Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
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Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg was a German prince of the House of Wettin who ruled the small ducal territory of Saxe-Merseburg in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
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| Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21360653 — 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: Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg Context triple: [Saxe-Merseburg, notableRuler, Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg]
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A.
Heinrich, Count of Württemberg
Heinrich, Count of Württemberg was a German nobleman of the House of Württemberg who held comital rank within the Württemberg territories in the late medieval period.
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B.
Kurt Christoph von Schwerin
Kurt Christoph von Schwerin was an 18th-century Prussian field marshal renowned as one of Frederick the Great’s most capable and respected military commanders.
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C.
Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, was an 18th-century German prince who ruled the small Thuringian duchy of Saxe-Eisenach and was among the last male representatives of his Ernestine line.
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D.
Henry X, Duke of Bavaria
Henry X, Duke of Bavaria was a powerful 12th-century German nobleman from the Welf dynasty who also ruled as Duke of Saxony and played a central role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
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E.
Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, was a 14th-century German prince of the Welf dynasty who became King of Naples through his marriage to Queen Joanna I.
- 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: Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg Target entity description: Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg was a German prince of the House of Wettin who ruled the small ducal territory of Saxe-Merseburg in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
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A.
Heinrich, Count of Württemberg
Heinrich, Count of Württemberg was a German nobleman of the House of Württemberg who held comital rank within the Württemberg territories in the late medieval period.
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B.
Kurt Christoph von Schwerin
Kurt Christoph von Schwerin was an 18th-century Prussian field marshal renowned as one of Frederick the Great’s most capable and respected military commanders.
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C.
Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, was an 18th-century German prince who ruled the small Thuringian duchy of Saxe-Eisenach and was among the last male representatives of his Ernestine line.
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D.
Henry X, Duke of Bavaria
Henry X, Duke of Bavaria was a powerful 12th-century German nobleman from the Welf dynasty who also ruled as Duke of Saxony and played a central role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire.
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E.
Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, was a 14th-century German prince of the Welf dynasty who became King of Naples through his marriage to Queen Joanna I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.