Gerard II of Guelders
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Gerard II of Guelders was a 13th-century Count of Guelders and Zutphen, known for consolidating his family's territorial power in the Low Countries.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gerard II of Guelders canonical | 2 |
| Gerard II, Count of Guelders | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11282456 — 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: Gerard II of Guelders Context triple: [House of Wassenberg, hasMember, Gerard II of Guelders]
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Gerard I of Guelders
Gerard I of Guelders was a medieval nobleman who became one of the early counts of Guelders and a key figure in establishing the regional power of his dynasty in the Low Countries.
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B.
Reginald I, Duke of Guelders
Reginald I, Duke of Guelders was a late 13th- and early 14th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Guelders in the Holy Roman Empire and played a significant role in the regional politics of the Low Countries.
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C.
Reginald III, Duke of Guelders
Reginald III, Duke of Guelders was a 14th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Guelders and Zutphen and was involved in significant regional power struggles in the Low Countries.
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D.
William I, Duke of Guelders
William I, Duke of Guelders was a late 14th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Guelders and played a significant role in the regional politics of the Low Countries.
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E.
Reginald II, Count of Guelders
Reginald II, Count of Guelders was a 14th-century nobleman who ruled the County of Guelders in the Holy Roman Empire and was connected to the English royal family through his marriage to Eleanor of Woodstock, daughter of King Edward II of England.
- 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: Gerard II of Guelders Target entity description: Gerard II of Guelders was a 13th-century Count of Guelders and Zutphen, known for consolidating his family's territorial power in the Low Countries.
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A.
Gerard I of Guelders
Gerard I of Guelders was a medieval nobleman who became one of the early counts of Guelders and a key figure in establishing the regional power of his dynasty in the Low Countries.
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B.
Reginald I, Duke of Guelders
Reginald I, Duke of Guelders was a late 13th- and early 14th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Guelders in the Holy Roman Empire and played a significant role in the regional politics of the Low Countries.
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C.
Reginald III, Duke of Guelders
Reginald III, Duke of Guelders was a 14th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Guelders and Zutphen and was involved in significant regional power struggles in the Low Countries.
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D.
William I, Duke of Guelders
William I, Duke of Guelders was a late 14th-century nobleman who ruled the Duchy of Guelders and played a significant role in the regional politics of the Low Countries.
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E.
Reginald II, Count of Guelders
Reginald II, Count of Guelders was a 14th-century nobleman who ruled the County of Guelders in the Holy Roman Empire and was connected to the English royal family through his marriage to Eleanor of Woodstock, daughter of King Edward II of England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
count
ⓘ
human ⓘ medieval noble ⓘ |
| activity | consolidation of territorial power in the Low Countries ⓘ |
| birthCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| child |
Margaret of Guelders
ⓘ
Matilda of Guelders ⓘ Otto II, Count of Guelders ⓘ Richardis of Guelders ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Duchy of Guelders ⓘ |
| deathCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| familyName | Wassenberg ⓘ |
| father | Otto I, Count of Guelders ⓘ |
| givenName | Gerard ⓘ |
| languageOfContext | Middle Dutch ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Wassenberg ⓘ |
| mother | Richardis of Bavaria ⓘ |
| nobleRank | count ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Count of Guelders
ⓘ
linked to:
County of Guelders
Count of Zutphen ⓘ |
| notableFor | strengthening the position of the Counts of Guelders in the Low Countries ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Count of Guelders
ⓘ
linked to:
County of Guelders
Count of Zutphen ⓘ |
| region | Low Countries ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholic Church
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Margaret of Brabant ⓘ |
| territorialDomain |
County of Guelders
ⓘ
County of Zutphen ⓘ |
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: Gerard II of Guelders Description of subject: Gerard II of Guelders was a 13th-century Count of Guelders and Zutphen, known for consolidating his family's territorial power in the Low Countries.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gerard II of Guelders
linked to: Gerard II of Guelders