Adolph II, Duke of Cleves
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Adolph II, Duke of Cleves, was a late medieval German nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Cleves in the 15th century and played a role in the regional politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Adolf II of Cleves-Mark | 1 |
| Adolph II, Duke of Cleves canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6574462 — 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: Adolph II, Duke of Cleves Context triple: [Duke of Cleves, hasTitleHolder, Adolph II, Duke of Cleves]
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Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
Adolph I, Duke of Cleves was a late medieval German nobleman who significantly expanded and consolidated the territories of Cleves through strategic marriages and political alliances.
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John III, Duke of Cleves
John III, Duke of Cleves was a 16th-century German nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Cleves and was the father of Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of King Henry VIII of England.
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Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe was a 19th-century German nobleman who became the first ruling prince of the small principality of Schaumburg-Lippe within the German Confederation and later the German Empire.
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John II, Duke of Cleves
John II, Duke of Cleves was a late 15th- and early 16th-century German nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Cleves and helped consolidate its regional power within the Holy Roman Empire.
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Adolf of Nassau
Adolf of Nassau was a late 13th-century German king of the Romans whose short and turbulent reign ended with his deposition and death in battle against his rival Albert I.
- 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: Adolph II, Duke of Cleves Target entity description: Adolph II, Duke of Cleves, was a late medieval German nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Cleves in the 15th century and played a role in the regional politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
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A.
Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
Adolph I, Duke of Cleves was a late medieval German nobleman who significantly expanded and consolidated the territories of Cleves through strategic marriages and political alliances.
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B.
John III, Duke of Cleves
John III, Duke of Cleves was a 16th-century German nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Cleves and was the father of Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of King Henry VIII of England.
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C.
Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe was a 19th-century German nobleman who became the first ruling prince of the small principality of Schaumburg-Lippe within the German Confederation and later the German Empire.
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D.
John II, Duke of Cleves
John II, Duke of Cleves was a late 15th- and early 16th-century German nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Cleves and helped consolidate its regional power within the Holy Roman Empire.
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E.
Adolf of Nassau
Adolf of Nassau was a late 13th-century German king of the Romans whose short and turbulent reign ended with his deposition and death in battle against his rival Albert I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German noble
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duke ⓘ human ⓘ late medieval ruler ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| aristocraticRank | duke ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Cleves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Catherine of Cleves
NERFINISHED
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Engelbert of Cleves NERFINISHED ⓘ Helena of Cleves NERFINISHED ⓘ John I, Duke of Cleves NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret of Cleves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | 15th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Cleves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| father | Adolph I, Duke of Cleves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| mother | Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of La Marck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Duke of Cleves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
participation in regional politics of the Holy Roman Empire
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rule of the Duchy of Cleves in the 15th century ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
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ruler ⓘ |
| partOf | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| politicalSphere |
politics of the Holy Roman Empire
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regional politics of the Lower Rhine ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Duke of Cleves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | Duchy of Cleves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Cleves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryGoverned | Duchy of Cleves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Adolph II, Duke of Cleves Description of subject: Adolph II, Duke of Cleves, was a late medieval German nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Cleves in the 15th century and played a role in the regional politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Adolf II of Cleves-Mark