Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve
E14662
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve was a 17th-century French military officer and colonial leader best known as the founder and first governor of Montreal in New France.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve canonical | 7 |
| Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve | 4 |
| Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve | 1 |
| Sieur de Maisonneuve | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T128753 — 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.
Target entity: Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve Context triple: [Montreal, foundedBy, Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve]
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Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was a French explorer and colonial administrator best known for establishing the settlement that became the city of Detroit in New France.
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B.
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator of the early 17th century best known for his voyages in search of a northwest passage and for lending his name to the Hudson River and Hudson Bay.
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C.
Jan van Riebeeck
Jan van Riebeeck was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator who established the first permanent European settlement at the Cape of Good Hope, laying the foundations for later Afrikaner society in South Africa.
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D.
Willem Kieft
Willem Kieft was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator best known for his controversial and often brutal governorship of New Netherland, which included initiating Kieft's War with local Native American tribes.
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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
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve Target entity description: Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve was a 17th-century French military officer and colonial leader best known as the founder and first governor of Montreal in New France.
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A.
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was a French explorer and colonial administrator best known for establishing the settlement that became the city of Detroit in New France.
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B.
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator of the early 17th century best known for his voyages in search of a northwest passage and for lending his name to the Hudson River and Hudson Bay.
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C.
Jan van Riebeeck
Jan van Riebeeck was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator who established the first permanent European settlement at the Cape of Good Hope, laying the foundations for later Afrikaner society in South Africa.
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D.
Willem Kieft
Willem Kieft was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator best known for his controversial and often brutal governorship of New Netherland, which included initiating Kieft's War with local Native American tribes.
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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 (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French military officer
ⓘ
colonial governor ⓘ founder of city ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Montreal
ⓘ
New France ⓘ Ville-Marie ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1612-02-15 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Champagne
ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ Neuville-sur-Vannes ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1676-09-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Kingdom of France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| employer | Société Notre-Dame de Montréal ⓘ |
| era | 17th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| familyName | de Chomedey ⓘ |
| founded |
Montreal
ⓘ
Ville-Marie ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Paul ⓘ |
| hasMonument |
Maisonneuve Monument in Place d'Armes, Montreal
ⓘ
surface form:
statue of Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve in Montreal
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| honouredIn | Maisonneuve Monument in Place d'Armes, Montreal ⓘ |
| knownFor |
first governor of Montreal
ⓘ
founding Montreal ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| memberOf | Société Notre-Dame de Montréal ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
French Army
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surface form:
French army
|
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| namesakeOf |
Maisonneuve Park
ⓘ
Maisonneuve neighbourhood in Montreal ⓘ various streets and institutions in Quebec ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sieur de Maisonneuve
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| notableWork | establishment of a Catholic missionary settlement at Ville-Marie ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonial administrator
ⓘ
explorer ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| partOf | French colonial expansion in North America ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
governor of Montreal
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governor of Ville-Marie ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
arrival at site of Montreal in 1642
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founding of Ville-Marie in 1642 ⓘ |
| startTime | 1642-05-17 ⓘ |
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Subject: Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve Description of subject: Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve was a 17th-century French military officer and colonial leader best known as the founder and first governor of Montreal in New France.
Referenced by (13)
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