Charles IV, Duke of Alençon
E690974
Charles IV, Duke of Alençon was a French nobleman and military leader of the early 16th century, notable for his high rank at the court of Francis I and his involvement in the Italian Wars.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duke of Alençon | 2 |
| Charles IV, Duke of Alençon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7638255 — 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 IV, Duke of Alençon Context triple: [Marguerite de Navarre, spouse, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon]
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A.
Peter, Count of Alençon
Peter, Count of Alençon was a 13th-century French prince and nobleman, notable as a younger son of King Louis IX of France and a member of the Capetian royal dynasty.
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B.
Jean II, Duke of Alençon
Jean II, Duke of Alençon was a prominent French nobleman and military leader of the early 15th century, noted for his role in the Hundred Years' War and his death fighting against the English at Agincourt.
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C.
Louis François, Duke of Anjou
Louis François, Duke of Anjou, was a short-lived French prince of the Bourbon dynasty, born to Louis XIV and Marie Thérèse of France.
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D.
Louis Joseph, Duke of Burgundy
Louis Joseph, Duke of Burgundy was the eldest son of the Dauphin Louis (son of Louis XV) and a French prince of the Bourbon dynasty who died in childhood, altering the line of succession to the French throne.
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E.
Francis I, Duke of Nevers
Francis I, Duke of Nevers was a 16th-century French nobleman and courtier who held the ducal title of Nevers and played a role in the political life of Renaissance France.
- 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 IV, Duke of Alençon Target entity description: Charles IV, Duke of Alençon was a French nobleman and military leader of the early 16th century, notable for his high rank at the court of Francis I and his involvement in the Italian Wars.
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A.
Peter, Count of Alençon
Peter, Count of Alençon was a 13th-century French prince and nobleman, notable as a younger son of King Louis IX of France and a member of the Capetian royal dynasty.
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B.
Jean II, Duke of Alençon
Jean II, Duke of Alençon was a prominent French nobleman and military leader of the early 15th century, noted for his role in the Hundred Years' War and his death fighting against the English at Agincourt.
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C.
Louis François, Duke of Anjou
Louis François, Duke of Anjou, was a short-lived French prince of the Bourbon dynasty, born to Louis XIV and Marie Thérèse of France.
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D.
Louis Joseph, Duke of Burgundy
Louis Joseph, Duke of Burgundy was the eldest son of the Dauphin Louis (son of Louis XV) and a French prince of the Bourbon dynasty who died in childhood, altering the line of succession to the French throne.
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E.
Francis I, Duke of Nevers
Francis I, Duke of Nevers was a 16th-century French nobleman and courtier who held the ducal title of Nevers and played a role in the political life of Renaissance France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Duke
ⓘ
French nobleman ⓘ military leader ⓘ peer of France ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | early 16th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Francis I of France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Navarre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1489-09-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Alençon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brotherInLaw | Francis I of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Lyon (probable) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtRole | high-ranking noble at the court of Francis I ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1525-04-11 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Renaissance ⓘ |
| father | René of Alençon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| heldCourtAt | Alençon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | criticized for conduct at the Battle of Pavia ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 1509 ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty | House of Valois-Alençon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | army commander ⓘ |
| mother | Margaret of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamilyBranch | Valois cadet branch ⓘ |
| nobleRank | prince of the blood ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Count of Perche
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke of Alençon NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke of Chartres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | retreat from the Battle of Pavia ⓘ |
| notableWork | service in the Italian Wars ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Marignano
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Pavia NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Count of Perche
NERFINISHED
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Duke of Alençon NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke of Chartres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | René of Alençon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Margaret of Angoulême NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Margaret of Angoulême NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseTitle | Queen of Navarre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | His Highness ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Margaret of Angoulême NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleAcquisition | inherited the Duchy of Alençon in 1492 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Charles IV, Duke of Alençon Description of subject: Charles IV, Duke of Alençon was a French nobleman and military leader of the early 16th century, notable for his high rank at the court of Francis I and his involvement in the Italian Wars.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Duke of Alençon
this entity surface form:
Duke of Alençon