Jeanne Vaubernier
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Jeanne Vaubernier, better known as Madame du Barry, was the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France and a prominent figure of the late Ancien Régime.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jeanne Vaubernier canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7496908 — 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: Jeanne Vaubernier Context triple: [Madame du Barry, alsoKnownAs, Jeanne Vaubernier]
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A.
Suzanne Déchevaux-Dumesnil
Suzanne Déchevaux-Dumesnil was a French tennis player and longtime partner and later wife of writer Samuel Beckett, known for her crucial support of his life and work.
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B.
Valérie Marneffe
Valérie Marneffe is a cunning and manipulative Parisian courtesan in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "La Cousine Bette," known for using her beauty and charm to ruin the men who fall in love with her.
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C.
Nathalie Soulié
Nathalie Soulié is a French woman best known as the former spouse of politician and ex–Prime Minister of France Manuel Valls.
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D.
Jeannine Guillou
Jeannine Guillou was a French painter and the first wife and close artistic companion of the Russian-born French artist Nicolas de Staël.
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E.
Jeanne Olivier
Jeanne Olivier is known as the former spouse of American actor and author Christopher Lawford, a member of the Kennedy family.
- 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: Jeanne Vaubernier Target entity description: Jeanne Vaubernier, better known as Madame du Barry, was the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France and a prominent figure of the late Ancien Régime.
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A.
Suzanne Déchevaux-Dumesnil
Suzanne Déchevaux-Dumesnil was a French tennis player and longtime partner and later wife of writer Samuel Beckett, known for her crucial support of his life and work.
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B.
Valérie Marneffe
Valérie Marneffe is a cunning and manipulative Parisian courtesan in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "La Cousine Bette," known for using her beauty and charm to ruin the men who fall in love with her.
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C.
Nathalie Soulié
Nathalie Soulié is a French woman best known as the former spouse of politician and ex–Prime Minister of France Manuel Valls.
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D.
Jeannine Guillou
Jeannine Guillou was a French painter and the first wife and close artistic companion of the Russian-born French artist Nicolas de Staël.
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E.
Jeanne Olivier
Jeanne Olivier is known as the former spouse of American actor and author Christopher Lawford, a member of the Kennedy family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French courtesan
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executed person ⓘ historical figure ⓘ maîtresse-en-titre ⓘ royal mistress ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Comtesse du Barry
ⓘ
linked to:
Madame du Barry
Jeanne Bécu ⓘ Madame du Barry ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Château de Louveciennes
ⓘ
Palace of Versailles ⓘ
linked to:
Château de Versailles
Reign of Louis XV ⓘ Reign of Terror ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1743-08-19 ⓘ |
| birthName | Jeanne Bécu ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Vaucouleurs, France
ⓘ
Vaucouleurs, Meuse, Lorraine ⓘ
linked to:
Meuse department
|
| causeOfDeath | decapitation ⓘ |
| convictedBy | Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ |
| convictedOf | counter-revolutionary activities ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1793-12-08 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Paris, France
ⓘ
linked to:
Paris
Place de la Révolution, Paris ⓘ
linked to:
Place de la Révolution
|
| employer | Louis XV of France ⓘ |
| era | Ancien Régime ⓘ |
| executioner |
Charles-Henri Sanson
ⓘ
linked to:
Paris executioner Charles-Henri Sanson
|
| familyName | Bécu ⓘ |
| givenName | Jeanne ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influence over Louis XV
ⓘ
lavish lifestyle at Versailles ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by guillotine ⓘ |
| monarchServed | Louis XV of France ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France ⓘ |
| participantIn |
French Revolution (as victim of the Reign of Terror)
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linked to:
French Revolution
|
| participatedIn | court life of Louis XV ⓘ |
| patronOf |
architecture
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arts ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
films about Madame du Barry
ⓘ
literary works about the court of Louis XV ⓘ |
| positionHeld | maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XV ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Château de Louveciennes
ⓘ
Palace of Versailles ⓘ
linked to:
Château de Versailles
|
| socialClass |
French nobility
ⓘ
courtesan ⓘ |
| spouse |
Guillaume du Barry
ⓘ
linked to:
Comte Guillaume du Barry
|
| title |
Comtesse du Barry
ⓘ
linked to:
Madame du Barry
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jeanne Vaubernier Description of subject: Jeanne Vaubernier, better known as Madame du Barry, was the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France and a prominent figure of the late Ancien Régime.
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