Paris executioner Charles-Henri Sanson
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Charles-Henri Sanson was the chief executioner of Paris during the French Revolution, notorious for overseeing numerous guillotine executions, including those of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles-Henri Sanson | 1 |
| Paris executioner Charles-Henri Sanson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4863224 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paris executioner Charles-Henri Sanson Context triple: [Execution of Marie Antoinette, carriedOutBy, Paris executioner Charles-Henri Sanson]
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Sydney Carton
Sydney Carton is a dissipated but brilliant English lawyer in Charles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities," whose ultimate act of self-sacrifice defines his redemption.
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Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville was a French revolutionary lawyer and public prosecutor best known for directing many of the political trials and executions during the Reign of Terror.
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Jean-Baptiste Carrier
Jean-Baptiste Carrier was a radical French Revolutionary politician and Jacobin best known for orchestrating brutal mass executions during the Reign of Terror, particularly in Nantes.
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D.
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, better known as Joséphine de Beauharnais, was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and the first Empress of the French.
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E.
François Ravaillac
François Ravaillac was a French Catholic zealot best known for assassinating King Henry IV of France in 1610.
- 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: Paris executioner Charles-Henri Sanson Target entity description: Charles-Henri Sanson was the chief executioner of Paris during the French Revolution, notorious for overseeing numerous guillotine executions, including those of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
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A.
Sydney Carton
Sydney Carton is a dissipated but brilliant English lawyer in Charles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities," whose ultimate act of self-sacrifice defines his redemption.
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B.
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville was a French revolutionary lawyer and public prosecutor best known for directing many of the political trials and executions during the Reign of Terror.
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C.
Jean-Baptiste Carrier
Jean-Baptiste Carrier was a radical French Revolutionary politician and Jacobin best known for orchestrating brutal mass executions during the Reign of Terror, particularly in Nantes.
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D.
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, better known as Joséphine de Beauharnais, was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and the first Empress of the French.
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E.
François Ravaillac
François Ravaillac was a French Catholic zealot best known for assassinating King Henry IV of France in 1610.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French executioner
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chief executioner of Paris ⓘ executioner ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeDuring |
Ancien Régime in France
NERFINISHED
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French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ Reign of Terror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1739-02-15 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| child | Henri Sanson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1806-07-04 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| employer |
French First Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTimeOfPosition | 1795 ⓘ |
| familyName | Sanson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Charles-Jean-Baptiste Sanson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfBiographicalWorkAbout | memoirs ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles-Henri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBiographicalSubjectInWork | Les mémoires des Sanson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrumentUsed | guillotine ⓘ |
| knownFor |
overseeing numerous executions during the French Revolution
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professionalization of execution procedures in Paris ⓘ use of the guillotine as standard execution method in Paris ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| memberOf | Sanson executioner family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Charles-Henri Sanson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
execution of Antoine Lavoisier
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execution of Charlotte Corday ⓘ execution of Georges Danton ⓘ execution of Louis XVI ⓘ execution of Marie Antoinette ⓘ execution of Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ execution of Philippe Égalité ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in the execution of King Louis XVI by guillotine
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role in the execution of Queen Marie Antoinette by guillotine ⓘ |
| notableWork | oversight of executions by guillotine in Paris ⓘ |
| numberOfYearsAsChiefExecutioner | approximately 40 ⓘ |
| occupation |
executioner
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torturer ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
film and television adaptations about the French Revolution
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various historical novels about the French Revolution ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chief executioner of Paris ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| startTimeOfPosition | 1778 ⓘ |
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Subject: Paris executioner Charles-Henri Sanson Description of subject: Charles-Henri Sanson was the chief executioner of Paris during the French Revolution, notorious for overseeing numerous guillotine executions, including those of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Charles-Henri Sanson