Jean Parisot de Valette
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Jean Parisot de Valette was the 16th-century Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller who led the defense of Malta during the Great Siege of 1565 and gave his name to its capital, Valletta.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jean Parisot de Valette canonical | 5 |
| de Valette | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2288217 — 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.
Target entity: Jean Parisot de Valette Context triple: [Valletta, foundedBy, Jean Parisot de Valette]
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Jean Baptiste François de La Baume, Marquis de La Valette
Jean Baptiste François de La Baume, Marquis de La Valette, was an 18th-century French nobleman and military officer who held high command in the royal army during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola
Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola, was a 13th-century Anglo-French nobleman and soldier infamous for murdering Henry of Almain in a church during the Second Barons' War.
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Jehan Cauvin
Jehan Cauvin is the French-born theologian and reformer better known by his Latinized name John Calvin, a central figure in the Protestant Reformation and the development of Calvinism.
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Giovanni Giustiniani
Giovanni Giustiniani was a Genoese condottiero renowned for leading the defense of Constantinople’s land walls during the Ottoman siege of 1453.
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Gabriel de Rochechouart, Duke of Mortemart
Gabriel de Rochechouart, Duke of Mortemart, was a 17th-century French nobleman and courtier best known as the head of the influential Mortemart family and the father of royal mistress Madame de Montespan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Jean Parisot de Valette Target entity description: Jean Parisot de Valette was the 16th-century Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller who led the defense of Malta during the Great Siege of 1565 and gave his name to its capital, Valletta.
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A.
Jean Baptiste François de La Baume, Marquis de La Valette
Jean Baptiste François de La Baume, Marquis de La Valette, was an 18th-century French nobleman and military officer who held high command in the royal army during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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B.
Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola
Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola, was a 13th-century Anglo-French nobleman and soldier infamous for murdering Henry of Almain in a church during the Second Barons' War.
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C.
Jehan Cauvin
Jehan Cauvin is the French-born theologian and reformer better known by his Latinized name John Calvin, a central figure in the Protestant Reformation and the development of Calvinism.
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D.
Giovanni Giustiniani
Giovanni Giustiniani was a Genoese condottiero renowned for leading the defense of Constantinople’s land walls during the Ottoman siege of 1453.
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E.
Gabriel de Rochechouart, Duke of Mortemart
Gabriel de Rochechouart, Duke of Mortemart, was a 17th-century French nobleman and courtier best known as the head of the influential Mortemart family and the father of royal mistress Madame de Montespan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St. John’s Co-Cathedral ⓘ |
| commanded | forces of the Knights Hospitaller during the Great Siege of Malta ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
statues in Valletta
ⓘ
streets and squares named after him in Malta ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1494 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1568-08-21 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1568 (as Grand Master of the Order of Saint John) ⓘ |
| era | 16th century ⓘ |
| familyName |
Jean Parisot de Valette
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
de Valette
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| givenName | Jean ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalName | Jean Parisot de Valette self-link ⓘ |
| heritage | French nobility ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Fra ⓘ |
| inceptionOf | founding of Valletta ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being namesake of Valletta
ⓘ
leading the defense of Malta in 1565 ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Knights Hospitaller
ⓘ
Order of Saint John ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | naval forces of the Knights Hospitaller ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | Great Siege of Malta ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Grand Master ⓘ |
| namesakeOf | Valletta ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Great Siege of Malta ⓘ |
| notableWork | defense of Malta during the Great Siege of 1565 ⓘ |
| occupation |
knight
ⓘ
military leader ⓘ |
| opponent | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| participatedIn | naval warfare against the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Malta
ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Parisot, Tarn-et-Garonne ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Malta ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Grand Master of the Order of Saint John ⓘ |
| precededBy | Claude de la Sengle ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
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| residence | Birgu ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent | laying the foundation stone of Valletta in 1566 ⓘ |
| startTime | 1557 (as Grand Master of the Order of Saint John) ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Pietro del Monte ⓘ |
| title | Grand Master of Malta ⓘ |
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Subject: Jean Parisot de Valette Description of subject: Jean Parisot de Valette was the 16th-century Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller who led the defense of Malta during the Great Siege of 1565 and gave his name to its capital, Valletta.
Referenced by (6)
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