du Plessis
E83692
Du Plessis is the French noble family name of Cardinal Richelieu, historically associated with his influential role in 17th-century French politics and the Catholic Church.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| du Plessis canonical | 4 |
| Du Plessis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T672087 — 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: du Plessis Context triple: [Cardinal Richelieu, familyName, du Plessis]
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A.
Koos de la Rey
Koos de la Rey was a prominent Boer general and military leader renowned for his tactical skill and guerrilla warfare during the Anglo-Boer conflicts in South Africa.
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B.
Butch van Breda Kolff
Butch van Breda Kolff was an American basketball coach best known for his successful collegiate coaching career and for leading the Los Angeles Lakers during the late 1960s.
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C.
Eric Cradock
Eric Cradock was a Canadian sports promoter and businessman best known as a co-founder and early owner of the Toronto Huskies basketball team.
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D.
Schalk Willem Burger
Schalk Willem Burger was a South African military leader and politician who served as acting president of the South African Republic (Transvaal) during the latter part of the Second Boer War.
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E.
D. F. Malan
D. F. Malan was a South African prime minister and National Party leader best known for formally instituting and entrenching the apartheid system.
- 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: du Plessis Target entity description: Du Plessis is the French noble family name of Cardinal Richelieu, historically associated with his influential role in 17th-century French politics and the Catholic Church.
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A.
Koos de la Rey
Koos de la Rey was a prominent Boer general and military leader renowned for his tactical skill and guerrilla warfare during the Anglo-Boer conflicts in South Africa.
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B.
Butch van Breda Kolff
Butch van Breda Kolff was an American basketball coach best known for his successful collegiate coaching career and for leading the Los Angeles Lakers during the late 1960s.
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C.
Eric Cradock
Eric Cradock was a Canadian sports promoter and businessman best known as a co-founder and early owner of the Toronto Huskies basketball team.
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D.
Schalk Willem Burger
Schalk Willem Burger was a South African military leader and politician who served as acting president of the South African Republic (Transvaal) during the latter part of the Second Boer War.
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E.
D. F. Malan
D. F. Malan was a South African prime minister and National Party leader best known for formally instituting and entrenching the apartheid system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French-language surname
ⓘ
family name ⓘ noble family name ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cardinal Richelieu
ⓘ
surface form:
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu
|
| capitalizationRule |
Metropolitan French
ⓘ
surface form:
"du" often lowercase, "Plessis" capitalized in French
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| category |
French noble families
ⓘ
French-language surnames ⓘ Surnames of French origin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Old French word "plessis" meaning a fenced enclosure or hedge ⓘ |
| genderForm | masculine form ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Plessis
ⓘ
du ⓘ |
| hasNobleBranch | House of Richelieu ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Homer Plessy
ⓘ
surface form:
Du Plessy
Duplessis ⓘ |
| historicalAssociation |
Ancien Régime
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancien Régime France
French aristocracy ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | French ⓘ |
| linkedToInstitution |
Catholic Church in France
ⓘ
Ancien Régime ⓘ
surface form:
French monarchy
|
| meaning | "of the plessis" or "of the fenced place" ⓘ |
| nobilityTitleAssociated | Duke of Richelieu ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
Cardinal Richelieu
ⓘ
surface form:
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu
|
| onamasticCategory | French toponymic surnames ⓘ |
| orthographicFeature | contains space between "du" and "Plessis" ⓘ |
| particleMeaning | "of the" in French ⓘ |
| prepositionalParticle | du ⓘ |
| socialStatus | noble ⓘ |
| surnameType | locational surname ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfProminence | 17th century ⓘ |
| toponymicOrigin | yes ⓘ |
| usedBy | French nobility ⓘ |
| usedByReligion | Roman Catholic nobility ⓘ |
| usedInCentury |
16th century
ⓘ
17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Belgium
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ France ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: du Plessis Description of subject: Du Plessis is the French noble family name of Cardinal Richelieu, historically associated with his influential role in 17th-century French politics and the Catholic Church.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Du Plessis