Herbert II of Vermandois
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Herbert II of Vermandois was a powerful 10th-century Frankish nobleman who wielded significant influence in West Francia through his extensive lands, strategic marriages, and involvement in royal succession disputes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Herbert II of Vermandois canonical | 1 |
| Herbert II, Count of Vermandois | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5791200 — 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: Herbert II of Vermandois Context triple: [Count of Vermandois, notableTitleHolder, Herbert II of Vermandois]
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A.
Hugh of Vermandois
Hugh of Vermandois was a French nobleman and younger brother of King Philip I of France who served as one of the prominent princely leaders during the First Crusade.
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B.
Henry I, Count of Champagne
Henry I, Count of Champagne was a powerful 12th-century French nobleman and crusader who significantly expanded and strengthened the County of Champagne.
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C.
Robert II of Artois
Robert II of Artois was a 13th-century French nobleman and military leader, Count of Artois, who played a prominent role in the wars of his time and died at the Battle of the Golden Spurs.
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D.
Henri de Vermandois
Henri de Vermandois is a historical figure occasionally proposed by some theorists as a possible real-life identity behind the mysterious Man in the Iron Mask.
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E.
Henry II, Count of Champagne
Henry II, Count of Champagne was a prominent 12th-century French nobleman and crusader who ruled the County of Champagne and later became King of Jerusalem through marriage.
- 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: Herbert II of Vermandois Target entity description: Herbert II of Vermandois was a powerful 10th-century Frankish nobleman who wielded significant influence in West Francia through his extensive lands, strategic marriages, and involvement in royal succession disputes.
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A.
Hugh of Vermandois
Hugh of Vermandois was a French nobleman and younger brother of King Philip I of France who served as one of the prominent princely leaders during the First Crusade.
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B.
Henry I, Count of Champagne
Henry I, Count of Champagne was a powerful 12th-century French nobleman and crusader who significantly expanded and strengthened the County of Champagne.
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C.
Robert II of Artois
Robert II of Artois was a 13th-century French nobleman and military leader, Count of Artois, who played a prominent role in the wars of his time and died at the Battle of the Golden Spurs.
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D.
Henri de Vermandois
Henri de Vermandois is a historical figure occasionally proposed by some theorists as a possible real-life identity behind the mysterious Man in the Iron Mask.
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E.
Henry II, Count of Champagne
Henry II, Count of Champagne was a prominent 12th-century French nobleman and crusader who ruled the County of Champagne and later became King of Jerusalem through marriage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Count
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medieval politician ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| birthDate | circa 880 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Vermandois, West Francia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Saint-Quentin, Vermandois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Herbert the Elder
NERFINISHED
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Hugh of Vermandois (archbishop) NERFINISHED ⓘ Luitgarde of Vermandois NERFINISHED ⓘ Odo of Vermandois NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert of Vermandois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Charles the Simple
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Louis IV of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Rudolph of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | West Francia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 23 February 943 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Saint-Quentin, Vermandois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 10th century ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Frank ⓘ |
| father | Herbert I of Vermandois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Herbert II of Vermandois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Herbert ⓘ |
| heldPrisoner | Charles the Simple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Bertha de Morvois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Carolingian dynasty
NERFINISHED
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Herbertien dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
involvement in West Frankish royal succession disputes
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powerful territorial lord in northern West Francia ⓘ use of strategic marriages to expand influence ⓘ |
| numeral | II ⓘ |
| participatedIn | political struggles over the West Frankish crown ⓘ |
| placeOfImprisonmentOfCharlesTheSimple |
Château-Thierry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Péronne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Robert I of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| sonInLawOf | Robert I of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Adela of Neustria
NERFINISHED
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Adela, daughter of Robert I of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Adele of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryRuled |
County of Château-Thierry
NERFINISHED
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County of Meaux NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Soissons NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Vermandois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Count of Château-Thierry
NERFINISHED
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Count of Meaux NERFINISHED ⓘ Count of Soissons NERFINISHED ⓘ Count of Vermandois NERFINISHED ⓘ Lay abbot of Saint-Médard de Soissons ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Herbert II of Vermandois Description of subject: Herbert II of Vermandois was a powerful 10th-century Frankish nobleman who wielded significant influence in West Francia through his extensive lands, strategic marriages, and involvement in royal succession disputes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Herbert II, Count of Vermandois