Marquis de Bouillé
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Marquis de Bouillé was a French royalist general best known for organizing and attempting to protect King Louis XVI’s failed escape during the French Revolution’s Flight to Varennes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marquis de Bouillé canonical | 1 |
| de Bouillé | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T913477 — 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: Marquis de Bouillé Context triple: [Flight to Varennes, hasParticipant, Marquis de Bouillé]
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Comte de la Fère
Comte de la Fère is the noble title and true identity of Athos, one of the central musketeer characters in Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel "The Three Musketeers."
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B.
Marquis de Segonzac
Marquis de Segonzac was a French explorer and mountaineer known for leading the first recorded ascent of North Africa’s highest peak, Toubkal, in the early 20th century.
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C.
Jean-Baptiste de Vimeur
Jean-Baptiste de Vimeur was a French nobleman and military officer of the Ancien Régime, best known as the father of General Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau.
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D.
Marshal François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi
Marshal François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi, was a prominent French general and courtier under Louis XIV, remembered for his high noble status and several major military defeats during the War of the Spanish Succession.
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Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière was an 18th-century French aristocrat and influential patron of the arts known for supporting major Enlightenment-era artists and intellectuals.
- 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: Marquis de Bouillé Target entity description: Marquis de Bouillé was a French royalist general best known for organizing and attempting to protect King Louis XVI’s failed escape during the French Revolution’s Flight to Varennes.
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A.
Comte de la Fère
Comte de la Fère is the noble title and true identity of Athos, one of the central musketeer characters in Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel "The Three Musketeers."
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B.
Marquis de Segonzac
Marquis de Segonzac was a French explorer and mountaineer known for leading the first recorded ascent of North Africa’s highest peak, Toubkal, in the early 20th century.
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C.
Jean-Baptiste de Vimeur
Jean-Baptiste de Vimeur was a French nobleman and military officer of the Ancien Régime, best known as the father of General Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau.
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D.
Marshal François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi
Marshal François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi, was a prominent French general and courtier under Louis XIV, remembered for his high noble status and several major military defeats during the War of the Spanish Succession.
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E.
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière was an 18th-century French aristocrat and influential patron of the arts known for supporting major Enlightenment-era artists and intellectuals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French general
ⓘ
human ⓘ royalist ⓘ |
| allegiance |
French royalist cause
ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of France (Ancien Régime)
|
| associatedWithEvent | collapse of the king’s authority after the failed Flight to Varennes ⓘ |
| causeOfExile | French Revolution ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| describedIn | histories of the Flight to Varennes ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| familyName |
Marquis de Bouillé
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
de Bouillé
|
| givenName | François ⓘ |
| hasActivity | commanding royal troops during early French Revolution ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
key royalist military figure in 1791
ⓘ
loyal supporter of the Bourbon monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
18th century
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French Revolutionary era ⓘ |
| ideology | monarchism ⓘ |
| influenced | royalist strategies during the early French Revolution ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Army ⓘ |
| movement | French royalism ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | de Bouillé family ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Marquis ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in the Flight to Varennes
ⓘ
support of King Louis XVI ⓘ |
| notableWork | memoirs about the French Revolution ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ |
| opposedBy | French revolutionaries ⓘ |
| participantIn |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
French Revolution ⓘ |
| planned | Flight to Varennes ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro-monarchy ⓘ |
| positionHeld | military governor in the French provinces bordering the Austrian Netherlands ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | organized royalist military support for the Flight to Varennes ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| supported | Louis XVI of France ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marquis de Bouillé Description of subject: Marquis de Bouillé was a French royalist general best known for organizing and attempting to protect King Louis XVI’s failed escape during the French Revolution’s Flight to Varennes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
de Bouillé