Frederick Josias
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Frederick Josias was a German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld who became a prominent Austrian field marshal during the late 18th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Frederick Josias canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11816972 — 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: Frederick Josias Context triple: [Prince Coburg of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, givenName, Frederick Josias]
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A.
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.
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B.
Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Prince Rupert of the Rhine was a 17th-century German-English royal prince best known as a charismatic Royalist cavalry commander in the English Civil War and later an admiral, scientist, and early member of the Royal Society.
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C.
Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst
Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst was a German prince of the House of Ascania who ruled the small principality of Anhalt-Zerbst in the 18th century.
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D.
George Louis, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck
George Louis, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck, was an 18th-century German prince of the House of Oldenburg who served as a Lutheran prince-bishop and secular ruler in northern Germany.
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E.
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.
- 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: Frederick Josias Target entity description: Frederick Josias was a German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld who became a prominent Austrian field marshal during the late 18th century.
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A.
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.
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B.
Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Prince Rupert of the Rhine was a 17th-century German-English royal prince best known as a charismatic Royalist cavalry commander in the English Civil War and later an admiral, scientist, and early member of the Royal Society.
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C.
Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst
Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst was a German prince of the House of Ascania who ruled the small principality of Anhalt-Zerbst in the 18th century.
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D.
George Louis, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck
George Louis, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck, was an 18th-century German prince of the House of Oldenburg who served as a Lutheran prince-bishop and secular ruler in northern Germany.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austrian field marshal
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German prince ⓘ human ⓘ member of royalty ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Habsburg monarchy
NERFINISHED
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Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aristocraticHouse | House of Wettin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continentOfActivity | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
NERFINISHED
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Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Austrian Empire
NERFINISHED
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Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
military affairs
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warfare ⓘ |
| fullName | Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Frederick
NERFINISHED
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Josias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Prince ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | German ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Imperial Austrian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Feldmarschall ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld serving in the Austrian army
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commanding Austrian forces in wars against Revolutionary France ⓘ service as an Austrian field marshal in the late 18th century ⓘ |
| notableRole | Austrian field marshal during the late 18th century ⓘ |
| occupation |
military commander
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soldier ⓘ |
| partOf | German high nobility ⓘ |
| positionHeld | senior commander in the Austrian army ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
18th century
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French Revolutionary Wars era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Frederick Josias Description of subject: Frederick Josias was a German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld who became a prominent Austrian field marshal during the late 18th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.