Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
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Charles III, Duke of Lorraine was a 16th-century French nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine and played a significant role in the politics and religious conflicts of his time.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles III, Duke of Lorraine canonical | 4 |
| Antoine, Duke of Lorraine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10278930 — 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: Charles III, Duke of Lorraine Context triple: [Duke of Lorraine, hasTitleHolder, Charles III, Duke of Lorraine]
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Charles II, Duke of Lorraine
Charles II, Duke of Lorraine was a late 14th- to early 15th-century French nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine during the turbulent period of the Hundred Years' War.
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Charles of Lorraine
Charles of Lorraine was a 17th-century Habsburg general and nobleman best known for leading imperial forces against the Ottoman Empire and in the wars following the Battle of Vienna.
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René II, Duke of Lorraine
René II, Duke of Lorraine was a late 15th-century French noble best known for leading the forces that defeated Charles the Bold of Burgundy at the Battle of Nancy, helping to end Burgundian power in the region.
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Duke of Lorraine
The Duke of Lorraine was the sovereign ruler of the historic Duchy of Lorraine in northeastern France, a title held by several prominent European nobles including future emperors.
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E.
Charles, Duke of Berry
Charles, Duke of Berry was a French prince of the Bourbon dynasty, grandson of King Louis XIV, whose early death curtailed any significant political role.
- 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: Charles III, Duke of Lorraine Target entity description: Charles III, Duke of Lorraine was a 16th-century French nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine and played a significant role in the politics and religious conflicts of his time.
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A.
Charles II, Duke of Lorraine
Charles II, Duke of Lorraine was a late 14th- to early 15th-century French nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine during the turbulent period of the Hundred Years' War.
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B.
Charles of Lorraine
Charles of Lorraine was a 17th-century Habsburg general and nobleman best known for leading imperial forces against the Ottoman Empire and in the wars following the Battle of Vienna.
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C.
René II, Duke of Lorraine
René II, Duke of Lorraine was a late 15th-century French noble best known for leading the forces that defeated Charles the Bold of Burgundy at the Battle of Nancy, helping to end Burgundian power in the region.
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D.
Duke of Lorraine
The Duke of Lorraine was the sovereign ruler of the historic Duchy of Lorraine in northeastern France, a title held by several prominent European nobles including future emperors.
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E.
Charles, Duke of Berry
Charles, Duke of Berry was a French prince of the Bourbon dynasty, grandson of King Louis XIV, whose early death curtailed any significant political role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16th-century French nobleman
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duke ⓘ nobleman ⓘ ruler ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Holy Roman Empire
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1543-02-18 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Nancy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (bishop)
NERFINISHED
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Christine of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry II, Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Duchy of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1608-05-14 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Nancy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engagedIn | diplomacy between Catholic and Protestant powers ⓘ |
| era | Renaissance ⓘ |
| father | Francis I, Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
16th century
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early 17th century ⓘ |
| house | House of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| implemented | administrative reforms in Lorraine ⓘ |
| knownFor |
balancing French and Imperial influence in Lorraine
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strengthening ducal authority in Lorraine ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mother | Christina of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Charles III, Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Duke of Bar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | French Wars of Religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronOf |
architecture
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arts ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Catholic ⓘ |
| politicalRole | mediator between France and the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| predecessor | Francis I, Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1608 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1545 ⓘ |
| relative |
Mary of Guise
NERFINISHED
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Mary, Queen of Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Nancy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruled |
Duchy of Bar
NERFINISHED
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Duchy of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Claude of France, Duchess of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Henry II, Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | Catholic League (France) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleHeldFrom |
Duke of Bar, 1545
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Duke of Lorraine, 1545 ⓘ |
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: Charles III, Duke of Lorraine Description of subject: Charles III, Duke of Lorraine was a 16th-century French nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine and played a significant role in the politics and religious conflicts of his time.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Antoine, Duke of Lorraine