Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family
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The Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family is a prominent French noble lineage known for producing high-ranking statesmen and courtiers during the Ancien Régime.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6573932 — 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: Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family Context triple: [Louis-Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, nobleFamily, Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family]
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A.
Noailles family
The Noailles family is a prominent French noble lineage that produced influential aristocrats, military leaders, and statesmen from the Ancien Régime through the 19th century.
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B.
Conteville family
The Conteville family was a Norman noble lineage prominent in 11th-century Normandy, notably connected to William the Conqueror through Herleva of Falaise and her later marriage into the family.
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C.
Oultremont family
The Oultremont family is a Belgian noble lineage historically associated with the aristocracy of the Low Countries and connected by marriage to European royal circles.
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D.
Petit family
The Petit family is a prominent Parsi industrial and philanthropic dynasty in India, historically influential in textiles, business, and public life.
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E.
Rougon family
The Rougon family is the ambitious, socially climbing bourgeois clan at the center of Émile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart cycle, embodying themes of heredity, power, and corruption in Second Empire 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: Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family Target entity description: The Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family is a prominent French noble lineage known for producing high-ranking statesmen and courtiers during the Ancien Régime.
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A.
Noailles family
The Noailles family is a prominent French noble lineage that produced influential aristocrats, military leaders, and statesmen from the Ancien Régime through the 19th century.
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B.
Conteville family
The Conteville family was a Norman noble lineage prominent in 11th-century Normandy, notably connected to William the Conqueror through Herleva of Falaise and her later marriage into the family.
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C.
Oultremont family
The Oultremont family is a Belgian noble lineage historically associated with the aristocracy of the Low Countries and connected by marriage to European royal circles.
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D.
Petit family
The Petit family is a prominent Parsi industrial and philanthropic dynasty in India, historically influential in textiles, business, and public life.
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E.
Rougon family
The Rougon family is the ambitious, socially climbing bourgeois clan at the center of Émile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart cycle, embodying themes of heredity, power, and corruption in Second Empire France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French aristocrat
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French noble family ⓘ French nobleman ⓘ French noblewoman ⓘ French statesman ⓘ |
| activeDuring | Ancien Régime ⓘ |
| aristocraticNetwork | French high nobility ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French monarchy
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French royal court ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | arms of the Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family ⓘ |
| country |
France
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France ⓘ |
| family |
Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family
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Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family ⓘ Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family ⓘ Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family ⓘ |
| governedBy | Salic law of French nobility ⓘ |
| governedUnder | Ancien Régime feudal system ⓘ |
| hasEstate | Breteuil ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Le Tonnelier de Breteuil ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Claude Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
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Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil ⓘ
linked to:
Louis-Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
Louis Nicolas Le Tonnelier de Breteuil ⓘ
linked to:
Louis-Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
Marie Charlotte Le Tonnelier de Breteuil ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | old French nobility ⓘ |
| historicalContext | pre-Revolutionary France ⓘ |
| historicalRole | support of the Bourbon dynasty ⓘ |
| influenced | French royal administration ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | French ⓘ |
| lineageType | patrilineal noble lineage ⓘ |
| nobleStatus | hereditary nobility ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
marquis de Breteuil
ⓘ
linked to:
Louis-Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
|
| notableFor |
diplomatic service in Europe
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producing high-ranking statesmen ⓘ producing royal courtiers ⓘ service in royal ministries ⓘ service under Louis XVI ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | royalist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
French minister of the royal household
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diplomat of the Kingdom of France ⓘ royal official at the French court ⓘ |
| region |
Île-de-France
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linked to:
Île-de-France region
|
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility of the Ancien Régime ⓘ |
| typeOfNobility | court nobility ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family Description of subject: The Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family is a prominent French noble lineage known for producing high-ranking statesmen and courtiers during the Ancien Régime.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family
subject linked to:
Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family
subject linked to:
Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family
subject linked to:
Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family