Controller-General of Finances of France
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The Controller-General of Finances of France was the chief royal official responsible for overseeing the kingdom’s finances, taxation, and economic policy under the Ancien Régime.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Controller-General of Finances of France canonical | 3 |
| Controller General of Finances of France | 1 |
| Director-General of Finance of France | 1 |
| Surintendant des Finances | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15979633 — 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: Controller-General of Finances of France Context triple: [Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain, positionHeld, Controller-General of Finances of France]
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A.
Surintendant des Bâtiments du Roi
Surintendant des Bâtiments du Roi was the senior royal office in charge of overseeing the design, construction, and maintenance of the king’s buildings and artistic projects in France under the Ancien Régime.
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B.
Grand Butler of France
The Grand Butler of France was a high-ranking royal officer of the French crown responsible for overseeing the king’s household wine supplies and certain ceremonial and administrative duties.
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C.
Nicolas Fouquet
Nicolas Fouquet was a powerful 17th-century French statesman and Superintendent of Finances under Louis XIV, best known for his lavish estate at Vaux-le-Vicomte and his dramatic downfall and imprisonment.
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D.
Jacques Necker
Jacques Necker was an influential Swiss-born banker and statesman who served as finance minister to King Louis XVI of France in the years leading up to the French Revolution.
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E.
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert was a 17th-century French statesman and finance minister under King Louis XIV, known for strengthening royal power and developing mercantilist economic policies.
- 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: Controller-General of Finances of France Target entity description: The Controller-General of Finances of France was the chief royal official responsible for overseeing the kingdom’s finances, taxation, and economic policy under the Ancien Régime.
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A.
Surintendant des Bâtiments du Roi
Surintendant des Bâtiments du Roi was the senior royal office in charge of overseeing the design, construction, and maintenance of the king’s buildings and artistic projects in France under the Ancien Régime.
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B.
Grand Butler of France
The Grand Butler of France was a high-ranking royal officer of the French crown responsible for overseeing the king’s household wine supplies and certain ceremonial and administrative duties.
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C.
Nicolas Fouquet
Nicolas Fouquet was a powerful 17th-century French statesman and Superintendent of Finances under Louis XIV, best known for his lavish estate at Vaux-le-Vicomte and his dramatic downfall and imprisonment.
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D.
Jacques Necker
Jacques Necker was an influential Swiss-born banker and statesman who served as finance minister to King Louis XVI of France in the years leading up to the French Revolution.
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E.
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert was a 17th-century French statesman and finance minister under King Louis XIV, known for strengthening royal power and developing mercantilist economic policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain
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de Loménie de Brienne
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