Maria van Reigersberch
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Maria van Reigersberch was the resourceful wife of jurist Hugo Grotius, best known for orchestrating his famous escape from Loevestein Castle in a book chest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maria van Reigersberch canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T393735 — 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: Maria van Reigersberch Context triple: [Hugo Grotius, spouse, Maria van Reigersberch]
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A.
Anna van den Corput
Anna van den Corput was a 17th-century Dutch woman best known as the mother of prominent Grand Pensionary and statesman Johan de Witt.
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B.
Marianne Schuurmans-Wijdeven
Marianne Schuurmans-Wijdeven is a Dutch politician who serves as the mayor of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer in the Netherlands.
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C.
Joan Maetsuycker
Joan Maetsuycker was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator who became one of the longest-serving and most influential leaders of the Dutch East India Company in Asia.
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D.
Francine Houben
Francine Houben is a renowned Dutch architect and creative director of the architecture firm Mecanoo, known for her human-centered, context-sensitive designs such as the Library of Birmingham and Delft University of Technology Library.
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E.
Iris Steensma
Iris Steensma is the troubled teenage prostitute character from Martin Scorsese’s 1976 film "Taxi Driver," whose role became iconic through Jodie Foster’s acclaimed performance.
- 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: Maria van Reigersberch Target entity description: Maria van Reigersberch was the resourceful wife of jurist Hugo Grotius, best known for orchestrating his famous escape from Loevestein Castle in a book chest.
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A.
Anna van den Corput
Anna van den Corput was a 17th-century Dutch woman best known as the mother of prominent Grand Pensionary and statesman Johan de Witt.
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B.
Marianne Schuurmans-Wijdeven
Marianne Schuurmans-Wijdeven is a Dutch politician who serves as the mayor of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer in the Netherlands.
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C.
Joan Maetsuycker
Joan Maetsuycker was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator who became one of the longest-serving and most influential leaders of the Dutch East India Company in Asia.
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D.
Francine Houben
Francine Houben is a renowned Dutch architect and creative director of the architecture firm Mecanoo, known for her human-centered, context-sensitive designs such as the Library of Birmingham and Delft University of Technology Library.
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E.
Iris Steensma
Iris Steensma is the troubled teenage prostitute character from Martin Scorsese’s 1976 film "Taxi Driver," whose role became iconic through Jodie Foster’s acclaimed performance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch noblewoman
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historical figure ⓘ human ⓘ |
| burialPlace | The Hague ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | ca. 1589 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1653 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dutch ⓘ |
| father | Pieter van Reigersberch ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Hugo Grotius ⓘ |
| knownAs | Maria Grotius ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Dutch ⓘ |
| livedIn | Dutch Republic in the 17th century ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Hugo Grotius ⓘ |
| mother | Catharina van der Goes ⓘ |
| movement |
Remonstrant milieu
ⓘ
linked to:
Remonstrants
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| name | Maria van Reigersberch ⓘ |
| notableEvent | helped Hugo Grotius escape from Loevestein Castle in a book chest ⓘ |
| notableFor |
loyalty to her husband during political and religious conflicts in the Dutch Republic
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organizing the escape of Hugo Grotius from Loevestein Castle ⓘ |
| occupation | noblewoman ⓘ |
| participatedIn | escape of Hugo Grotius from Loevestein Castle ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Middelburg ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | The Hague ⓘ |
| religion | Calvinism ⓘ |
| residence |
Loevestein Castle
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Paris ⓘ The Hague ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Hugo Grotius ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation |
jurist
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statesman ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| supported | Hugo Grotius during his imprisonment ⓘ |
| usedMethod | smuggling Hugo Grotius out in a book chest ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maria van Reigersberch Description of subject: Maria van Reigersberch was the resourceful wife of jurist Hugo Grotius, best known for orchestrating his famous escape from Loevestein Castle in a book chest.
Referenced by (9)
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