Anne-César, Chevalier de la Luzerne
E481155
Anne-César, Chevalier de la Luzerne was an 18th-century French diplomat who served as minister to the United States during the American Revolutionary War and became a notable supporter of the American cause.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anne-César, Chevalier de la Luzerne canonical | 1 |
| César Henri, comte de La Luzerne | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4937190 — 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: Anne-César, Chevalier de la Luzerne Context triple: [Luzerne County, namedFor, Anne-César, Chevalier de la Luzerne]
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A.
Charles de La Baume Le Blanc
Charles de La Baume Le Blanc was a French nobleman of the 17th century, known primarily as the son of Louise de La Vallière, the famed mistress of King Louis XIV.
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B.
Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d’Auvergne
Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d’Auvergne was a 17th-century French nobleman and military leader, notably Duke of Bouillon and a prominent figure in the political and religious conflicts of his time.
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C.
Frédéric-César de La Harpe
Frédéric-César de La Harpe was a Swiss statesman and political reformer from Vaud who played a key role in the creation of the Helvetic Republic and in advocating independence from Bernese rule.
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D.
Louis Ramond de Carbonnières
Louis Ramond de Carbonnières was an 18th–19th century French politician, naturalist, and pioneering Pyrenean mountaineer noted for his scientific exploration of the Pyrenees.
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E.
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois was a French revolutionary, actor, and politician who became a prominent Jacobin leader and key organizer of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
- 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: Anne-César, Chevalier de la Luzerne Target entity description: Anne-César, Chevalier de la Luzerne was an 18th-century French diplomat who served as minister to the United States during the American Revolutionary War and became a notable supporter of the American cause.
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A.
Charles de La Baume Le Blanc
Charles de La Baume Le Blanc was a French nobleman of the 17th century, known primarily as the son of Louise de La Vallière, the famed mistress of King Louis XIV.
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B.
Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d’Auvergne
Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d’Auvergne was a 17th-century French nobleman and military leader, notably Duke of Bouillon and a prominent figure in the political and religious conflicts of his time.
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C.
Frédéric-César de La Harpe
Frédéric-César de La Harpe was a Swiss statesman and political reformer from Vaud who played a key role in the creation of the Helvetic Republic and in advocating independence from Bernese rule.
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D.
Louis Ramond de Carbonnières
Louis Ramond de Carbonnières was an 18th–19th century French politician, naturalist, and pioneering Pyrenean mountaineer noted for his scientific exploration of the Pyrenees.
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E.
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois was a French revolutionary, actor, and politician who became a prominent Jacobin leader and key organizer of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French diplomat
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ambassador ⓘ human ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Order of Saint Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1741-07-15 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Saint-Sulpice, Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1791-09-14 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Versailles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diplomaticMission | Kingdom of France–United States relations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1784 ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | de La Luzerne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | diplomatic correspondence ⓘ |
| givenName | Anne-César NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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French ⓘ |
| memberOf | French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | lieutenant general ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Chevalier de la Luzerne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in Franco-American alliance during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| notableWork | support of the American Revolutionary cause ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn | American Revolutionary War (diplomatic front) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
French ambassador to Bavaria
ⓘ
French ambassador to Great Britain ⓘ French ambassador to the United States ⓘ French minister to the United States ⓘ |
| predecessor | Conrad Alexandre Gérard de Rayneval NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| represented | Louis XVI of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston
NERFINISHED
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Philadelphia ⓘ |
| sibling |
César-Guillaume de La Luzerne
NERFINISHED
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Louis-Marie de La Luzerne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1779 ⓘ |
| successor | François Barbé-Marbois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported |
American Revolution
NERFINISHED
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United States independence ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Continental Congress
NERFINISHED
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George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Anne-César, Chevalier de la Luzerne Description of subject: Anne-César, Chevalier de la Luzerne was an 18th-century French diplomat who served as minister to the United States during the American Revolutionary War and became a notable supporter of the American cause.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Secretary of State of the Navy (France)
this entity surface form:
César Henri, comte de La Luzerne