William d’Aubigny Pincerna
E502858
William d’Aubigny Pincerna was a prominent Anglo-Norman nobleman and royal butler under King Henry I of England, known as the progenitor of an influential aristocratic family.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William d’Aubigny | 6 |
| William de Albini Pincerna | 1 |
| William d’Aubigny Pincerna canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5028062 — 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 d’Aubigny Pincerna Context triple: [William d’Aubigny (butler of King Henry I), alsoKnownAs, William d’Aubigny Pincerna]
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A.
William d'Aubigny
William d'Aubigny was a 13th-century English nobleman and rebel baron who played a prominent role in the conflicts against King John, including the events surrounding the siege of Rochester Castle.
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B.
Robert d’Aubigny
Robert d’Aubigny was a medieval Anglo-Norman nobleman, known primarily as a younger son of the prominent royal butler William d’Aubigny who founded an influential aristocratic lineage in England.
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C.
Philip d'Aubigny
Philip d'Aubigny was a prominent early 13th-century Anglo-Norman knight and royalist military leader who played a key role in defending the English crown during the wars surrounding King John and the minority of Henry III.
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D.
Nigel d’Aubigny
Nigel d’Aubigny was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and military commander who rose to prominence in early 12th-century England, becoming a powerful baron through royal favor and advantageous marriage.
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E.
Gordon de Blois
Gordon de Blois was the husband of pioneering American modernist architect Natalie de Blois.
- 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 d’Aubigny Pincerna Target entity description: William d’Aubigny Pincerna was a prominent Anglo-Norman nobleman and royal butler under King Henry I of England, known as the progenitor of an influential aristocratic family.
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A.
William d'Aubigny
William d'Aubigny was a 13th-century English nobleman and rebel baron who played a prominent role in the conflicts against King John, including the events surrounding the siege of Rochester Castle.
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B.
Robert d’Aubigny
Robert d’Aubigny was a medieval Anglo-Norman nobleman, known primarily as a younger son of the prominent royal butler William d’Aubigny who founded an influential aristocratic lineage in England.
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C.
Philip d'Aubigny
Philip d'Aubigny was a prominent early 13th-century Anglo-Norman knight and royalist military leader who played a key role in defending the English crown during the wars surrounding King John and the minority of Henry III.
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D.
Nigel d’Aubigny
Nigel d’Aubigny was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and military commander who rose to prominence in early 12th-century England, becoming a powerful baron through royal favor and advantageous marriage.
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E.
Gordon de Blois
Gordon de Blois was the husband of pioneering American modernist architect Natalie de Blois.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglo-Norman nobleman
ⓘ
butler ⓘ medieval English aristocrat ⓘ royal official ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
William de Albini Pincerna
ⓘ
linked to:
William d’Aubigny Pincerna
William d’Aubigny the Butler ⓘ
linked to:
William d’Aubigny (butler of King Henry I)
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of England
ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ |
| employer | Henry I of England ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Norman ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity |
feudal landholding
ⓘ
royal household administration ⓘ |
| floruit | early 12th century ⓘ |
| genreOfActivity | service nobility ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | d’Aubigny ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | William ⓘ |
| languageOfUse | Anglo-Norman ⓘ |
| monarchServed | Henry I of England ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
d’Aubigny family
ⓘ
linked to:
d’Aubigny
|
| notableAs | progenitor of the d’Aubigny aristocratic family in England ⓘ |
| notableFor | founding a powerful Anglo-Norman aristocratic lineage in England ⓘ |
| occupation |
nobleman
ⓘ
royal butler ⓘ |
| positionHeld | pincerna to King Henry I of England ⓘ |
| region |
England
ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ |
| residence |
Kingdom of England
ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ |
| role | courtier at the royal court of Henry I of England ⓘ |
| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| title | pincerna regis ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: William d’Aubigny Pincerna Description of subject: William d’Aubigny Pincerna was a prominent Anglo-Norman nobleman and royal butler under King Henry I of England, known as the progenitor of an influential aristocratic family.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: William d’Aubigny Pincerna
linked to: William d’Aubigny Pincerna
linked to: William d’Aubigny Pincerna
linked to: William d’Aubigny Pincerna
subject linked to:
Oliver d’Aubigny
linked to: William d’Aubigny Pincerna
linked to: William d’Aubigny Pincerna
linked to: William d’Aubigny Pincerna