Gaspard Gourgaud
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Gaspard Gourgaud was a French general and close aide to Napoleon Bonaparte, best known for accompanying him into exile on Saint Helena and later publishing influential memoirs about the emperor.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gaspard Gourgaud canonical | 2 |
| Gaspard-Félix | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4243335 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaspard Gourgaud Context triple: [Exile of Napoleon Bonaparte, hasAssociatedPerson, Gaspard Gourgaud]
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A.
Georges Guingouin
Georges Guingouin was a prominent French Resistance leader during World War II, known as the “first maquisard of France” for organizing early and effective guerrilla actions against the German occupation.
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B.
François Pelland
François Pelland is a video game producer best known for his leadership role in developing major Ubisoft titles such as Assassin's Creed III.
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C.
Léon Marchal
Léon Marchal was a French diplomat who served as Secretary General of the Council of Europe during the early years of European postwar integration.
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D.
Eugène Étienne
Eugène Étienne was a French politician and influential colonial advocate of the Third Republic, known for his leadership in moderate republican and pro-colonial circles.
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E.
Eustache Dauger
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- 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: Gaspard Gourgaud Target entity description: Gaspard Gourgaud was a French general and close aide to Napoleon Bonaparte, best known for accompanying him into exile on Saint Helena and later publishing influential memoirs about the emperor.
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A.
Georges Guingouin
Georges Guingouin was a prominent French Resistance leader during World War II, known as the “first maquisard of France” for organizing early and effective guerrilla actions against the German occupation.
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B.
François Pelland
François Pelland is a video game producer best known for his leadership role in developing major Ubisoft titles such as Assassin's Creed III.
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C.
Léon Marchal
Léon Marchal was a French diplomat who served as Secretary General of the Council of Europe during the early years of European postwar integration.
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D.
Eugène Étienne
Eugène Étienne was a French politician and influential colonial advocate of the Third Republic, known for his leadership in moderate republican and pro-colonial circles.
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E.
Eustache Dauger
Eustache Dauger was a mysterious 17th-century French prisoner whose obscure identity and long, secretive incarceration led some historians to speculate that he was the real person behind the legend of the Man in the Iron Mask.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French general
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Napoleonic Wars veteran ⓘ human ⓘ memoirist ⓘ |
| accompanied | Napoleon Bonaparte to Saint Helena ⓘ |
| aideDeCampTo | Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| associatedWith | First French Empire ⓘ |
| closeAssociateOf | Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| employer | French Army ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Gourgaud ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
autobiographical writing
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military history ⓘ |
| genre |
historical writing
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memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Gaspard ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | historiography of Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| historicalRole | eyewitness to Napoleon’s life in exile ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Army ⓘ |
| militaryConflictContext |
French Revolutionary and Napoleonic era
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linked to:
French Revolutionary Wars
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| name | Gaspard Gourgaud ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notability | important primary source on Napoleon’s final years ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accompanying Napoleon Bonaparte into exile on Saint Helena
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being a close aide to Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ publishing memoirs about Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| notableWork | memoirs about Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
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memoirist ⓘ soldier ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Napoleonic Wars
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exile of Napoleon on Saint Helena ⓘ |
| placeOfExile | Saint Helena ⓘ |
| residenceDuringExile | Saint Helena ⓘ |
| sourceFor | historical accounts of Napoleon’s exile on Saint Helena ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
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