Pepin of Herstal
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Pepin of Herstal was a powerful late 7th-century Frankish statesman who served as Mayor of the Palace and effectively ruled the Frankish kingdoms, laying the groundwork for the rise of the Carolingian dynasty.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pepin of Herstal canonical | 14 |
| Pippin of Herstal | 4 |
| Pépin le Bref | 2 |
| King Clotaire II of the Franks | 1 |
| Pepin | 1 |
| Pepin the Elder | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9518112 — 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: Pepin of Herstal Context triple: [Charles Martel, father, Pepin of Herstal]
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Pepin of Landen
Pepin of Landen was a 7th-century Frankish nobleman and mayor of the palace whose lineage laid the groundwork for the rise of the Carolingian dynasty.
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Pepin the Short
Pepin the Short was an 8th-century Frankish king and first Carolingian monarch who strengthened the alliance between the Frankish kingdom and the papacy, laying groundwork for the Carolingian Empire.
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Arnulf of Metz
Arnulf of Metz was a 7th-century Frankish nobleman, bishop, and statesman regarded as a founding ancestor of the Carolingian line that produced Charlemagne.
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Pepin of Italy
Pepin of Italy was a Carolingian king of the Lombards and son of Charlemagne who ruled northern Italy in the late 8th and early 9th centuries.
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Pepin I of Aquitaine
Pepin I of Aquitaine was a 9th-century Carolingian king who ruled Aquitaine and was a son of the Frankish emperor Louis the Pious.
- 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: Pepin of Herstal Target entity description: Pepin of Herstal was a powerful late 7th-century Frankish statesman who served as Mayor of the Palace and effectively ruled the Frankish kingdoms, laying the groundwork for the rise of the Carolingian dynasty.
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A.
Pepin of Landen
Pepin of Landen was a 7th-century Frankish nobleman and mayor of the palace whose lineage laid the groundwork for the rise of the Carolingian dynasty.
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B.
Pepin the Short
Pepin the Short was an 8th-century Frankish king and first Carolingian monarch who strengthened the alliance between the Frankish kingdom and the papacy, laying groundwork for the Carolingian Empire.
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C.
Arnulf of Metz
Arnulf of Metz was a 7th-century Frankish nobleman, bishop, and statesman regarded as a founding ancestor of the Carolingian line that produced Charlemagne.
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D.
Pepin of Italy
Pepin of Italy was a Carolingian king of the Lombards and son of Charlemagne who ruled northern Italy in the late 8th and early 9th centuries.
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E.
Pepin I of Aquitaine
Pepin I of Aquitaine was a 9th-century Carolingian king who ruled Aquitaine and was a son of the Frankish emperor Louis the Pious.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pepin of Herstal Description of subject: Pepin of Herstal was a powerful late 7th-century Frankish statesman who served as Mayor of the Palace and effectively ruled the Frankish kingdoms, laying the groundwork for the rise of the Carolingian dynasty.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Charles the Hammer
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