Prince Frederick Augustus
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Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, was a British royal prince and military commander who served as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Prince Frederick Augustus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11053115 — 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: Prince Frederick Augustus Context triple: [Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, fullName, Prince Frederick Augustus]
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Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, was an 18th-century German prince of the House of Ascania who ruled the small principality of Anhalt-Zerbst within the Holy Roman Empire.
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Prince Frederick Louis of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
Prince Frederick Louis of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen was a Prussian nobleman and general who played a significant command role in early French Revolutionary Wars campaigns.
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C.
Prince Frederick William
Prince Frederick William was a short-lived British royal infant, the son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, whose early death left little historical record beyond his place in the Hanoverian line of succession.
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D.
King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony
King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony was the 19th-century monarch of the Kingdom of Saxony whose conservative rule faced significant liberal and revolutionary opposition during the 1848–1849 uprisings.
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E.
Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel
Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel was a German nobleman of the House of Hesse, known primarily as a younger son of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and a member of the broader European aristocracy in the 18th century.
- 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: Prince Frederick Augustus Target entity description: Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, was a British royal prince and military commander who served as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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A.
Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, was an 18th-century German prince of the House of Ascania who ruled the small principality of Anhalt-Zerbst within the Holy Roman Empire.
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B.
Prince Frederick Louis of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
Prince Frederick Louis of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen was a Prussian nobleman and general who played a significant command role in early French Revolutionary Wars campaigns.
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C.
Prince Frederick William
Prince Frederick William was a short-lived British royal infant, the son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, whose early death left little historical record beyond his place in the Hanoverian line of succession.
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D.
King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony
King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony was the 19th-century monarch of the Kingdom of Saxony whose conservative rule faced significant liberal and revolutionary opposition during the 1848–1849 uprisings.
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E.
Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel
Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel was a German nobleman of the House of Hesse, known primarily as a younger son of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and a member of the broader European aristocracy in the 18th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British prince
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Commander-in-Chief of the Forces ⓘ Duke of York and Albany ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British Army
ⓘ
Osnabrück NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1763-08-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | St James's Palace, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | nursery rhyme "The Grand Old Duke of York" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Flanders Campaign
NERFINISHED
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French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ War of the Second Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1827-01-05 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Rutland House, Arlington Street, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | University of Göttingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | King George III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Prince Frederick Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadChildren | no ⓘ |
| heirPresumptivePeriodEnd | 1827 ⓘ |
| heirPresumptivePeriodStart | 1820 ⓘ |
| heirPresumptiveTo | British throne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 1791-09-29 ⓘ |
| marriagePlace | Charlottenburg, Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | British royal family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
reforms of the British Army
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role in the Napoleonic era military administration ⓘ service in the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ |
| occupation | army officer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Commander-in-Chief of the British Army
NERFINISHED
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Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück ⓘ |
| rank | Field Marshal ⓘ |
| reignAsPrinceBishopEnd | 1803 ⓘ |
| reignAsPrinceBishopStart | 1764 ⓘ |
| religion | Church of England ⓘ |
| royalHouse | House of Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
King George IV
NERFINISHED
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Prince William IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | His Royal Highness ⓘ |
| successorAsDukeOfYork | title extinct on his death ⓘ |
| title |
Duke of York and Albany
NERFINISHED
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Earl of Ulster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Prince Frederick Augustus Description of subject: Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, was a British royal prince and military commander who served as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.