Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
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Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century Bavarian ruler and military leader whose ambitious foreign policy and shifting alliances significantly shaped the politics of the Holy Roman Empire and wider Europe.
All labels observed (5)
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| Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria canonical | 46 |
| Elector Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria | 2 |
| Charles Albert of Bavaria | 1 |
| Charles Albert, Elector of Bavaria | 1 |
| Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T26104 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria Context triple: [War of the Spanish Succession, commander, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria]
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Sophia of the Palatinate
Sophia of the Palatinate was a German princess and Electress of Hanover whose Protestant lineage made her the key dynastic link leading to the Hanoverian succession to the British throne.
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Prince Eugene of Savoy
Prince Eugene of Savoy was a prominent early 18th-century Austrian general and statesman, renowned for his decisive victories against France and the Ottoman Empire and for helping shape Habsburg military power in Europe.
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Charles XI of Sweden
Charles XI of Sweden was a 17th-century Swedish king known for consolidating royal power, implementing major administrative and fiscal reforms, and strengthening Sweden’s position as a European great power.
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Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV of France was the long-reigning “Sun King” who centralized absolute monarchy, expanded French influence in Europe, and made his court at Versailles a model of royal splendor.
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Philip V of Spain
Philip V of Spain was the first Bourbon king of Spain, whose accession sparked the War of the Spanish Succession and who reigned for much of the early 18th century, centralizing royal power and aligning Spain closely with France.
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- 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: Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria Target entity description: Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century Bavarian ruler and military leader whose ambitious foreign policy and shifting alliances significantly shaped the politics of the Holy Roman Empire and wider Europe.
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A.
Sophia of the Palatinate
Sophia of the Palatinate was a German princess and Electress of Hanover whose Protestant lineage made her the key dynastic link leading to the Hanoverian succession to the British throne.
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B.
Sophia Dorothea of Celle
Sophia Dorothea of Celle was a German noblewoman and Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, best known as the estranged wife of the future King George I of Great Britain and for her long imprisonment following their scandalous marital breakdown.
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C.
Prince Eugene of Savoy
Prince Eugene of Savoy was a prominent early 18th-century Austrian general and statesman, renowned for his decisive victories against France and the Ottoman Empire and for helping shape Habsburg military power in Europe.
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D.
Charles XI of Sweden
Charles XI of Sweden was a 17th-century Swedish king known for consolidating royal power, implementing major administrative and fiscal reforms, and strengthening Sweden’s position as a European great power.
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E.
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV of France was the long-reigning “Sun King” who centralized absolute monarchy, expanded French influence in Europe, and made his court at Versailles a model of royal splendor.
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Statements (48)
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Input
Subject: Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria Description of subject: Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century Bavarian ruler and military leader whose ambitious foreign policy and shifting alliances significantly shaped the politics of the Holy Roman Empire and wider Europe.
Referenced by (51)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
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opposedBy
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Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
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subject surface form:
Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
this entity surface form:
Charles Albert of Bavaria
this entity surface form:
Charles Albert, Elector of Bavaria
Governor-General of the Habsburg Netherlands
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positionHeldBy
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Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
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subject surface form:
Battle of Blenheim
subject surface form:
Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria
this entity surface form:
Elector Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria
this entity surface form:
Elector Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria
Maria Anna of Austria (Archduchess, 1634–1696)
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child
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Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
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subject surface form:
Maria Anna of Austria (1634–1696)
Karl Albrecht von Bayern
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predecessorAsElectorOfBavaria
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Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
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this entity surface form:
Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria
subject surface form:
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor