William II of Holland
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William II of Holland was a 13th-century Count of Holland who was elected King of the Romans during the struggle between the Hohenstaufen dynasty and the papacy in the Holy Roman Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William II of Holland canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1616065 — 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: William II of Holland Context triple: [Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, predecessor, William II of Holland]
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A.
Willem van Nassau
Willem van Nassau is the birth name of William I of Orange, the 16th-century nobleman who led the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule and is regarded as the founding father of the Netherlands.
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B.
King of Holland
King of Holland was the royal title held by Louis Bonaparte when he ruled the Napoleonic client kingdom established in the Netherlands in the early 19th century.
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C.
Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz
Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz was a 17th-century Dutch nobleman and military leader who served as Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, and Drenthe during the Eighty Years' War.
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D.
Robert II of Flanders
Robert II of Flanders was a medieval count renowned as a prominent Frankish noble and military leader who played a key role in the First Crusade.
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E.
Duke of Brabant
The Duke of Brabant is the traditional title reserved for the heir apparent to the Belgian throne.
- 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: William II of Holland Target entity description: William II of Holland was a 13th-century Count of Holland who was elected King of the Romans during the struggle between the Hohenstaufen dynasty and the papacy in the Holy Roman Empire.
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A.
Willem van Nassau
Willem van Nassau is the birth name of William I of Orange, the 16th-century nobleman who led the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule and is regarded as the founding father of the Netherlands.
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B.
King of Holland
King of Holland was the royal title held by Louis Bonaparte when he ruled the Napoleonic client kingdom established in the Netherlands in the early 19th century.
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C.
Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz
Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz was a 17th-century Dutch nobleman and military leader who served as Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, and Drenthe during the Eighty Years' War.
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D.
Robert II of Flanders
Robert II of Flanders was a medieval count renowned as a prominent Frankish noble and military leader who played a key role in the First Crusade.
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E.
Duke of Brabant
The Duke of Brabant is the traditional title reserved for the heir apparent to the Belgian throne.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Count of Holland
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King of the Romans ⓘ human ⓘ medieval monarch ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Middelburg Abbey
ⓘ
linked to:
Abbey of Middelburg
|
| causeOfDeath | combat-related injuries ⓘ |
| child | Floris V, Count of Holland ⓘ |
| conflict |
Hohenstaufen–papacy conflict
ⓘ
struggle between the Hohenstaufen dynasty and the papacy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | County of Holland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1227 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1256 ⓘ |
| electedBy | prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| endTime |
1256 (as Count of Holland)
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1256 (as King of the Romans) ⓘ |
| era | 13th century ⓘ |
| father | Floris IV, Count of Holland ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Middle Dutch ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty | House of Holland ⓘ |
| mother | Matilda of Brabant ⓘ |
| nobleRank |
count
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king ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Count of Holland
ⓘ
Count of Zeeland ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
campaigns against the Hohenstaufen supporters in Germany
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conflicts with West Frisian tribes ⓘ coronation at Aachen in 1248 ⓘ election as King of the Romans in 1247 ⓘ |
| opponent | Conrad IV of Germany ⓘ |
| partOf | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | The Hague ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Hoogwoud ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of the Romans ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Floris IV, Count of Holland
ⓘ
Henry Raspe (as King of the Romans) ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ |
| startTime |
1234 (as Count of Holland)
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1247 (as King of the Romans) ⓘ |
| successor |
Floris V, Count of Holland
ⓘ
Richard of Cornwall (as King of the Romans) ⓘ
linked to:
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall
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| supportedBy | papal party ⓘ |
| territoryRuled |
County of Holland
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County of Zeeland ⓘ
linked to:
Zeeland
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| titleHeldFrom |
1234 (Count of Holland)
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linked to:
Count of Holland
1247 (King of the Romans) ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: William II of Holland Description of subject: William II of Holland was a 13th-century Count of Holland who was elected King of the Romans during the struggle between the Hohenstaufen dynasty and the papacy in the Holy Roman Empire.
Referenced by (11)
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