Duchy of Upper Lotharingia
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The Duchy of Upper Lotharingia was a medieval principality of the Holy Roman Empire located in the western Germanic region roughly corresponding to parts of modern-day Lorraine and surrounding areas.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Duchy of Upper Lorraine | 4 |
| Duchy of Upper Lotharingia canonical | 3 |
| Upper Lotharingia | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9709291 — 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: Duchy of Upper Lotharingia Context triple: [Duchy of Lower Lotharingia, borderedBy, Duchy of Upper Lotharingia]
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Duchy of Lower Lotharingia
The Duchy of Lower Lotharingia was a medieval principality of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries, encompassing parts of present-day Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany before fragmenting into smaller regional duchies and counties.
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B.
Kingdom of Lotharingia
The Kingdom of Lotharingia was a short-lived medieval realm in the heart of Europe, stretching roughly from the North Sea to the Alps, that emerged from the partition of the Carolingian Empire and later became a contested borderland between East and West Francia.
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C.
Duchy of Franconia
The Duchy of Franconia was a medieval stem duchy of East Francia and the Holy Roman Empire, centered in what is now central Germany and playing a key role in early German state formation.
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Duchy of Limburg
The Duchy of Limburg was a historic territory in the Low Countries, centered on the town of Limbourg, that played a significant role in medieval and early modern European politics.
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Duchy of Lorraine
The Duchy of Lorraine was a historically significant autonomous state in the Holy Roman Empire, located in what is now northeastern France, that played a key strategic role in European conflicts before its eventual annexation by France in the 18th century.
- 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: Duchy of Upper Lotharingia Target entity description: The Duchy of Upper Lotharingia was a medieval principality of the Holy Roman Empire located in the western Germanic region roughly corresponding to parts of modern-day Lorraine and surrounding areas.
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A.
Duchy of Lower Lotharingia
The Duchy of Lower Lotharingia was a medieval principality of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries, encompassing parts of present-day Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany before fragmenting into smaller regional duchies and counties.
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B.
Kingdom of Lotharingia
The Kingdom of Lotharingia was a short-lived medieval realm in the heart of Europe, stretching roughly from the North Sea to the Alps, that emerged from the partition of the Carolingian Empire and later became a contested borderland between East and West Francia.
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C.
Duchy of Franconia
The Duchy of Franconia was a medieval stem duchy of East Francia and the Holy Roman Empire, centered in what is now central Germany and playing a key role in early German state formation.
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D.
Duchy of Limburg
The Duchy of Limburg was a historic territory in the Low Countries, centered on the town of Limbourg, that played a significant role in medieval and early modern European politics.
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E.
Duchy of Lorraine
The Duchy of Lorraine was a historically significant autonomous state in the Holy Roman Empire, located in what is now northeastern France, that played a key strategic role in European conflicts before its eventual annexation by France in the 18th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Duchy of Upper Lotharingia Description of subject: The Duchy of Upper Lotharingia was a medieval principality of the Holy Roman Empire located in the western Germanic region roughly corresponding to parts of modern-day Lorraine and surrounding areas.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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