Julie de Lespinasse
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Julie de Lespinasse was an influential 18th-century French salonnière and letter writer renowned for her intellectual gatherings and passionate correspondence at the heart of Enlightenment society.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Julie de Lespinasse canonical | 2 |
| Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse | 1 |
| de Lespinasse | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3142777 — 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: Julie de Lespinasse Context triple: [Le Rêve de d’Alembert, featuresCharacter, Julie de Lespinasse]
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A.
Juliette Récamier
Juliette Récamier was a celebrated French socialite and salonnière of the early 19th century, renowned for her beauty, wit, and influential literary and political circle in Paris.
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B.
Angélique Diderot
Angélique Diderot was the daughter of French Enlightenment philosopher and Encyclopédie co-founder Denis Diderot.
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C.
Louise Sébastienne Gély
Louise Sébastienne Gély was the second wife of French revolutionary leader Georges Danton, known primarily for this association within the context of the French Revolution.
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D.
Adrienne de Noailles
Adrienne de Noailles was a French aristocrat and political hostess from the influential Noailles family who played a significant supporting role in the life and career of the Marquis de Lafayette during the French Revolution.
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E.
Hortense Mancini
Hortense Mancini was a 17th-century Italian-born noblewoman and famed beauty who became one of the most celebrated Mazarinettes at the French court and later a noted memoirist and salonnière in England.
- 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: Julie de Lespinasse Target entity description: Julie de Lespinasse was an influential 18th-century French salonnière and letter writer renowned for her intellectual gatherings and passionate correspondence at the heart of Enlightenment society.
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A.
Juliette Récamier
Juliette Récamier was a celebrated French socialite and salonnière of the early 19th century, renowned for her beauty, wit, and influential literary and political circle in Paris.
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B.
Angélique Diderot
Angélique Diderot was the daughter of French Enlightenment philosopher and Encyclopédie co-founder Denis Diderot.
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C.
Louise Sébastienne Gély
Louise Sébastienne Gély was the second wife of French revolutionary leader Georges Danton, known primarily for this association within the context of the French Revolution.
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D.
Adrienne de Noailles
Adrienne de Noailles was a French aristocrat and political hostess from the influential Noailles family who played a significant supporting role in the life and career of the Marquis de Lafayette during the French Revolution.
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E.
Hortense Mancini
Hortense Mancini was a 17th-century Italian-born noblewoman and famed beauty who became one of the most celebrated Mazarinettes at the French court and later a noted memoirist and salonnière in England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Enlightenment figure
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letter writer ⓘ person ⓘ salonnière ⓘ |
| activity |
organized discussions on literature
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organized discussions on philosophy ⓘ organized discussions on politics ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Denis Diderot
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Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte de Guibert ⓘ Jean d’Alembert ⓘ
surface form:
Jean le Rond d’Alembert
Jean-François Marmontel ⓘ Madame du Deffand ⓘ Marquis de Condorcet ⓘ Marquis de Mora ⓘ Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot ⓘ
surface form:
Turgot
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| birthCountry | France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1732-11-09 ⓘ |
| birthName |
Julie de Lespinasse
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse
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| birthPlace | Lyon ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| century | 18th century ⓘ |
| citizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathCountry | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1776-05-23 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| familyName |
Julie de Lespinasse
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
de Lespinasse
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| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | letters ⓘ |
| givenName | Julie ⓘ |
| hosted | literary salon in Paris ⓘ |
| influenced |
French epistolary literature
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perception of Enlightenment salon culture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
correspondence with Don José María de Mora (the Marquis de Mora)
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correspondence with Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte de Guibert ⓘ correspondence with Jean d’Alembert ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mentor | Madame du Deffand ⓘ |
| movement | Enlightenment ⓘ |
| name | Julie de Lespinasse self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential Parisian salon
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intellectual gatherings of Enlightenment figures ⓘ passionate love letters ⓘ |
| occupation |
epistolary writer
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salonnière ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| posthumousPublication | Lettres de Mademoiselle de Lespinasse ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| salonLocation | Rue Saint-Dominique, Paris ⓘ |
| work | Lettres de Mademoiselle de Lespinasse ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Julie de Lespinasse Description of subject: Julie de Lespinasse was an influential 18th-century French salonnière and letter writer renowned for her intellectual gatherings and passionate correspondence at the heart of Enlightenment society.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse
this entity surface form:
de Lespinasse