Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach
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The Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach was a principality within the Holy Roman Empire, centered on the town of Ansbach in Franconia and ruled by a branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach canonical | 8 |
| Brandenburg-Ansbach | 4 |
| Brandenburg-Kulmbach | 2 |
| Margraviate of Ansbach | 2 |
| Electorate of Brandenburg-Ansbach | 1 |
| Margraviate of Ansbach-Bayreuth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1004598 — 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.
Target entity: Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach Context triple: [Caroline of Ansbach, birthPlace, Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach]
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Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst
The Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst was a small German state within the Holy Roman Empire, historically notable as the birthplace of Catherine the Great and as a source of auxiliary troops hired by foreign powers.
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Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach
The Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach was a small Ernestine Saxon state in what is now central Germany, historically notable as the birthplace and early home of composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
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C.
Landgraviate of Hesse-Hanau
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Hanau was an 18th-century German principality within the Holy Roman Empire, notable for supplying auxiliary troops—often called "Hessians"—to foreign powers such as Great Britain during conflicts like the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Principality of Göttingen
The Principality of Göttingen was a medieval German principality within the Holy Roman Empire, centered on the city of Göttingen and ruled by a branch of the Welf dynasty.
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E.
Duchy of Saxony
The Duchy of Saxony was a major medieval German principality that emerged as one of the original stem duchies and a key power center within the Holy Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach Target entity description: The Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach was a principality within the Holy Roman Empire, centered on the town of Ansbach in Franconia and ruled by a branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty.
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A.
Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst
The Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst was a small German state within the Holy Roman Empire, historically notable as the birthplace of Catherine the Great and as a source of auxiliary troops hired by foreign powers.
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B.
Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach
The Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach was a small Ernestine Saxon state in what is now central Germany, historically notable as the birthplace and early home of composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
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C.
Landgraviate of Hesse-Hanau
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Hanau was an 18th-century German principality within the Holy Roman Empire, notable for supplying auxiliary troops—often called "Hessians"—to foreign powers such as Great Britain during conflicts like the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Principality of Göttingen
The Principality of Göttingen was a medieval German principality within the Holy Roman Empire, centered on the city of Göttingen and ruled by a branch of the Welf dynasty.
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E.
Duchy of Saxony
The Duchy of Saxony was a major medieval German principality that emerged as one of the original stem duchies and a key power center within the Holy Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former state
ⓘ
imperial state ⓘ principality ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Frederick William II of Prussia
ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to:
Prussia
|
| borderedBy |
Bishopric of Eichstätt
ⓘ
linked to:
Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt
Imperial City of Nuremberg ⓘ
linked to:
Nuremberg
Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth ⓘ
linked to:
Margraviate of Bayreuth
|
| capital | Ansbach ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | arms of Hohenzollern-Brandenburg-Ansbach ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| currency | South German gulden ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Hohenzollern dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Hohenzollern
|
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
small-scale crafts and trade ⓘ |
| endTime | 1791 ⓘ |
| event |
personal union at times with Brandenburg-Bayreuth
ⓘ
sale to Prussia in 1791 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Kingdom of Prussia
ⓘ
linked to:
Prussia
Principality of Ansbach-Bayreuth (Prussian province) ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Hohenzollern family
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Hohenzollern
|
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| hadFeudalStatus | immediate state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| hadJudiciary | territorial courts ⓘ |
| hadLegislature | princely council ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Early modern period
ⓘ
linked to:
Early Modern period
Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| lastRuler | Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Franconia
ⓘ
present-day Bavaria ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
Free State of Bavaria
ⓘ
linked to:
Bavaria
|
| memberOf | Franconian Circle ⓘ |
| militaryObligation | contingent to Imperial Army ⓘ |
| nobleHouse | Franconian branch of the Hohenzollerns ⓘ |
| nobleRankOfRuler | margrave ⓘ |
| partOf | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| politicalStructure | territorial principality ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Burgraviate of Nuremberg
ⓘ
linked to:
Margraviate of Bayreuth
|
| regionType | Franconian principality ⓘ |
| religion |
Lutheranism
ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| ruledBy | House of Hohenzollern ⓘ |
| rulerTitle | Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach ⓘ |
| sharedRulersWith |
Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
ⓘ
linked to:
Margraviate of Bayreuth
|
| startTime | 1398 ⓘ |
| status | secular principality ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach Description of subject: The Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach was a principality within the Holy Roman Empire, centered on the town of Ansbach in Franconia and ruled by a branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty.
Referenced by (18)
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