Reichard, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim
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Reichard, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim was a 16th-century German nobleman of the Wittelsbach dynasty who ruled the small Palatine territory of Simmern-Sponheim within the Holy Roman Empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Reichard, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim canonical | 1 |
| Reinhard, Count Palatine of Simmern | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16928626 — 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: Reichard, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim Context triple: [Beatrix of Baden, motherOf, Reichard, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim]
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A.
Reinhard II, Count of Hanau
Reinhard II, Count of Hanau was a 14th-century German nobleman who significantly expanded and consolidated the power and territories of the House of Hanau within the Holy Roman Empire.
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B.
Count Palatine of Sulzbach
The Count Palatine of Sulzbach was a hereditary title within a branch of the Wittelsbach dynasty that ruled the small but influential Palatine territory of Sulzbach in early modern Germany.
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C.
Ruprecht, Count Palatine of the Rhine
Ruprecht, Count Palatine of the Rhine, was a 16th-century German prince of the Wittelsbach dynasty who held territorial authority along the Rhine within the Holy Roman Empire.
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D.
Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken
Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken was a 15th-century German prince of the Wittelsbach dynasty who ruled parts of the Palatinate and founded the Simmern and Zweibrücken lines.
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E.
John III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
John III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, was a 16th-century German nobleman of the Wittelsbach dynasty who ruled the small Palatine territory of Zweibrücken within the Holy Roman Empire.
- 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: Reichard, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim Target entity description: Reichard, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim was a 16th-century German nobleman of the Wittelsbach dynasty who ruled the small Palatine territory of Simmern-Sponheim within the Holy Roman Empire.
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A.
Reinhard II, Count of Hanau
Reinhard II, Count of Hanau was a 14th-century German nobleman who significantly expanded and consolidated the power and territories of the House of Hanau within the Holy Roman Empire.
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B.
Count Palatine of Sulzbach
The Count Palatine of Sulzbach was a hereditary title within a branch of the Wittelsbach dynasty that ruled the small but influential Palatine territory of Sulzbach in early modern Germany.
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C.
Ruprecht, Count Palatine of the Rhine
Ruprecht, Count Palatine of the Rhine, was a 16th-century German prince of the Wittelsbach dynasty who held territorial authority along the Rhine within the Holy Roman Empire.
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D.
Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken
Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken was a 15th-century German prince of the Wittelsbach dynasty who ruled parts of the Palatinate and founded the Simmern and Zweibrücken lines.
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E.
John III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
John III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, was a 16th-century German nobleman of the Wittelsbach dynasty who ruled the small Palatine territory of Zweibrücken within the Holy Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Reichard, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim