Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve
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Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve was a French naval officer best known as the admiral commanding the combined French and Spanish fleet defeated by Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve canonical | 1 |
| comte de Villeneuve | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5820409 — 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: Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve Context triple: [Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, name, Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve]
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François-Marie de Barthélemy
François-Marie de Barthélemy was a French diplomat and politician of the Revolutionary era, notably serving as a negotiator of key peace treaties and briefly as a Director of the French Republic.
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B.
Étienne-Maurice
Étienne-Maurice is the given name of Étienne-Maurice Falconet, an 18th-century French sculptor renowned for creating the Bronze Horseman statue of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg.
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C.
Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville
Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville was a French colonial military officer and seigneur in New France, best known for leading raids against English settlements during Queen Anne’s War.
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D.
Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière
Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière was an 18th-century French naval officer and colonial administrator, notably serving as governor of New France and later distinguishing himself as an admiral during the Seven Years' War.
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E.
Louis-Alexandre de Cessart
Louis-Alexandre de Cessart was an 18th-century French engineer and architect known for his significant contributions to bridge and civil engineering projects in France.
- 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: Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve Target entity description: Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve was a French naval officer best known as the admiral commanding the combined French and Spanish fleet defeated by Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
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A.
François-Marie de Barthélemy
François-Marie de Barthélemy was a French diplomat and politician of the Revolutionary era, notably serving as a negotiator of key peace treaties and briefly as a Director of the French Republic.
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B.
Étienne-Maurice
Étienne-Maurice is the given name of Étienne-Maurice Falconet, an 18th-century French sculptor renowned for creating the Bronze Horseman statue of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg.
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C.
Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville
Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville was a French colonial military officer and seigneur in New France, best known for leading raids against English settlements during Queen Anne’s War.
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D.
Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière
Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière was an 18th-century French naval officer and colonial administrator, notably serving as governor of New France and later distinguishing himself as an admiral during the Seven Years' War.
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E.
Louis-Alexandre de Cessart
Louis-Alexandre de Cessart was an 18th-century French engineer and architect known for his significant contributions to bridge and civil engineering projects in France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French naval officer
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
First French Empire
NERFINISHED
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French First Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1763-12-31 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Kingdom of France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Provence NERFINISHED ⓘ Valensole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stabbing ⓘ |
| commanderOf | Combined French and Spanish fleet at Trafalgar ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1806-04-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
France
ⓘ
Rennes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | French Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | de Villeneuve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Pierre-Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Vice admiral ⓘ |
| name | Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Count of Villeneuve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Battle of Trafalgar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of the Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ French Revolutionary Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Command of the combined Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ |
| opponent |
Horatio Nelson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Trafalgar NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ French Revolutionary Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Commander of the Toulon fleet
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Commander of the combined Franco-Spanish fleet ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1806 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 1806 ⓘ |
| serviceStart | circa 1778 ⓘ |
| wasPrisonerOfWar | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve Description of subject: Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve was a French naval officer best known as the admiral commanding the combined French and Spanish fleet defeated by Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
comte de Villeneuve