Catherine Monvoisin
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Catherine Monvoisin, known as "La Voisin," was a 17th-century French fortune-teller and alleged sorceress who became a central figure in the Affair of the Poisons scandal at the court of Louis XIV.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Catherine Monvoisin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5442150 — 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: Catherine Monvoisin Context triple: [Affair of the Poisons, significantPerson, Catherine Monvoisin]
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Madame La Motte
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Mathilde Mauté
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Octavie de Laharpe
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Lucy Richer
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Marquise du Châtelet
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Catherine Monvoisin Target entity description: Catherine Monvoisin, known as "La Voisin," was a 17th-century French fortune-teller and alleged sorceress who became a central figure in the Affair of the Poisons scandal at the court of Louis XIV.
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A.
Madame La Motte
Madame La Motte is a central character in Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel "The Romance of the Forest," depicted as the anxious, morally conflicted wife of an impoverished fugitive.
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B.
Mathilde Mauté
Mathilde Mauté was the wife and muse of French poet Paul Verlaine, known primarily through her portrayal in accounts of his tumultuous life and relationships.
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C.
Octavie de Laharpe
Octavie de Laharpe was a 19th-century French woman best known as the wife of Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, the influential urban planner who transformed Paris under Napoleon III.
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D.
Lucy Richer
Lucy Richer is a British television producer and BBC drama executive known for overseeing high-profile series such as "Years and Years."
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E.
Marquise du Châtelet
The Marquise du Châtelet (Émilie du Châtelet) was an 18th-century French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher best known for her influential translation and commentary on Newton’s Principia and her intellectual partnership with Voltaire.
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Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alleged sorceress
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fortune-teller ⓘ historical figure ⓘ human ⓘ occult practitioner ⓘ poisoner ⓘ |
| allegedActivity |
infant sacrifice during black masses
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supplying love potions ⓘ supplying poisons for murder ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | La Voisin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| arrestedIn | 1679 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Louis XIV of France
NERFINISHED
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Madame de Montespan NERFINISHED ⓘ network of fortune-tellers and poisoners in Paris ⓘ |
| capitalPunishment | burned at the stake ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| convictedBy | Chambre Ardente NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
poisoning
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practicing magic ⓘ witchcraft ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalDepiction |
portrayed in films and television about Louis XIV’s court
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subject of numerous books on the Affair of the Poisons ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 1640 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1680 ⓘ |
| employerOrClient |
clients at the court of Louis XIV
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members of the French nobility ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
divination
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occultism ⓘ poisoning ⓘ |
| historicalContext | reign of Louis XIV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imprisonedBy | authorities of the Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by burning ⓘ |
| notableFor |
alleged organization of a network of poisoners
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central role in the Affair of the Poisons ⓘ involvement in occult practices at the court of Louis XIV ⓘ |
| occupation |
abortion provider
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fortune-teller ⓘ midwife ⓘ provider of black masses ⓘ seller of poisons ⓘ |
| participantIn | Affair of the Poisons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfActivity | 1670s ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | near Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Paris ⓘ |
| religiousActivity | organization of black masses ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| trialHeldBy | Chambre Ardente NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Catherine Monvoisin Description of subject: Catherine Monvoisin, known as "La Voisin," was a 17th-century French fortune-teller and alleged sorceress who became a central figure in the Affair of the Poisons scandal at the court of Louis XIV.
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