Philip of Nassau
E881793
Philip of Nassau was a 16th-century German nobleman and military commander from the influential House of Nassau, active in the Dutch Revolt.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Philip of Nassau canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10569359 — 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: Philip of Nassau Context triple: [House of Nassau-Dillenburg, notableMember, Philip of Nassau]
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A.
Louis of Nassau-Weilburg
Louis of Nassau-Weilburg was a German prince of the House of Nassau who lived in the 18th century and was notable as a member of the Nassau-Weilburg line connected to the Dutch House of Orange.
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B.
Albert of Nassau-Dillenburg
Albert of Nassau-Dillenburg was a 16th-century German count from the Nassau noble family who held territories in the Dillenburg line and participated in the regional politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
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C.
Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg
Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg was a 16th-century German nobleman from the House of Nassau, known primarily as one of the younger brothers of William the Silent, leader of the Dutch Revolt.
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D.
Henry of Nassau-Siegen
Henry of Nassau-Siegen was a 15th-century German nobleman from the House of Nassau who ruled the small county of Nassau-Siegen within the Holy Roman Empire.
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E.
Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz
Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz was a 17th-century Dutch nobleman and military leader who served as Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, and Drenthe during the Eighty Years' War.
- 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: Philip of Nassau Target entity description: Philip of Nassau was a 16th-century German nobleman and military commander from the influential House of Nassau, active in the Dutch Revolt.
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A.
Louis of Nassau-Weilburg
Louis of Nassau-Weilburg was a German prince of the House of Nassau who lived in the 18th century and was notable as a member of the Nassau-Weilburg line connected to the Dutch House of Orange.
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B.
Albert of Nassau-Dillenburg
Albert of Nassau-Dillenburg was a 16th-century German count from the Nassau noble family who held territories in the Dillenburg line and participated in the regional politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
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C.
Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg
Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg was a 16th-century German nobleman from the House of Nassau, known primarily as one of the younger brothers of William the Silent, leader of the Dutch Revolt.
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D.
Henry of Nassau-Siegen
Henry of Nassau-Siegen was a 15th-century German nobleman from the House of Nassau who ruled the small county of Nassau-Siegen within the Holy Roman Empire.
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E.
Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz
Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz was a 17th-century Dutch nobleman and military leader who served as Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, and Drenthe during the Eighty Years' War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16th-century person
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German noble ⓘ human ⓘ military commander ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| activeIn | 16th century ⓘ |
| aristocraticTitle | count ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyOrigin |
Nassau region
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linked to:
Nassau
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| historicalRegion | Nassau ⓘ |
| house | House of Nassau ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Nassau ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | army ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | Eighty Years' War ⓘ |
| movement |
Dutch Revolt
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linked to:
Eighty Years' War
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| name | Philip of Nassau ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Nassau ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in the Dutch Revolt ⓘ |
| occupation |
military commander
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nobleman ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Dutch Revolt
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linked to:
Eighty Years' War
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| relative |
William the Silent
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linked to:
William I, Prince of Orange
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| religion |
Protestantism
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linked to:
Protestant Christianity
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| residence | German territories of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Philip of Nassau Description of subject: Philip of Nassau was a 16th-century German nobleman and military commander from the influential House of Nassau, active in the Dutch Revolt.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.