Angélique de Bullion
E419592
Angélique de Bullion was a 17th-century French noblewoman and philanthropist who played a key role in financing early Catholic missionary and colonization efforts in New France, particularly in Montreal.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Angélique de Bullion canonical | 2 |
| Angélique Bullion | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4187802 — 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: Angélique de Bullion Context triple: [Société Notre-Dame de Montréal, foundedBy, Angélique de Bullion]
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Alix de Foresta
Alix de Foresta is a French aristocrat best known as the wife of Louis Napoléon, Prince Napoléon, a claimant to the former imperial throne of France.
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B.
Anne Bauchens
Anne Bauchens was an American film editor best known for her long collaboration with director Cecil B. DeMille and for being one of the first women to win an Academy Award for film editing.
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C.
Caroline Deslonde
Caroline Deslonde was a 19th-century Louisiana Creole woman best known as the wife of Confederate general P. G. T. Beauregard.
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D.
Julie d’Étanges
Julie d’Étanges is the virtuous yet tragically fated heroine of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s epistolary novel "Julie, or the New Heloise," whose conflicted love and moral struggles embody Enlightenment debates about passion, duty, and social order.
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E.
Angélique
Angélique is a French feminine given name historically borne by figures such as Angélique Diderot, the daughter of philosopher Denis Diderot.
- 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: Angélique de Bullion Target entity description: Angélique de Bullion was a 17th-century French noblewoman and philanthropist who played a key role in financing early Catholic missionary and colonization efforts in New France, particularly in Montreal.
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A.
Alix de Foresta
Alix de Foresta is a French aristocrat best known as the wife of Louis Napoléon, Prince Napoléon, a claimant to the former imperial throne of France.
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B.
Anne Bauchens
Anne Bauchens was an American film editor best known for her long collaboration with director Cecil B. DeMille and for being one of the first women to win an Academy Award for film editing.
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C.
Caroline Deslonde
Caroline Deslonde was a 19th-century Louisiana Creole woman best known as the wife of Confederate general P. G. T. Beauregard.
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D.
Julie d’Étanges
Julie d’Étanges is the virtuous yet tragically fated heroine of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s epistolary novel "Julie, or the New Heloise," whose conflicted love and moral struggles embody Enlightenment debates about passion, duty, and social order.
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E.
Angélique
Angélique is a French feminine given name historically borne by figures such as Angélique Diderot, the daughter of philosopher Denis Diderot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic lay benefactor
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French noblewoman ⓘ human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jesuits in New France
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surface form:
Catholic Church in New France
Montreal ⓘ New France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| knownFor |
funding religious and charitable institutions in New France
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supporting the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
financial support of early colonization of New France
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major financial contributions to the founding of Montreal ⓘ support of Catholic missionary work in New France ⓘ |
| occupation |
noblewoman
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philanthropist ⓘ |
| philanthropicFocus |
health care in colonies
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religious missions ⓘ support for settlers in New France ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
France
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Montreal ⓘ New France ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| roleInHistory |
early benefactor of Montreal
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key financier of French colonial expansion in North America ⓘ |
| supportedProject |
Jesuit missions
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surface form:
Catholic missions in New France
colonization efforts in Montreal ⓘ hospitals and charitable works in New France ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Angélique de Bullion Description of subject: Angélique de Bullion was a 17th-century French noblewoman and philanthropist who played a key role in financing early Catholic missionary and colonization efforts in New France, particularly in Montreal.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Angélique Bullion