Cardinal Dubois
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Cardinal Dubois was a powerful French statesman and chief minister who effectively directed the government during the Regency following Louis XIV’s death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cardinal Dubois canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7362054 — 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: Cardinal Dubois Context triple: [French Regency (1715–1723), notablePoliticalFigure, Cardinal Dubois]
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Cardinal Jean-Sifrein Maury
Cardinal Jean-Sifrein Maury was a prominent French churchman, orator, and staunch royalist who rose from humble origins to become a leading figure in late 18th-century ecclesiastical and political life.
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B.
Cardinal Humbert of Silva Candida
Cardinal Humbert of Silva Candida was an 11th-century papal legate and theologian best known for delivering the papal bull of excommunication in Constantinople in 1054, a key event in the East–West Schism.
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C.
Cardinal Hyacinthe-Sigismond Gerdil
Cardinal Hyacinthe-Sigismond Gerdil was an 18th-century Italian Barnabite theologian, philosopher, and Catholic cardinal known for his influential writings against Enlightenment thought and his prominence in late papal politics.
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D.
Cardinal Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval
Cardinal Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval was an 18th-century French prelate from the influential Montmorency noble family who became a prominent cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
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E.
Cardinal Joseph Fesch
Cardinal Joseph Fesch was a French cardinal and diplomat, half-uncle to Napoleon Bonaparte, who served as Archbishop of Lyon and played a significant role in church-state relations during the Napoleonic era.
- 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: Cardinal Dubois Target entity description: Cardinal Dubois was a powerful French statesman and chief minister who effectively directed the government during the Regency following Louis XIV’s death.
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A.
Cardinal Jean-Sifrein Maury
Cardinal Jean-Sifrein Maury was a prominent French churchman, orator, and staunch royalist who rose from humble origins to become a leading figure in late 18th-century ecclesiastical and political life.
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B.
Cardinal Humbert of Silva Candida
Cardinal Humbert of Silva Candida was an 11th-century papal legate and theologian best known for delivering the papal bull of excommunication in Constantinople in 1054, a key event in the East–West Schism.
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C.
Cardinal Hyacinthe-Sigismond Gerdil
Cardinal Hyacinthe-Sigismond Gerdil was an 18th-century Italian Barnabite theologian, philosopher, and Catholic cardinal known for his influential writings against Enlightenment thought and his prominence in late papal politics.
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D.
Cardinal Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval
Cardinal Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval was an 18th-century French prelate from the influential Montmorency noble family who became a prominent cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
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E.
Cardinal Joseph Fesch
Cardinal Joseph Fesch was a French cardinal and diplomat, half-uncle to Napoleon Bonaparte, who served as Archbishop of Lyon and played a significant role in church-state relations during the Napoleonic era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French statesman
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Roman Catholic cardinal ⓘ chief minister of France ⓘ diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early 18th century
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late 17th century ⓘ |
| appointedCardinalBy | Pope Innocent XIII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Regency government after the death of Louis XIV ⓘ |
| birthCountry | France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1656-09-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Brive-la-Gaillarde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Church of the Sorbonne, Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cardinalateYear | 1721 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| court | French royal court at Versailles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCountry | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1723-08-10 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Versailles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | trained for the priesthood ⓘ |
| era | Ancien Régime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Dubois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Guillaume Dubois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Guillaume NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentRole | de facto head of the French government during the Regency ⓘ |
| knownFor |
directing French foreign policy during the Regency
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negotiating alliances with Britain and the Dutch Republic ⓘ strengthening the power of the regent Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ⓘ supporting the Triple Alliance of 1717 ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mentorOf | Philippe II, Duke of Orléans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
appointment as First Minister of State in 1722
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participation in the negotiation of the Triple Alliance (1717) ⓘ |
| notableFor | rapid rise from modest origins to chief minister of France ⓘ |
| occupation |
clergyman
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politician ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro-British foreign policy ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Archbishop of Cambrai
NERFINISHED
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First Minister of State of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of France NERFINISHED ⓘ cardinal-priest of the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ chief minister of France ⓘ |
| precededByAsChiefMinister | Louis XIV (as his own chief minister) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| roleDuring | Regency of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Philippe II, Duke of Orléans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsChiefMinister | André-Hercule de Fleury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Cardinal Dubois Description of subject: Cardinal Dubois was a powerful French statesman and chief minister who effectively directed the government during the Regency following Louis XIV’s death.
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