Battle of Heiligerlee
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The Battle of Heiligerlee was a 1568 engagement in the Dutch Revolt, often regarded as the first Dutch victory against Spanish forces and a symbolic starting point of the Eighty Years' War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Heiligerlee canonical | 6 |
| Battle of Heiligerlee (1568) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10221029 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Heiligerlee Context triple: [Heiligerlee, knownFor, Battle of Heiligerlee]
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Battle of Willems
The Battle of Willems was a 1794 engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in which Coalition forces under the Duke of York clashed with French Republican troops in Flanders.
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Battle of Lutterberg
The Battle of Lutterberg was a 1758 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which French forces defeated the allied army of Hanover, Hesse, and Brunswick in northern Germany.
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Battle of Dormans
The Battle of Dormans was a 1575 engagement of the French Wars of Religion in which Catholic forces under the Duke of Guise defeated a Huguenot-German army near the Marne River in northeastern France.
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D.
Battle of Turnhout
The Battle of Turnhout was a key 1789 clash in present-day Belgium during the Brabant Revolution, where rebel forces defeated Austrian troops, boosting the revolutionary cause against Habsburg rule.
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E.
Battle of Wilhelmsthal
The Battle of Wilhelmsthal was a 1762 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces, including those led by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, defeated the French in western Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Heiligerlee Target entity description: The Battle of Heiligerlee was a 1568 engagement in the Dutch Revolt, often regarded as the first Dutch victory against Spanish forces and a symbolic starting point of the Eighty Years' War.
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A.
Battle of Willems
The Battle of Willems was a 1794 engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in which Coalition forces under the Duke of York clashed with French Republican troops in Flanders.
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B.
Battle of Lutterberg
The Battle of Lutterberg was a 1758 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which French forces defeated the allied army of Hanover, Hesse, and Brunswick in northern Germany.
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C.
Battle of Dormans
The Battle of Dormans was a 1575 engagement of the French Wars of Religion in which Catholic forces under the Duke of Guise defeated a Huguenot-German army near the Marne River in northeastern France.
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D.
Battle of Turnhout
The Battle of Turnhout was a key 1789 clash in present-day Belgium during the Brabant Revolution, where rebel forces defeated Austrian troops, boosting the revolutionary cause against Habsburg rule.
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E.
Battle of Wilhelmsthal
The Battle of Wilhelmsthal was a 1762 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces, including those led by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, defeated the French in western Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
House of Nassau
ⓘ
William of Orange ⓘ
linked to:
William III of England
|
| belligerent |
Army of the Duke of Alba
ⓘ
Dutch rebels ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| broaderConflict | Eighty Years' War ⓘ |
| casualtiesDutch | moderate ⓘ |
| casualtiesSpanish | high ⓘ |
| cause |
Dutch resistance to Spanish rule
ⓘ
religious and political tensions in the Low Countries ⓘ |
| combatantSide |
Dutch rebels on one side
ⓘ
Spanish royal forces on the other side ⓘ |
| commander |
Adolf of Nassau
ⓘ
Aremberg ⓘ Jean de Villers ⓘ Johan de Ligne, Count of Aremberg ⓘ Louis of Nassau ⓘ
linked to:
Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg
|
| commemoratedBy | monuments in Heiligerlee ⓘ |
| conflict |
Dutch Revolt
ⓘ
linked to:
Eighty Years' War
|
| countryAtTime | Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ |
| date | 1568-05-23 ⓘ |
| era | 16th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Jemmingen ⓘ |
| hasChronologicalPlacement | early phase of the Eighty Years' War ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
cavalry units
ⓘ
infantry units ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Reformation era
ⓘ
linked to:
Reformation
|
| languageOfPrimarySources |
Dutch
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| location |
Groningen
ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ Heiligerlee ⓘ |
| militaryTheater | Northern Netherlands ⓘ |
| notableDeath | Adolf of Nassau ⓘ |
| outcome | first significant Dutch victory in the Dutch Revolt ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dutch Revolt
ⓘ
linked to:
Eighty Years' War
Eighty Years' War ⓘ |
| precededBy | early unrest in the Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ |
| presentDayLocation | Netherlands ⓘ |
| result | Dutch rebel victory ⓘ |
| significance |
considered a symbolic starting point of the Eighty Years' War
ⓘ
often regarded as the first Dutch victory against Spanish forces ⓘ |
| typeOfVictory | tactical victory for the Dutch rebels ⓘ |
| year | 1568 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Heiligerlee Description of subject: The Battle of Heiligerlee was a 1568 engagement in the Dutch Revolt, often regarded as the first Dutch victory against Spanish forces and a symbolic starting point of the Eighty Years' War.
Referenced by (7)
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linked to: Battle of Heiligerlee