Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt
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Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt was a 17th-century French nobleman and marshal of France known for his military leadership during the Franco-Spanish conflicts of the Thirty Years' War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12995501 — 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: Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt Context triple: [Battle of Montjuïc (1641), commander, Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt]
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Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville
Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville was a 17th-century French noble and military officer who served as a controversial colonial governor in New France, noted for his harsh campaigns against the Iroquois.
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B.
Louis Le Moyne
Louis Le Moyne was a member of the prominent Le Moyne family, a notable French colonial dynasty influential in the early history of New France and Louisiana.
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C.
Charles de la Tour
Charles de la Tour is a member of the de la Tour family, related to the acclaimed English actress Frances de la Tour.
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D.
Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons
Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons was a French nobleman, merchant, and colonizer who led early 17th-century French efforts to establish permanent settlements in North America, including sponsoring expeditions that laid the foundations of New France.
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E.
Jean-Baptiste Deshays
Jean-Baptiste Deshays was an 18th-century French painter known for his religious and historical works and as a prominent figure in the Rococo movement.
- 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: Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt Target entity description: Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt was a 17th-century French nobleman and marshal of France known for his military leadership during the Franco-Spanish conflicts of the Thirty Years' War.
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A.
Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville
Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville was a 17th-century French noble and military officer who served as a controversial colonial governor in New France, noted for his harsh campaigns against the Iroquois.
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B.
Louis Le Moyne
Louis Le Moyne was a member of the prominent Le Moyne family, a notable French colonial dynasty influential in the early history of New France and Louisiana.
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C.
Charles de la Tour
Charles de la Tour is a member of the de la Tour family, related to the acclaimed English actress Frances de la Tour.
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D.
Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons
Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons was a French nobleman, merchant, and colonizer who led early 17th-century French efforts to establish permanent settlements in North America, including sponsoring expeditions that laid the foundations of New France.
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E.
Jean-Baptiste Deshays
Jean-Baptiste Deshays was an 18th-century French painter known for his religious and historical works and as a prominent figure in the Rococo movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French nobleman
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human ⓘ marshal of France ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| activeYears | first half of the 17th century ⓘ |
| allegiance | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| child |
Charlotte de La Mothe-Houdancourt
NERFINISHED
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Françoise Angélique de La Mothe-Houdancourt NERFINISHED ⓘ Marie Isabelle Angélique de La Mothe-Houdancourt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1605 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1657 ⓘ |
| era | 17th century ⓘ |
| familyName | de La Mothe-Houdancourt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Philippe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Marshal of France ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | marshal of France ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | La Mothe-Houdancourt family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
duke
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peer of France ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding French forces against Spain in Catalonia
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service under Cardinal Mazarin ⓘ service under Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ |
| notableWork | military leadership in the Franco-Spanish conflicts of the Thirty Years' War ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
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soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Llorens
NERFINISHED
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Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Lleida (1644) NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ campaigns in Catalonia ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | France ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
governor of Anjou
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governor of Berry ⓘ governor of Catalonia ⓘ governor of Touraine ⓘ marshal of France ⓘ viceroy of Catalonia ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| socialClass | high nobility ⓘ |
| spouse | Louise de Prie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt Description of subject: Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt was a 17th-century French nobleman and marshal of France known for his military leadership during the Franco-Spanish conflicts of the Thirty Years' War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.