Félix Faure
E190824
Félix Faure was a French politician who served as President of France from 1895 until his sudden death in 1899, during the turbulent era of the Dreyfus Affair.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Félix Faure canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1540291 — 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: Félix Faure Context triple: [French Third Republic, notablePresident, Félix Faure]
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A.
Émile Loubet
Émile Loubet was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1899 to 1906, overseeing a period of political stabilization during the Third Republic.
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B.
Jules Grévy
Jules Grévy was a 19th-century French lawyer and statesman who served as President of France and became known for strengthening parliamentary republicanism during the early years of the French Third Republic.
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C.
Léon Gambetta
Léon Gambetta was a prominent French republican statesman who played a key leadership role in organizing France’s resistance and government during and after the Franco-Prussian War.
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D.
Élie Guadet
Élie Guadet was a prominent French lawyer and revolutionary politician, best known as a leading figure of the moderate Girondin faction during the French Revolution.
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E.
Marie François Sadi Carnot
Marie François Sadi Carnot was a French statesman who served as President of the French Third Republic from 1887 until his assassination in 1894.
- 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: Félix Faure Target entity description: Félix Faure was a French politician who served as President of France from 1895 until his sudden death in 1899, during the turbulent era of the Dreyfus Affair.
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A.
Émile Loubet
Émile Loubet was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1899 to 1906, overseeing a period of political stabilization during the Third Republic.
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B.
Jules Grévy
Jules Grévy was a 19th-century French lawyer and statesman who served as President of France and became known for strengthening parliamentary republicanism during the early years of the French Third Republic.
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C.
Léon Gambetta
Léon Gambetta was a prominent French republican statesman who played a key leadership role in organizing France’s resistance and government during and after the Franco-Prussian War.
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D.
Élie Guadet
Élie Guadet was a prominent French lawyer and revolutionary politician, best known as a leading figure of the moderate Girondin faction during the French Revolution.
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E.
Marie François Sadi Carnot
Marie François Sadi Carnot was a French statesman who served as President of the French Third Republic from 1887 until his assassination in 1894.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French politician
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human ⓘ |
| associatedWith | anti-Dreyfusard camp ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1841-01-30 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Kingdom of France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Père Lachaise Cemetery
ⓘ
surface form:
Cimetière du Père-Lachaise
|
| causeOfDeath | cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateElected | 1895-01-17 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1899-02-16 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
French Third Republic
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| era | French Third Republic ⓘ |
| familyName | Faure ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Felix
ⓘ
surface form:
Félix
|
| headOfGovernment | France ⓘ |
| honor |
Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur
ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
|
| inaugurationDate | 1895-01-17 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
serving as President of France during the Dreyfus Affair
ⓘ
sudden death in office ⓘ |
| legislativeBodyMemberOf |
Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
Chamber of Deputies of France
|
| memberOf |
French Third Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
French Third Republic political class
|
| militaryService | Franco-Prussian War ⓘ |
| name | Félix Faure self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableEvent | death in office at the Élysée Palace ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1899 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1895 ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Le Havre
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | moderate republican ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of the French Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
President of France
|
| precededBy | Jean Casimir-Perier ⓘ |
| prePoliticalCareer |
leather merchant
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shipping businessman ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| representedConstituency |
Seine-Maritime
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surface form:
Seine-Inférieure (now Seine-Maritime)
|
| residence | Élysée Palace ⓘ |
| servedIn |
French Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
French Navy (administration/auxiliary roles)
|
| signature | signature of Félix Faure (image file in historical records) ⓘ |
| spouse | Berthe Belluot ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Émile Loubet ⓘ |
| termInOfficeDuring |
Dreyfus affair
ⓘ
surface form:
Dreyfus Affair
|
| termNumber | 7th President of the French Third Republic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Félix Faure Description of subject: Félix Faure was a French politician who served as President of France from 1895 until his sudden death in 1899, during the turbulent era of the Dreyfus Affair.
Referenced by (6)
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