Les Baux family
E349765
The Les Baux family was a powerful medieval noble house from Provence, France, known for its influential lords and control of the fortress town of Les Baux-de-Provence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Les Baux family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3339863 — 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: Les Baux family Context triple: [House of Baux, alternativeName, Les Baux family]
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A.
Benois family
The Benois family is a prominent Russian artistic dynasty known for its influential painters, architects, and stage designers active from the 19th to early 20th centuries.
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B.
Delaval family
The Delaval family was an influential English aristocratic lineage in Northumberland, known for its wealth, political connections, and ownership of grand estates.
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C.
Estienne family
The Estienne family was a prominent French dynasty of humanist scholars and printers active during the Renaissance, renowned for their influential editions of classical and biblical texts.
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D.
Rougon family
The Rougon family is the ambitious, socially climbing bourgeois clan at the center of Émile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart cycle, embodying themes of heredity, power, and corruption in Second Empire France.
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E.
Savoye family
The Savoye family were the French clients and owners who commissioned Le Corbusier’s iconic modernist Villa Savoye in Poissy, France.
- 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: Les Baux family Target entity description: The Les Baux family was a powerful medieval noble house from Provence, France, known for its influential lords and control of the fortress town of Les Baux-de-Provence.
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A.
Benois family
The Benois family is a prominent Russian artistic dynasty known for its influential painters, architects, and stage designers active from the 19th to early 20th centuries.
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B.
Delaval family
The Delaval family was an influential English aristocratic lineage in Northumberland, known for its wealth, political connections, and ownership of grand estates.
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C.
Estienne family
The Estienne family was a prominent French dynasty of humanist scholars and printers active during the Renaissance, renowned for their influential editions of classical and biblical texts.
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D.
Rougon family
The Rougon family is the ambitious, socially climbing bourgeois clan at the center of Émile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart cycle, embodying themes of heredity, power, and corruption in Second Empire France.
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E.
Savoye family
The Savoye family were the French clients and owners who commissioned Le Corbusier’s iconic modernist Villa Savoye in Poissy, France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medieval noble house
ⓘ
noble family ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
County of Provence
ⓘ
surface form:
Counts of Provence
House of Anjou ⓘ |
| claimedDescentFrom |
Balthazar
ⓘ
one of the Biblical Magi ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | Or, a star of sixteen points Gules ⓘ |
| conflictedWith |
County of Provence
ⓘ
surface form:
Counts of Provence
communes of Provence ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | 14th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Provençal nobility ⓘ |
| extinctionOfMainLine | 15th century ⓘ |
| feudalStatus | seigneury of Les Baux ⓘ |
| floruit |
11th century
ⓘ
12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Au hasard Balthazar ⓘ |
| hasNotableBranch |
House of Les Baux of Andria
ⓘ
Les Baux of Orange ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Alix des Baux
ⓘ
Château des Baux ⓘ
surface form:
Barral of Les Baux
Bertrand I of Baux ⓘ
surface form:
Bertrand I of Les Baux
Bertrand I of Baux ⓘ
surface form:
Bertrand II of Les Baux
Hugh of Baux ⓘ
surface form:
Hugh I of Les Baux
Raymond I of Baux ⓘ
surface form:
Raymond I of Les Baux
|
| heldTitle |
Count of Avellino
ⓘ
Duke of Andria ⓘ Prince of Orange ⓘ |
| influenced | politics of Provence ⓘ |
| involvedIn | feudal conflicts in Provence ⓘ |
| knownFor |
control of the fortress town of Les Baux-de-Provence
ⓘ
power and influence in medieval Provence ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
Old Occitan (regional context)
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Occitan
|
| laterUnderSovereigntyOf | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| memberOf | French nobility ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
lords of Les Baux
ⓘ
surface form:
Lords of Les Baux
|
| notableSeat |
Château des Baux
ⓘ
Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Les Baux-de-Provence ⓘ |
| partOf | feudal system of the Kingdom of Arles ⓘ |
| patronage | Provençal troubadours ⓘ |
| region | Provence ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| symbol | sixteen-pointed star ⓘ |
| territorialBase | Alpilles region ⓘ |
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Subject: Les Baux family Description of subject: The Les Baux family was a powerful medieval noble house from Provence, France, known for its influential lords and control of the fortress town of Les Baux-de-Provence.
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