Françoise d’Aubigné
E122469
Françoise d’Aubigné, better known as Madame de Maintenon, was the second, secret wife of King Louis XIV of France and a powerful influence at his court.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Françoise d’Aubigné canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1012179 — 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: Françoise d’Aubigné Context triple: [Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, fullName, Françoise d’Aubigné]
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Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, better known as Joséphine de Beauharnais, was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and the first Empress of the French.
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B.
Charlotte Corday
Charlotte Corday was a French Revolutionary figure best known for assassinating the radical leader Jean-Paul Marat in 1793, an act immortalized in Jacques-Louis David’s painting "The Death of Marat."
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C.
Maud du Puy
Maud du Puy was an American-born socialite who became part of the prominent Darwin family through her marriage to the English astronomer and mathematician George Howard Darwin.
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D.
Constance Bonacieux
Constance Bonacieux is a key female character in Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers," known as d'Artagnan's love interest and a confidante of Queen Anne.
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E.
Judith of Évreux
Judith of Évreux was a Norman noblewoman of the House of Évreux who became Countess of Sicily through her marriage into the ruling Hauteville dynasty.
- 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: Françoise d’Aubigné Target entity description: Françoise d’Aubigné, better known as Madame de Maintenon, was the second, secret wife of King Louis XIV of France and a powerful influence at his court.
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A.
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, better known as Joséphine de Beauharnais, was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and the first Empress of the French.
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B.
Charlotte Corday
Charlotte Corday was a French Revolutionary figure best known for assassinating the radical leader Jean-Paul Marat in 1793, an act immortalized in Jacques-Louis David’s painting "The Death of Marat."
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C.
Maud du Puy
Maud du Puy was an American-born socialite who became part of the prominent Darwin family through her marriage to the English astronomer and mathematician George Howard Darwin.
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D.
Constance Bonacieux
Constance Bonacieux is a key female character in Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers," known as d'Artagnan's love interest and a confidante of Queen Anne.
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E.
Judith of Évreux
Judith of Évreux was a Norman noblewoman of the House of Évreux who became Countess of Sicily through her marriage into the ruling Hauteville dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic
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French courtier ⓘ governess ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ royal consort ⓘ salonnière ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
early 18th century
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late 17th century ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
ⓘ
surface form:
Madame de Maintenon
Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon ⓘ
surface form:
Marquise de Maintenon
|
| associatedWith |
French Counter-Reformation milieu
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Madame de Montespan ⓘ Court of Louis XIV ⓘ
surface form:
court of Louis XIV
|
| birthDate | 1635-11-27 ⓘ |
| birthName | Françoise d’Aubigné self-link ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Niort, Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Saint-Cyr-l’École, Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| courtRank | morganatic consort of the King of France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1719-04-15 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Saint-Cyr-l’École, Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| era | Ancien Régime ⓘ |
| father | Constant d’Aubigné ⓘ |
| founded |
Maison royale de Saint-Louis
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school for girls of impoverished nobility at Saint-Cyr ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| influenced |
cultural life at the court of Versailles
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religious policies of Louis XIV ⓘ |
| knownForCharacter |
discretion
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piety ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| marriageToLouisXIVWasSecret | true ⓘ |
| marriageTypeToLouisXIV | morganatic marriage ⓘ |
| mother | Jeanne de Cardilhac ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | d’Aubigné family ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the second, secret wife of King Louis XIV of France
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exerting strong political and religious influence at the court of Louis XIV ⓘ |
| positionHeld | governess of the children of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan ⓘ |
| precededByAsRoyalFavorite | Madame de Montespan ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Saint-Cyr-l’École, Kingdom of France
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surface form:
Saint-Cyr-l’École
Versailles ⓘ |
| socialRole |
patron of education
ⓘ
patron of the arts ⓘ |
| spouse |
Louis XIV of France
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Paul Scarron ⓘ |
| title |
Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
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surface form:
Marquise de Maintenon
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Françoise d’Aubigné Description of subject: Françoise d’Aubigné, better known as Madame de Maintenon, was the second, secret wife of King Louis XIV of France and a powerful influence at his court.
Referenced by (10)
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