Charles II, Duke of Brunswick
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Charles II, Duke of Brunswick was a 19th-century German nobleman and deposed ruler whose vast fortune and controversial exile led to his legacy being commemorated by the monumental mausoleum in Geneva.
All labels observed (1)
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| Charles II, Duke of Brunswick canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18500737 — 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: Charles II, Duke of Brunswick Context triple: [Brunswick Monument, dedicatedTo, Charles II, Duke of Brunswick]
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A.
Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was an 18th-century German prince of the House of Welf who ruled the Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and pursued enlightened reforms in administration, education, and the military.
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B.
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was a 17th-century German prince of the House of Welf who ruled the Principality of Lüneburg and was the father of Sophia Dorothea of Celle.
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C.
Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was a 17th-century German prince of the House of Welf who ruled the Principality of Calenberg and played a role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
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D.
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was a German prince of the House of Hanover who later became King George I of Great Britain and Ireland, inaugurating the Hanoverian dynasty on the British throne.
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E.
John, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
John, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was a 13th-century German nobleman of the Welf dynasty who ruled parts of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg in what is now northern Germany.
- 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: Charles II, Duke of Brunswick Target entity description: Charles II, Duke of Brunswick was a 19th-century German nobleman and deposed ruler whose vast fortune and controversial exile led to his legacy being commemorated by the monumental mausoleum in Geneva.
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A.
Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was an 18th-century German prince of the House of Welf who ruled the Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and pursued enlightened reforms in administration, education, and the military.
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B.
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was a 17th-century German prince of the House of Welf who ruled the Principality of Lüneburg and was the father of Sophia Dorothea of Celle.
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C.
Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was a 17th-century German prince of the House of Welf who ruled the Principality of Calenberg and played a role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
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D.
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was a German prince of the House of Hanover who later became King George I of Great Britain and Ireland, inaugurating the Hanoverian dynasty on the British throne.
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E.
John, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
John, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was a 13th-century German nobleman of the Welf dynasty who ruled parts of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg in what is now northern Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.