Louis XV of France
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Louis XV of France was an 18th-century Bourbon king whose long reign saw both cultural flourishing at Versailles and mounting political and financial crises that weakened the French monarchy before the Revolution.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Louis XV of France canonical | 136 |
| Louis XV | 9 |
| King Louis XV of France | 3 |
| King Louis XV | 2 |
| Louis XV was a child at accession | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T172210 — 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: Louis XV of France Context triple: [Louis XIV of France, successor, Louis XV of France]
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Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV of France was the long-reigning “Sun King” who centralized absolute monarchy, expanded French influence in Europe, and made his court at Versailles a model of royal splendor.
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Louis XVI of France
Louis XVI of France was the last Bourbon king before the French Revolution, whose reign saw France’s crucial support for the American Revolution and ended with his execution in 1793.
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Louis XVIII of France
Louis XVIII of France was the Bourbon king who restored the monarchy after Napoleon’s fall and ruled during the turbulent period of the post-Revolutionary Restoration.
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Louis, Grand Dauphin
Louis, Grand Dauphin was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Louis XIV of France, known for his position in the line of succession rather than for any significant political or military achievements of his own.
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King Louis XIII
King Louis XIII was the early 17th-century King of France whose reign, marked by the influence of Cardinal Richelieu and the consolidation of royal power, provides the political backdrop for Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers.
- 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: Louis XV of France Target entity description: Louis XV of France was an 18th-century Bourbon king whose long reign saw both cultural flourishing at Versailles and mounting political and financial crises that weakened the French monarchy before the Revolution.
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A.
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV of France was the long-reigning “Sun King” who centralized absolute monarchy, expanded French influence in Europe, and made his court at Versailles a model of royal splendor.
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B.
Louis XVI of France
Louis XVI of France was the last Bourbon king before the French Revolution, whose reign saw France’s crucial support for the American Revolution and ended with his execution in 1793.
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C.
Louis XVIII of France
Louis XVIII of France was the Bourbon king who restored the monarchy after Napoleon’s fall and ruled during the turbulent period of the post-Revolutionary Restoration.
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D.
Louis, Grand Dauphin
Louis, Grand Dauphin was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Louis XIV of France, known for his position in the line of succession rather than for any significant political or military achievements of his own.
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King Louis XIII
King Louis XIII was the early 17th-century King of France whose reign, marked by the influence of Cardinal Richelieu and the consolidation of royal power, provides the political backdrop for Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Louis XV of France Description of subject: Louis XV of France was an 18th-century Bourbon king whose long reign saw both cultural flourishing at Versailles and mounting political and financial crises that weakened the French monarchy before the Revolution.
Referenced by (151)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
King Louis XV
subject surface form:
Étienne François, Duke of Choiseul
this entity surface form:
Louis XV
subject surface form:
Étienne François, Duke of Choiseul
subject surface form:
Louis Georges Érasme de Contades
Garde-Meuble de la Couronne (now Hôtel de la Marine, Place de la Concorde)
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Louis XV of France
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subject surface form:
Garde-Meuble de la Couronne
subject surface form:
Royal Opera of Versailles
subject surface form:
Royal Opera of Versailles
this entity surface form:
Louis XV
this entity surface form:
Louis XV
subject surface form:
House of Bourbon