La Henriade
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La Henriade is an epic poem by Voltaire that celebrates the reign of Henry IV of France while promoting Enlightenment ideals of religious tolerance and reason.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| La Henriade canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T280770 — 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: La Henriade Context triple: [Voltaire, notableWork, La Henriade]
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A.
Chant de guerre pour l’Armée du Rhin
Chant de guerre pour l’Armée du Rhin is the original revolutionary war song composed in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle that later became known as “La Marseillaise,” the French national anthem.
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B.
Honneur et Patrie
Honneur et Patrie is the traditional French motto meaning "Honor and Fatherland," prominently associated with national orders and military institutions.
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C.
Le Siècle
Le Siècle was a prominent 19th-century French newspaper known for publishing major literary works and influencing public opinion in France.
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D.
Drôle de guerre
Drôle de guerre is the term for the early phase of World War II on the Western Front marked by little active fighting despite the formal state of war between the Allies and Germany.
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E.
d'Artagnan Romances
The d'Artagnan Romances is a series of historical adventure novels by Alexandre Dumas that follows the life and exploits of the musketeer d'Artagnan and his companions.
- 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: La Henriade Target entity description: La Henriade is an epic poem by Voltaire that celebrates the reign of Henry IV of France while promoting Enlightenment ideals of religious tolerance and reason.
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A.
Chant de guerre pour l’Armée du Rhin
Chant de guerre pour l’Armée du Rhin is the original revolutionary war song composed in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle that later became known as “La Marseillaise,” the French national anthem.
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B.
Honneur et Patrie
Honneur et Patrie is the traditional French motto meaning "Honor and Fatherland," prominently associated with national orders and military institutions.
-
C.
Le Siècle
Le Siècle was a prominent 19th-century French newspaper known for publishing major literary works and influencing public opinion in France.
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D.
Drôle de guerre
Drôle de guerre is the term for the early phase of World War II on the Western Front marked by little active fighting despite the formal state of war between the Allies and Germany.
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E.
d'Artagnan Romances
The d'Artagnan Romances is a series of historical adventure novels by Alexandre Dumas that follows the life and exploits of the musketeer d'Artagnan and his companions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | epic poem ⓘ |
| aimsTo | reconcile heroism with philosophical reflection ⓘ |
| associatedWith | French Enlightenment literature ⓘ |
| author | Voltaire ⓘ |
| centralEvent | Siege of Paris (1590) ⓘ |
| centralFigure | Henry IV of France ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Catholic League in France
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic League
fanaticism ⓘ religious intolerance ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Caroline of Ansbach (as Princess of Wales to Queen consort)
ⓘ
surface form:
Queen Caroline of Ansbach
|
| firstCompleteEditionYear | 1728 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| genre |
didactic poem
ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm | ten cantos in rhymed couplets ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| historicalBasis | reign of Henry IV of France ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata
ⓘ
Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ classical epic tradition ⓘ |
| languageStyle | neoclassical ⓘ |
| literaryForm | heroic poem ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Enlightenment ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Henry IV of France ⓘ |
| meter | alexandrine ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | verse ⓘ |
| numberOfCantos | 10 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Voltaire's political and religious writings ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | early 18th century ⓘ |
| portrays |
Henry IV of France
ⓘ
surface form:
Henry IV of France as a tolerant ruler
|
| promotes |
Enlightenment ideals
ⓘ
rational governance ⓘ religious tolerance ⓘ separation of politics from religious fanaticism ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1723 ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | French Wars of Religion ⓘ |
| settingPlace | France ⓘ |
| theme |
civil war and peace
ⓘ
critique of religious fanaticism ⓘ political legitimacy ⓘ reason ⓘ religious tolerance ⓘ virtue of the sovereign ⓘ |
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