Admiral Amédée Courbet
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Admiral Amédée Courbet was a prominent 19th-century French naval officer best known for leading French forces in key Far Eastern campaigns, including major operations during the Sino-French War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Admiral Amédée Courbet canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5559748 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Admiral Amédée Courbet Context triple: [Sino-French War, commander, Admiral Amédée Courbet]
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A.
Admiral Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran
Admiral Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran was an 18th-century French naval officer best known for commanding the French fleet defeated by the British at the Battle of Lagos during the Seven Years' War.
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B.
Admiral Wilhelm Souchon
Admiral Wilhelm Souchon was a German naval officer best known for commanding the battlecruiser Goeben and light cruiser Breslau in the Mediterranean during World War I, actions that helped bring the Ottoman Empire into the conflict.
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C.
François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers
François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers was a French admiral of the Revolutionary era, best known for commanding the French fleet that was defeated by Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile in 1798.
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D.
Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois
Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois was a French naval officer and admiral of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, noted for his command of squadrons in the Indian Ocean and his engagements against British forces.
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E.
Pierre André de Suffren
Pierre André de Suffren was an 18th-century French admiral renowned for his bold naval campaigns against the British during the American War of Independence and in the Indian Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Admiral Amédée Courbet Target entity description: Admiral Amédée Courbet was a prominent 19th-century French naval officer best known for leading French forces in key Far Eastern campaigns, including major operations during the Sino-French War.
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A.
Admiral Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran
Admiral Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran was an 18th-century French naval officer best known for commanding the French fleet defeated by the British at the Battle of Lagos during the Seven Years' War.
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B.
Admiral Wilhelm Souchon
Admiral Wilhelm Souchon was a German naval officer best known for commanding the battlecruiser Goeben and light cruiser Breslau in the Mediterranean during World War I, actions that helped bring the Ottoman Empire into the conflict.
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C.
François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers
François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers was a French admiral of the Revolutionary era, best known for commanding the French fleet that was defeated by Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile in 1798.
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D.
Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois
Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois was a French naval officer and admiral of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, noted for his command of squadrons in the Indian Ocean and his engagements against British forces.
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E.
Pierre André de Suffren
Pierre André de Suffren was an 18th-century French admiral renowned for his bold naval campaigns against the British during the American War of Independence and in the Indian Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French naval officer
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human ⓘ |
| allegiance | France ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Commander of the Legion of Honour
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linked to:
Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour ⓘ
linked to:
Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur
Officer of the Legion of Honour ⓘ
linked to:
Officier de la Légion d'honneur
|
| birthDate | 1827-06-26 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Abbeville
ⓘ
France ⓘ Somme department ⓘ
linked to:
Somme (department)
|
| causeOfDeath | dysentery ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
French Navy ships named Courbet
ⓘ
monuments and memorials in France ⓘ |
| conflict |
Franco-Prussian War
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Sino-French War ⓘ Tonkin Campaign ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1885-06-11 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Makung
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Penghu Islands ⓘ Taiwan Strait ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName |
Courbet
ⓘ
linked to:
Gustave Courbet
|
| givenName | Amédée ⓘ |
| hasPartInName | Admiral Amédée Courbet ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
admiral
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contre-amiral ⓘ vice-amiral ⓘ |
| name | Amédée Courbet ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding decisive actions against the Chinese Fujian Fleet
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leading French naval operations in the Far East ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Battle of Fuzhou
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Blockade of Formosa ⓘ Keelung Campaign ⓘ command of French forces in the Sino-French War ⓘ leadership in the Tonkin Campaign ⓘ operations in the Pescadores (Penghu) Islands ⓘ operations in the Taiwan Strait ⓘ |
| occupation |
military leader
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naval officer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
commander of the Far East Squadron
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commander of the Tonkin Coasts naval division ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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