Charles de Freycinet
E311293
French politician
Prime Minister of France
engineer
human
member of the Académie française
member of the French Senate
Charles de Freycinet was a prominent French statesman and multiple-time Prime Minister of the Third Republic, known for his influential roles in politics, public works, and military affairs.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles de Freycinet canonical | 4 |
| Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet | 1 |
| de Freycinet | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2941030 — 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: Charles de Freycinet Context triple: [Democratic Republican Alliance, foundedBy, Charles de Freycinet]
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A.
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen was a Baltic German naval officer and explorer in the Russian Imperial Navy, best known as one of the first people to sight the Antarctic continent in 1820.
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B.
Étienne Constantin de Gerlache
Étienne Constantin de Gerlache was a prominent 19th-century Belgian statesman and jurist who played a leading role in the creation and early governance of independent Belgium.
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C.
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Louis Antoine de Bougainville was an 18th-century French admiral, explorer, and navigator best known for leading the first French circumnavigation of the globe.
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D.
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, was an 18th-century French naval officer and explorer best known for leading a major Pacific expedition that mysteriously disappeared.
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E.
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was an 18th-century French naval officer and explorer best known for leading the voyages that led to the European discovery of the remote sub-Antarctic archipelago now called the Kerguelen Islands.
- 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: Charles de Freycinet Target entity description: Charles de Freycinet was a prominent French statesman and multiple-time Prime Minister of the Third Republic, known for his influential roles in politics, public works, and military affairs.
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A.
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen was a Baltic German naval officer and explorer in the Russian Imperial Navy, best known as one of the first people to sight the Antarctic continent in 1820.
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B.
Étienne Constantin de Gerlache
Étienne Constantin de Gerlache was a prominent 19th-century Belgian statesman and jurist who played a leading role in the creation and early governance of independent Belgium.
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C.
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Louis Antoine de Bougainville was an 18th-century French admiral, explorer, and navigator best known for leading the first French circumnavigation of the globe.
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D.
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, was an 18th-century French naval officer and explorer best known for leading a major Pacific expedition that mysteriously disappeared.
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E.
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was an 18th-century French naval officer and explorer best known for leading the voyages that led to the European discovery of the remote sub-Antarctic archipelago now called the Kerguelen Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French politician
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Prime Minister of France ⓘ engineer ⓘ human ⓘ member of the Académie française ⓘ member of the French Senate ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1828-11-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1923-05-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | École Polytechnique ⓘ |
| familyName |
Charles de Freycinet
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
de Freycinet
|
| fullName |
Charles de Freycinet
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet
|
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Freycinet Plan for expansion of French railways and canals
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influential role in the early Third Republic ⓘ reforms of the French army ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie française
ⓘ
Senate of France ⓘ
surface form:
French Senate
|
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableWork | Traité de mécanique rationnelle ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil engineer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| office |
Prime Minister of France (first term)
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Prime Minister of France (fourth term) ⓘ Prime Minister of France (second term) ⓘ Prime Minister of France (third term) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Ariège
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Foix ⓘ France ⓘ Occitanie ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Opportunist Republicans
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surface form:
Opportunist Republican
|
| positionHeld |
Minister of Public Works of France
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Minister of War of France ⓘ President of the Council of Ministers of France ⓘ Prime Minister of France ⓘ Senator for the department of Seine ⓘ life senator of France ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| termEnd |
1880-09-21
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1882-08-07 ⓘ 1887-05-30 ⓘ 1892-02-27 ⓘ |
| termStart |
1879-12-09
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1882-01-30 ⓘ 1886-01-07 ⓘ 1890-03-17 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charles de Freycinet Description of subject: Charles de Freycinet was a prominent French statesman and multiple-time Prime Minister of the Third Republic, known for his influential roles in politics, public works, and military affairs.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet
this entity surface form:
de Freycinet