Adolf VIII of Berg
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Adolf VIII of Berg was a late 13th-century German count from the House of Berg who played a notable role in regional power struggles, including the War of the Limburg Succession, within the Holy Roman Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Adolf VIII of Berg canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11088285 — 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: Adolf VIII of Berg Context triple: [War of the Limburg Succession, belligerent, Adolf VIII of Berg]
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Adolf III of the Marck
Adolf III of the Marck was a late 13th- to early 14th-century German nobleman who expanded the influence and territories of the House of La Marck through strategic alliances and regional power struggles in the Holy Roman Empire.
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B.
Adolf II, Count of Mark
Adolf II, Count of Mark was a 13th-century German nobleman who ruled the County of Mark in the Holy Roman Empire and played a role in the regional politics of Westphalia.
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C.
Adolph II, Duke of Cleves
Adolph II, Duke of Cleves, was a late medieval German nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Cleves in the 15th century and played a role in the regional politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
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D.
Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland
Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland was an 18th-century Swedish prince of the House of Holstein-Gottorp and younger son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.
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E.
Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
Adolph I, Duke of Cleves was a late medieval German nobleman who significantly expanded and consolidated the territories of Cleves through strategic marriages and political alliances.
- 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: Adolf VIII of Berg Target entity description: Adolf VIII of Berg was a late 13th-century German count from the House of Berg who played a notable role in regional power struggles, including the War of the Limburg Succession, within the Holy Roman Empire.
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A.
Adolf III of the Marck
Adolf III of the Marck was a late 13th- to early 14th-century German nobleman who expanded the influence and territories of the House of La Marck through strategic alliances and regional power struggles in the Holy Roman Empire.
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B.
Adolf II, Count of Mark
Adolf II, Count of Mark was a 13th-century German nobleman who ruled the County of Mark in the Holy Roman Empire and played a role in the regional politics of Westphalia.
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C.
Adolph II, Duke of Cleves
Adolph II, Duke of Cleves, was a late medieval German nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Cleves in the 15th century and played a role in the regional politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
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D.
Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland
Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland was an 18th-century Swedish prince of the House of Holstein-Gottorp and younger son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.
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E.
Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
Adolph I, Duke of Cleves was a late medieval German nobleman who significantly expanded and consolidated the territories of Cleves through strategic marriages and political alliances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
count
ⓘ
human ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| allegiance | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| conflict | War of the Limburg Succession ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 1240 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1296 ⓘ |
| era | 13th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| father | Adolf VII of Berg ⓘ |
| givenName | Adolf ⓘ |
| heldRank | count ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Lower Rhine ⓘ |
| mother | Margaret of Hochstaden ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Berg ⓘ |
| nobleTitleEndTime | 1296 ⓘ |
| nobleTitleStartTime | 1259 ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
War of the Limburg Succession
ⓘ
regional power struggles in the Lower Rhine ⓘ |
| partOf | medieval German nobility ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | County of Berg ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | County of Berg ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Count of Berg ⓘ |
| predecessor | Adolf VII of Berg ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| ruledTerritory | County of Berg ⓘ |
| sibling | William I of Berg ⓘ |
| successor | William I of Berg ⓘ |
| title | Count of Berg ⓘ |
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: Adolf VIII of Berg Description of subject: Adolf VIII of Berg was a late 13th-century German count from the House of Berg who played a notable role in regional power struggles, including the War of the Limburg Succession, within the Holy Roman Empire.
Referenced by (3)
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