Adolf, Duke of Guelders

E637408

duke human nobleman ruler

Adolf, Duke of Guelders was a 15th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Guelders in the Low Countries and was involved in regional dynastic and territorial conflicts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Adolf of Egmond	7
Adolf, Duke of Guelders canonical	4
Adolph I, Duke of Guelders	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6591297 — 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: Adolf, Duke of Guelders
Context triple: [Duke of Guelders, hasTitleHolder, Adolf, Duke of Guelders]

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.
B. Adolph II, Duke of Cleves
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.
C. Arnold, Duke of Guelders
Arnold, Duke of Guelders was a 15th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Guelders in the Low Countries and became known for his turbulent conflicts with both his own son and neighboring powers.
D. William I, Duke of Guelders
William I, Duke of Guelders was a late 14th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Guelders and played a significant role in the regional politics of the Low Countries.
E. Reginald III, Duke of Guelders
Reginald III, Duke of Guelders was a 14th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Guelders and Zutphen and was involved in significant regional power struggles in the Low Countries.
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: Adolf, Duke of Guelders
Target entity description: Adolf, Duke of Guelders was a 15th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Guelders in the Low Countries and was involved in regional dynastic and territorial conflicts.

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.
B. Adolph II, Duke of Cleves
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.
C. Arnold, Duke of Guelders
Arnold, Duke of Guelders was a 15th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Guelders in the Low Countries and became known for his turbulent conflicts with both his own son and neighboring powers.
D. William I, Duke of Guelders
William I, Duke of Guelders was a late 14th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Guelders and played a significant role in the regional politics of the Low Countries.
E. Reginald III, Duke of Guelders
Reginald III, Duke of Guelders was a 14th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Guelders and Zutphen and was involved in significant regional power struggles in the Low Countries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	duke ⓘ human ⓘ nobleman ⓘ ruler ⓘ
centuryOfBirth	15th century ⓘ
centuryOfDeath	15th century ⓘ
conflict	dynastic conflicts in the Low Countries ⓘ territorial conflicts in the Low Countries ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Duchy of Guelders ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1438 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1477 ⓘ
era	Late Middle Ages ⓘ
familyName	Egmond ⓘ
father	Arnold, Duke of Guelders ⓘ
givenName	Adolf ⓘ
languageOfContext	Middle Dutch ⓘ
marriage	Catherine of Bourbon ⓘ
memberOf	House of Egmond ⓘ
mother	Catherine of Cleves ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Egmond ⓘ
nobleTitle	Duke of Guelders ⓘ
notableFor	involvement in regional dynastic disputes ⓘ involvement in territorial conflicts in the Low Countries ⓘ rule of the Duchy of Guelders ⓘ
occupation	nobleman ⓘ ruler ⓘ
partOf	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Low Countries ⓘ
partOfHistoricalRegion	Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
politicalStatus	vassal of the Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
positionHeld	Duke of Guelders ⓘ
realm	Duchy of Guelders ⓘ
region	Low Countries ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Guelders ⓘ linked to: County of Guelders
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Catherine of Bourbon ⓘ
timePeriod	15th century ⓘ
titleHeldIn	Low Countries ⓘ

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