyer ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Holy Roman Empire
ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| belligerentSide |
French forces
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Imperial troops ⓘ |
| campaign | French campaigns in the Holy Roman Empire (War of the Spanish Succession) ⓘ |
| combatantType | land battle ⓘ |
| commander | Ferdinand de Marsin ⓘ |
| conflict | War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| date | 1703 ⓘ |
| era | early 18th century ⓘ |
| FrenchCommander | Ferdinand de Marsin ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
War of the Spanish Succession era
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linked to:
War of the Spanish Succession
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| location |
Speyerbach River region
ⓘ
near Speyer ⓘ |
| notableFor | French defeat of Imperial army near Speyer ⓘ |
| outcomeForFrenchForces | victory ⓘ |
| outcomeForImperialTroops | defeat ⓘ |
| partOf | War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ |
| presentDayLocation | Germany ⓘ |
| region | Rhineland ⓘ |
| result | French victory ⓘ |
| theatre | German theatre of the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ |
| year | 1703 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Battle of Speyerbach Description of subject: The Battle of Speyerbach was a 1703 engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession in which French forces under commanders including Ferdinand de Marsin defeated Imperial troops near Speyer in present-day Germany.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.