Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
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Louis Antoine de Saint-Just was a prominent and radical Jacobin leader of the French Revolution, closely associated with Robespierre and the Reign of Terror.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Louis Antoine de Saint-Just canonical | 22 |
| Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just | 2 |
| de Saint-Just | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T606466 — 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: Louis Antoine de Saint-Just Context triple: [National Convention, keyFigure, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just]
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A.
Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre was a leading Jacobin lawyer and politician who became a central architect of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
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B.
Georges Danton
Georges Danton was a leading French revolutionary and powerful orator who helped drive the overthrow of the monarchy and the early phase of the First French Republic before being executed during the Reign of Terror.
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C.
Antoine Barnave
Antoine Barnave was a prominent French revolutionary, lawyer, and orator who played a leading role in the early stages of the French Revolution and briefly advised King Louis XVI.
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D.
Jean-Paul Marat
Jean-Paul Marat was a radical French revolutionary leader, journalist, and politician known for his fiery writings in L'Ami du peuple and his role in inciting popular violence during the French Revolution.
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E.
Bertrand Barère
Bertrand Barère was a prominent French revolutionary politician, journalist, and member of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution.
- 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: Louis Antoine de Saint-Just Target entity description: Louis Antoine de Saint-Just was a prominent and radical Jacobin leader of the French Revolution, closely associated with Robespierre and the Reign of Terror.
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A.
Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre was a leading Jacobin lawyer and politician who became a central architect of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
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B.
Georges Danton
Georges Danton was a leading French revolutionary and powerful orator who helped drive the overthrow of the monarchy and the early phase of the First French Republic before being executed during the Reign of Terror.
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C.
Antoine Barnave
Antoine Barnave was a prominent French revolutionary, lawyer, and orator who played a leading role in the early stages of the French Revolution and briefly advised King Louis XVI.
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D.
Jean-Paul Marat
Jean-Paul Marat was a radical French revolutionary leader, journalist, and politician known for his fiery writings in L'Ami du peuple and his role in inciting popular violence during the French Revolution.
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E.
Bertrand Barère
Bertrand Barère was a prominent French revolutionary politician, journalist, and member of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French revolutionary
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Jacobin ⓘ person ⓘ |
| advocated |
severe measures against enemies of the Revolution
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virtue-based republican government ⓘ |
| ally |
Georges Couthon
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Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Thermidorian Reaction
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surface form:
Fall of Robespierre (9 Thermidor Year II)
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| birthDate | 1767-08-25 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Decize
ⓘ
surface form:
Decize, Nièvre, France
|
| causeOfDeath | execution by guillotine ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfArrest | 1794-07-27 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1794-07-28 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| describedAs | “l’Archange de la Terreur” ⓘ |
| era |
The Age of Revolution
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surface form:
Age of Revolution
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| familyName |
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
de Saint-Just
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| fullName |
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Louis Antoine ⓘ |
| ideology |
Jacobinism
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radical democracy ⓘ republicanism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | capital punishment ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Committee of Public Safety
ⓘ
Jacobin Club ⓘ |
| militaryRank | commissaire aux armées (representative on mission) ⓘ |
| movement | French Revolution ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
close association with Maximilien Robespierre
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leading role in the Reign of Terror ⓘ |
| notableWork |
De la nature, de l’état civil de la cité ou les règles de l’indépendance
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L’Esprit de la Révolution et de la Constitution de France ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
French Revolutionary Wars
ⓘ
Reign of Terror ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Errancis Cemetery, Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Deputy to the National Convention
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Member of the Committee of Public Safety ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| representedIn | National Convention for the department of Aisne ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Louis Antoine de Saint-Just Description of subject: Louis Antoine de Saint-Just was a prominent and radical Jacobin leader of the French Revolution, closely associated with Robespierre and the Reign of Terror.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just
this entity surface form:
de Saint-Just
subject surface form:
Georges Couthon
subject surface form:
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
this entity surface form:
de Saint-Just
subject surface form:
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
this entity surface form:
Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just
De la nature, de l’état civil de la cité ou les règles de l’indépendance
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author
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Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
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National Convention for the department of Aisne
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notableDeputyElected
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Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
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subject surface form:
l’Archange de la Terreur
subject surface form:
l’Archange de la Terreur