Anne-Catherine de Ligniville
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Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, known as Madame Helvétius, was an influential 18th-century French salonnière whose renowned literary and philosophical salon in Auteuil attracted leading Enlightenment figures such as Diderot, d’Alembert, and Benjamin Franklin.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Anne-Catherine de Ligniville canonical | 2 |
| Anne-Catherine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3364198 — 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: Anne-Catherine de Ligniville Context triple: [Helvétius, spouse, Anne-Catherine de Ligniville]
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Catherine de Grivegnée
Catherine de Grivegnée was a Frenchwoman best known as the mother of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the diplomat and engineer who developed the Suez Canal.
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Antoinette de Louppes
Antoinette de Louppes was a French noblewoman of Spanish-Jewish descent best known as the mother of the Renaissance philosopher and essayist Michel de Montaigne.
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C.
Catherine de Kéralio
Catherine de Kéralio was an 18th-century French writer, translator, and political thinker known for her pioneering role as a female intellectual during the Enlightenment and the early French Revolution.
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Marguerite-Marie de Cossé-Brissac
Marguerite-Marie de Cossé-Brissac was a French noblewoman of the influential Cossé-Brissac family and the wife of Marshal François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi, at the court of Louis XIV.
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Anne-Françoise Torras
Anne-Françoise Torras was the wife of Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, a prominent figure in early 19th-century botanical science.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Anne-Catherine de Ligniville Target entity description: Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, known as Madame Helvétius, was an influential 18th-century French salonnière whose renowned literary and philosophical salon in Auteuil attracted leading Enlightenment figures such as Diderot, d’Alembert, and Benjamin Franklin.
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A.
Catherine de Grivegnée
Catherine de Grivegnée was a Frenchwoman best known as the mother of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the diplomat and engineer who developed the Suez Canal.
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B.
Antoinette de Louppes
Antoinette de Louppes was a French noblewoman of Spanish-Jewish descent best known as the mother of the Renaissance philosopher and essayist Michel de Montaigne.
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C.
Catherine de Kéralio
Catherine de Kéralio was an 18th-century French writer, translator, and political thinker known for her pioneering role as a female intellectual during the Enlightenment and the early French Revolution.
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D.
Marguerite-Marie de Cossé-Brissac
Marguerite-Marie de Cossé-Brissac was a French noblewoman of the influential Cossé-Brissac family and the wife of Marshal François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi, at the court of Louis XIV.
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E.
Anne-Françoise Torras
Anne-Françoise Torras was the wife of Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, a prominent figure in early 19th-century botanical science.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
18th-century French socialite
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human ⓘ salonnière ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Madame Helvétius
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surface form:
Madame Helvetius
Madame Helvétius ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Benjamin Franklin
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Helvétius ⓘ
surface form:
Claude Adrien Helvétius
Denis Diderot ⓘ French Enlightenment ⓘ Jean d’Alembert ⓘ
surface form:
Jean le Rond d’Alembert
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| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of women’s role in Enlightenment sociability ⓘ |
| familyName | de Ligniville ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
literary culture
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philosophical debate ⓘ |
| genre | salon culture ⓘ |
| givenName |
Anne-Catherine de Ligniville
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Anne-Catherine
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| hosted | salon of Auteuil ⓘ |
| influenced | intellectual exchange among Enlightenment figures ⓘ |
| influencedBy | French Enlightenment thought ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | French ⓘ |
| movement |
French Enlightenment
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surface form:
Enlightenment
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| notableFor |
hosting an influential literary and philosophical salon in Auteuil
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influence on French Enlightenment intellectual life ⓘ |
| notableGuest |
Benjamin Franklin
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Denis Diderot ⓘ Enlightenment philosophers ⓘ Jean d’Alembert ⓘ
surface form:
Jean le Rond d’Alembert
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| notableWork | Auteuil salon (as institution) ⓘ |
| occupation |
patron of the arts
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salonnière ⓘ |
| participantIn |
French Enlightenment intellectual networks
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French salon culture ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Auteuil, Paris, France
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surface form:
Auteuil, near Paris
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| residence |
Auteuil
NERFINISHED
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Paris ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| socialCircle | French philosophes ⓘ |
| socialRole | hostess of a leading Enlightenment salon ⓘ |
| spouse |
Helvétius
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surface form:
Claude Adrien Helvétius
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| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| typeOfSalon |
literary salon
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philosophical salon ⓘ |
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Subject: Anne-Catherine de Ligniville Description of subject: Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, known as Madame Helvétius, was an influential 18th-century French salonnière whose renowned literary and philosophical salon in Auteuil attracted leading Enlightenment figures such as Diderot, d’Alembert, and Benjamin Franklin.
Referenced by (3)
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