Peace of Vervins
E124058
The Peace of Vervins was a 1598 treaty between France and Spain that ended their long-running war and helped consolidate the authority of Henry IV in France.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Treaty of Vervins | 4 |
| Peace of Vervins canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1066800 — 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: Peace of Vervins Context triple: [Edict of Nantes, precededBy, Peace of Vervins]
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A.
Treaty of Devol
The Treaty of Devol was a 1108 agreement between Bohemond I of Antioch and Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos that made the Principality of Antioch a vassal state of the Byzantine Empire.
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B.
Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Le Cateau-Cambrésis is a small town in northern France best known as the birthplace of the renowned painter Henri Matisse.
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C.
Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis
The Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis was a 1559 peace agreement that ended the Italian Wars between France and Spain, reshaping control of territories in Italy and Western Europe.
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D.
Treaty of the Pyrenees
The Treaty of the Pyrenees was a 1659 peace agreement between France and Spain that ended their long conflict during the Thirty Years’ War era and significantly redrew the border in favor of France.
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E.
Battle of Tours
The Battle of Tours was an 8th-century clash in present-day France where Frankish forces under Charles Martel halted a major Muslim expansion into Western Europe, shaping the continent’s subsequent religious and political landscape.
- 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: Peace of Vervins Target entity description: The Peace of Vervins was a 1598 treaty between France and Spain that ended their long-running war and helped consolidate the authority of Henry IV in France.
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A.
Treaty of Devol
The Treaty of Devol was a 1108 agreement between Bohemond I of Antioch and Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos that made the Principality of Antioch a vassal state of the Byzantine Empire.
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B.
Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Le Cateau-Cambrésis is a small town in northern France best known as the birthplace of the renowned painter Henri Matisse.
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C.
Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis
The Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis was a 1559 peace agreement that ended the Italian Wars between France and Spain, reshaping control of territories in Italy and Western Europe.
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D.
Treaty of the Pyrenees
The Treaty of the Pyrenees was a 1659 peace agreement between France and Spain that ended their long conflict during the Thirty Years’ War era and significantly redrew the border in favor of France.
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E.
Battle of Tours
The Battle of Tours was an 8th-century clash in present-day France where Frankish forces under Charles Martel halted a major Muslim expansion into Western Europe, shaping the continent’s subsequent religious and political landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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peace treaty ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Peace of Vervins
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surface form:
Treaty of Vervins
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| brokeredBy | Pope Clement VIII ⓘ |
| category |
1598 in Europe
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16th-century treaties ⓘ Treaties of France ⓘ Treaties of Spain ⓘ |
| confirmed | recognition of Henry IV as king of France by Spain ⓘ |
| countryOfSigning | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1598-05-02 ⓘ |
| endedConflict |
French Wars of Religion-related war between France and Spain
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War between Henry IV of France and the Spanish Habsburgs ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Picardy ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| placeSigned | Vervins ⓘ |
| predecessor | Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Edict of Nantes
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French Wars of Religion ⓘ Habsburg–Valois and Habsburg–Bourbon rivalries ⓘ |
| restoredTerritory |
County of Artois
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surface form:
Artois
Calais ⓘ other towns captured by Spain during the conflict ⓘ |
| restoredTerritoryTo | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| result |
consolidation of Henry IV’s authority in France
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temporary peace between France and Spain ⓘ withdrawal of Spanish forces from much of northern France ⓘ |
| signatory |
Kingdom of France
ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ |
| signatoryMonarch |
Henry IV of France
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Philip II of Spain ⓘ |
| year | 1598 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Peace of Vervins Description of subject: The Peace of Vervins was a 1598 treaty between France and Spain that ended their long-running war and helped consolidate the authority of Henry IV in France.
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