Karl August of Nassau-Weilburg
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Karl August of Nassau-Weilburg was an 18th-century German prince from the House of Nassau-Weilburg who became linked to the Dutch royal family through his mother, Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Karl August of Nassau-Weilburg canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9316832 — 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: Karl August of Nassau-Weilburg Context triple: [Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, child, Karl August of Nassau-Weilburg]
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Karl August, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Karl August, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, was a 19th-century German nobleman and heir apparent to the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, noted for his dynastic ties to several European royal families.
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B.
Karl Frederick of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Karl Frederick of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was a German prince of the Ernestine Wettin line from the ducal house of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg in the 18th century.
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C.
Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden was an 18th–19th century German ruler who modernized and expanded Baden, transforming it into a significant state within the Holy Roman Empire and later the Confederation of the Rhine.
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D.
Charles of Hesse-Kassel
Charles of Hesse-Kassel was an 18th-century German prince of the House of Hesse who served as a Danish field marshal and governor of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein.
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E.
Ludwig Karl August
Ludwig Karl August, better known as Ludwig I of Bavaria, was a 19th-century Bavarian king noted for his patronage of the arts and transformation of Munich into a major cultural center.
- 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: Karl August of Nassau-Weilburg Target entity description: Karl August of Nassau-Weilburg was an 18th-century German prince from the House of Nassau-Weilburg who became linked to the Dutch royal family through his mother, Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau.
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A.
Karl August, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Karl August, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, was a 19th-century German nobleman and heir apparent to the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, noted for his dynastic ties to several European royal families.
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B.
Karl Frederick of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Karl Frederick of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was a German prince of the Ernestine Wettin line from the ducal house of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg in the 18th century.
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Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden was an 18th–19th century German ruler who modernized and expanded Baden, transforming it into a significant state within the Holy Roman Empire and later the Confederation of the Rhine.
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D.
Charles of Hesse-Kassel
Charles of Hesse-Kassel was an 18th-century German prince of the House of Hesse who served as a Danish field marshal and governor of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein.
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E.
Ludwig Karl August
Ludwig Karl August, better known as Ludwig I of Bavaria, was a 19th-century Bavarian king noted for his patronage of the arts and transformation of Munich into a major cultural center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German prince
ⓘ
member of royalty ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| aristocraticTitleHolder | Prince ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dynasticAlliance | Nassau-Weilburg–Orange-Nassau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Nassau-Weilburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Karl August NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestryIn |
Nassau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orange-Nassau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfFamily |
Dutch
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Dutch royal family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Orange-Nassau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maternalGrandfather | William IV, Prince of Orange NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maternalGrandmother | Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Nassau-Weilburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamilyConnection | House of Orange-Nassau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Prince of Nassau-Weilburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a German prince of the House of Nassau-Weilburg
ⓘ
maternal connection to the Dutch royal family ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
William I of the Netherlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William V, Prince of Orange NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | German high nobility ⓘ |
| paternalGrandfather | Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | hereditary prince ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Auguste Luise of Nassau-Weilburg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Friedrich Wilhelm of Nassau-Weilburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg NERFINISHED ⓘ William, Duke of Nassau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
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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: Karl August of Nassau-Weilburg Description of subject: Karl August of Nassau-Weilburg was an 18th-century German prince from the House of Nassau-Weilburg who became linked to the Dutch royal family through his mother, Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau.
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