Jenny von Westphalen
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Jenny von Westphalen was a German political activist and intellectual best known as the lifelong partner and collaborator of philosopher and economist Karl Marx.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jenny von Westphalen canonical | 17 |
| Johanna Bertha Julie Jenny von Westphalen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T504122 — 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: Jenny von Westphalen Context triple: [Karl Marx, spouse, Jenny von Westphalen]
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A.
Anna von Bönninghausen
Anna von Bönninghausen was a 17th-century German noblewoman best known as the mother of Bernhard von Galen, the influential Prince-Bishop of Münster.
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B.
Henriette von Aigentler
Henriette von Aigentler was the wife of Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann and a supportive partner in his personal and academic life.
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C.
Sophie von Haselberg
Sophie von Haselberg is an American actress and producer, known for her work in film, television, and theater as well as for being the daughter of entertainer Bette Midler and artist Martin von Haselberg.
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D.
Armgard von Cramm
Armgard von Cramm was a German noblewoman best known as the mother of Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands and thus grandmother of former Dutch Queen Beatrix.
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E.
Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt
Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt was a German woman of the 17th century best known as the mother of composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
- 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: Jenny von Westphalen Target entity description: Jenny von Westphalen was a German political activist and intellectual best known as the lifelong partner and collaborator of philosopher and economist Karl Marx.
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A.
Anna von Bönninghausen
Anna von Bönninghausen was a 17th-century German noblewoman best known as the mother of Bernhard von Galen, the influential Prince-Bishop of Münster.
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B.
Henriette von Aigentler
Henriette von Aigentler was the wife of Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann and a supportive partner in his personal and academic life.
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C.
Sophie von Haselberg
Sophie von Haselberg is an American actress and producer, known for her work in film, television, and theater as well as for being the daughter of entertainer Bette Midler and artist Martin von Haselberg.
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D.
Armgard von Cramm
Armgard von Cramm was a German noblewoman best known as the mother of Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands and thus grandmother of former Dutch Queen Beatrix.
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E.
Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt
Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt was a German woman of the 17th century best known as the mother of composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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intellectual ⓘ political activist ⓘ |
| birthName |
Jenny von Westphalen
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Johanna Bertha Julie Jenny von Westphalen
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| burialPlace |
Highgate Cemetery, London
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surface form:
Highgate Cemetery
|
| causeOfDeath | liver cancer ⓘ |
| child |
Eleanor Marx
ⓘ
Caroline Marx ⓘ
surface form:
Jenny Caroline Marx
Laura Marx ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Germany
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Prussia ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Prussia
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
|
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1814-02-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1881-12-02 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | von Westphalen ⓘ |
| father | Ludwig von Westphalen ⓘ |
| givenName |
Bertha
ⓘ
Jenny ⓘ Johanna ⓘ Julie ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| mother | Caroline Heubel ⓘ |
| movement |
communism
ⓘ
socialism ⓘ |
| name | Jenny von Westphalen self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the lifelong partner of Karl Marx
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collaborating in the development and dissemination of Marxist ideas ⓘ |
| notableWork |
editing and copying manuscripts of Karl Marx
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political journalism ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 7 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Salzwedel ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| residence |
Brussels, Belgium
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surface form:
Brussels
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Paris ⓘ Trier ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling |
Ludwig von Westphalen
ⓘ
surface form:
Ferdinand von Westphalen
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| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| spouse |
Jenny von Westphalen
self-linksurface differs
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Karl Marx ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jenny von Westphalen Description of subject: Jenny von Westphalen was a German political activist and intellectual best known as the lifelong partner and collaborator of philosopher and economist Karl Marx.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Johanna Bertha Julie Jenny von Westphalen
subject surface form:
Karl Marx
subject surface form:
Karl Marx
subject surface form:
Ludwig von Westphalen
subject surface form:
von Westphalen family