illegitimate line of Louis XIV of France
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The illegitimate line of Louis XIV of France comprises the descendants of the Sun King born outside of wedlock, many of whom were later legitimized and became influential nobles in French court and political life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| illegitimate line of Louis XIV of France canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22354643 — 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: illegitimate line of Louis XIV of France Context triple: [House of Bourbon-Penthièvre, originatedFrom, illegitimate line of Louis XIV of France]
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A.
King Louis XIV of France (by his daughter’s morganatic marriage)
King Louis XIV of France was the long-reigning 17th–18th century French monarch known as the “Sun King,” who centralized royal power and made France a dominant European state.
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B.
Minority of Louis XIV
The Minority of Louis XIV refers to the early period of the future French king’s life when, as a child monarch, he did not yet exercise personal rule and the kingdom was governed by regents on his behalf.
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C.
Count of Bourbon
The Count of Bourbon was a medieval French noble title held by the rulers of the Bourbon region, from which the influential House of Bourbon later emerged.
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D.
Place Louis XV
Place Louis XV was the former name of what is now Paris’s Place de la Concorde, a major 18th-century royal square that once prominently featured an equestrian statue of King Louis XV.
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E.
Charles II, Duke of Bourbon
Charles II, Duke of Bourbon was a 15th-century French nobleman and military leader who served as Constable of France and played a significant role in the politics of the late medieval French kingdom.
- 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: illegitimate line of Louis XIV of France Target entity description: The illegitimate line of Louis XIV of France comprises the descendants of the Sun King born outside of wedlock, many of whom were later legitimized and became influential nobles in French court and political life.
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A.
King Louis XIV of France (by his daughter’s morganatic marriage)
King Louis XIV of France was the long-reigning 17th–18th century French monarch known as the “Sun King,” who centralized royal power and made France a dominant European state.
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B.
Minority of Louis XIV
The Minority of Louis XIV refers to the early period of the future French king’s life when, as a child monarch, he did not yet exercise personal rule and the kingdom was governed by regents on his behalf.
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C.
Count of Bourbon
The Count of Bourbon was a medieval French noble title held by the rulers of the Bourbon region, from which the influential House of Bourbon later emerged.
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D.
Place Louis XV
Place Louis XV was the former name of what is now Paris’s Place de la Concorde, a major 18th-century royal square that once prominently featured an equestrian statue of King Louis XV.
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E.
Charles II, Duke of Bourbon
Charles II, Duke of Bourbon was a 15th-century French nobleman and military leader who served as Constable of France and played a significant role in the politics of the late medieval French kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
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