French Armagnac faction

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military faction political faction

The French Armagnac faction was a powerful political and military party in early 15th-century France, aligned with the royalist cause and opposed to the Burgundians during the Hundred Years’ War.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Armagnac faction	19
Armagnac (French royal) faction	1
Armagnac faction (French) against English	1
Armagnac faction (late medieval France)	1
Armagnac faction in France	1
Armagnac political faction	1
French Armagnac faction canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4155659 — 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: French Armagnac faction
Context triple: [Battle of Agincourt, opponentOf, French Armagnac faction]

A. Bourbon France
Bourbon France was the French kingdom ruled by the Bourbon dynasty from the late 16th century until the French Revolution, characterized by strong centralized monarchy and major roles in European conflicts.
B. Council of Five Hundred (faction)
The Council of Five Hundred was the lower house of the French legislature under the Directory, composed of 500 deputies and known for its resistance to Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power.
C. Royal Council of France
The Royal Council of France was the principal advisory and administrative body to the French monarch, central to decision-making and governance under the Ancien Régime.
D. Phélippeaux
Phélippeaux was a French royalist artillery officer and military engineer noted for his crucial role in organizing the defense of Acre against Napoleon in 1799.
E. Bourbon-l’Archambault
Bourbon-l’Archambault is a historic spa town in central France known as the ancestral seat of the Bourbon dynasty.
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: French Armagnac faction
Target entity description: The French Armagnac faction was a powerful political and military party in early 15th-century France, aligned with the royalist cause and opposed to the Burgundians during the Hundred Years’ War.

A. Bourbon France
Bourbon France was the French kingdom ruled by the Bourbon dynasty from the late 16th century until the French Revolution, characterized by strong centralized monarchy and major roles in European conflicts.
B. Council of Five Hundred (faction)
The Council of Five Hundred was the lower house of the French legislature under the Directory, composed of 500 deputies and known for its resistance to Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power.
C. Royal Council of France
The Royal Council of France was the principal advisory and administrative body to the French monarch, central to decision-making and governance under the Ancien Régime.
D. Phélippeaux
Phélippeaux was a French royalist artillery officer and military engineer noted for his crucial role in organizing the defense of Acre against Napoleon in 1799.
E. Bourbon-l’Archambault
Bourbon-l’Archambault is a historic spa town in central France known as the ancestral seat of the Bourbon dynasty.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military faction ⓘ political faction ⓘ
activeInPeriod	early 15th century ⓘ
associatedDynasty	House of Valois ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	assassination of John the Fearless in 1419 (as beneficiaries/opponents) ⓘ
baseOfSupport	French royal court ⓘ Paris (intermittently) ⓘ
conflictType	civil war faction ⓘ
country	Kingdom of France ⓘ
dissolutionCause	decline after reconciliation between Charles VII and the Burgundians (Treaty of Arras, 1435) ⓘ
enemy	John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy ⓘ linked to: John the Fearless
geographicScope	northern France ⓘ southwestern France (Armagnac region) ⓘ linked to: southwestern France Île-de-France ⓘ linked to: Île-de-France region
historicalContext	internal French civil war during the Hundred Years’ War ⓘ
historicalRegion	medieval France ⓘ
ideology	support for strong royal authority ⓘ
involvedInEvent	Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War ⓘ Burgundian capture of Paris in 1418 ⓘ Parisian civil conflicts of the 1410s ⓘ
language	Old French ⓘ
leader	Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac ⓘ
militaryRole	fielded armies against Burgundian and English forces ⓘ
namedAfter	Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac ⓘ House of Armagnac ⓘ
notableOpponent	Burgundian–English alliance ⓘ linked to: Burgundian-English coalition
opposedPolicyOf	Burgundian alliance with England ⓘ
opposedTo	Burgundian faction ⓘ Dukes of Burgundy ⓘ linked to: House of Valois-Burgundy
partOfConflict	Hundred Years’ War ⓘ linked to: Hundred Years' War
politicalAlignment	royalist ⓘ
politicalGoal	preservation of Valois monarchy in France ⓘ
region	Armagnac (Gascony) ⓘ linked to: Armagnac
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rivalFaction	Burgundian party in France ⓘ
roleInGovernment	controlled royal government during parts of Charles VI’s reign ⓘ
socialBase	high nobility loyal to the Valois crown ⓘ royalist urban elites ⓘ
supportedClaimant	Charles VI of France ⓘ Dauphin Charles (later Charles VII of France) ⓘ linked to: Charles VII of France
supportedPolicy	continuation of war against England ⓘ
timeOfProminence	c. 1410–1430s ⓘ
usedAsTermFor	royalist party opposed to Burgundians in early 15th-century France ⓘ

How these facts were elicited