Henry II, Duke of Brabant
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Henry II, Duke of Brabant was a 13th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Brabant and played a significant role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry II, Duke of Brabant canonical | 3 |
| Henry II of Brabant | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9259474 — 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: Henry II, Duke of Brabant Context triple: [House of Reginar, notableMember, Henry II, Duke of Brabant]
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Henry I, Duke of Brabant
Henry I, Duke of Brabant was a prominent 12th–13th century nobleman who significantly expanded and consolidated the power of his dynasty in the Low Countries.
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John III, Duke of Brabant
John III, Duke of Brabant was a 14th-century ruler of the Duchy of Brabant and Lothier, known for his political maneuvering within the Holy Roman Empire and conflicts with neighboring powers such as Flanders.
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John II, Duke of Brabant
John II, Duke of Brabant was a late 13th- and early 14th-century ruler of the Duchy of Brabant in the Low Countries, known for his political alliances and efforts to consolidate ducal authority.
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Duke of Brabant
The Duke of Brabant is the traditional title reserved for the heir apparent to the Belgian throne.
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Antoine, Duke of Brabant
Antoine, Duke of Brabant was a late medieval French nobleman of the House of Valois who ruled the Duchy of Brabant and played a significant role in the politics of 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: Henry II, Duke of Brabant Target entity description: Henry II, Duke of Brabant was a 13th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Brabant and played a significant role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
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A.
Henry I, Duke of Brabant
Henry I, Duke of Brabant was a prominent 12th–13th century nobleman who significantly expanded and consolidated the power of his dynasty in the Low Countries.
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B.
John III, Duke of Brabant
John III, Duke of Brabant was a 14th-century ruler of the Duchy of Brabant and Lothier, known for his political maneuvering within the Holy Roman Empire and conflicts with neighboring powers such as Flanders.
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C.
John II, Duke of Brabant
John II, Duke of Brabant was a late 13th- and early 14th-century ruler of the Duchy of Brabant in the Low Countries, known for his political alliances and efforts to consolidate ducal authority.
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D.
Duke of Brabant
The Duke of Brabant is the traditional title reserved for the heir apparent to the Belgian throne.
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E.
Antoine, Duke of Brabant
Antoine, Duke of Brabant was a late medieval French nobleman of the House of Valois who ruled the Duchy of Brabant and played a significant role in the politics of the Low Countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
duke
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human ⓘ medieval noble ⓘ ruler of Brabant ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1207 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Duchy of Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Villers Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Beatrix of Brabant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry III, Duke of Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ Maria of Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ Matilda of Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Duchy of Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1 February 1248 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Louvain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 13th century ⓘ |
| father | Henry I, Duke of Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Latin
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Middle Dutch ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty |
House of Leuven
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Reginar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Matilda of Boulogne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | duke ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Duke of Brabant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke of Lothier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
involvement in imperial politics
ⓘ
rule of the Duchy of Brabant ⓘ |
| participatedIn | politics of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Duke of Brabant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke of Lothier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Henry I, Duke of Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1248 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1235 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Marie of Hohenstaufen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Henry III, Duke of Brabant 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: Henry II, Duke of Brabant Description of subject: Henry II, Duke of Brabant was a 13th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Brabant and played a significant role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Henry II of Brabant