Charles de Beaumont
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Charles de Beaumont, also known as the Chevalier d'Éon, was an 18th-century French diplomat, soldier, and spy famed for living part of life publicly as a woman and becoming a prominent historical figure in discussions of gender and identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles de Beaumont canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13457396 — 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: Charles de Beaumont Context triple: [de Beaumont, hasNotableBearer, Charles de Beaumont]
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A.
Frederic Manning
Frederic Manning was an Australian-born poet and novelist best known for his World War I novel "The Middle Parts of Fortune," acclaimed for its stark and realistic portrayal of trench warfare.
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B.
Charles Brock
Charles Brock is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably shared with the surname Brock, but who has no widely recognized public profile or major distinguishing achievements documented.
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C.
Philip Wilson Steer
Philip Wilson Steer was a leading British Impressionist painter and influential art teacher of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Henry Van Brunt
Henry Van Brunt was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his influential role in shaping civic and institutional architecture across the United States.
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E.
Walter Brooke
Walter Brooke was an American character actor best remembered for his prolific film and television work from the 1940s through the 1980s, including his iconic brief role advising Dustin Hoffman's character about "plastics" in *The Graduate*.
- 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: Charles de Beaumont Target entity description: Charles de Beaumont, also known as the Chevalier d'Éon, was an 18th-century French diplomat, soldier, and spy famed for living part of life publicly as a woman and becoming a prominent historical figure in discussions of gender and identity.
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A.
Frederic Manning
Frederic Manning was an Australian-born poet and novelist best known for his World War I novel "The Middle Parts of Fortune," acclaimed for its stark and realistic portrayal of trench warfare.
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B.
Charles Brock
Charles Brock is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably shared with the surname Brock, but who has no widely recognized public profile or major distinguishing achievements documented.
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C.
Philip Wilson Steer
Philip Wilson Steer was a leading British Impressionist painter and influential art teacher of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Henry Van Brunt
Henry Van Brunt was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his influential role in shaping civic and institutional architecture across the United States.
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E.
Walter Brooke
Walter Brooke was an American character actor best remembered for his prolific film and television work from the 1940s through the 1980s, including his iconic brief role advising Dustin Hoffman's character about "plastics" in *The Graduate*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French diplomat
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fencer ⓘ historical figure in gender studies ⓘ human ⓘ memoirist ⓘ soldier ⓘ spy ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Chevalier d'Éon
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linked to:
Chevalier d’Éon
Chevalier d’Eon ⓘ
linked to:
Chevalier d’Éon
|
| birthDate | 1728-10-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Tonnerre, Burgundy, France ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St Pancras Old Churchyard, London ⓘ |
| citizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1810-05-21 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | London, England ⓘ |
| era |
18th century
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early 19th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
diplomacy
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fencing ⓘ intelligence ⓘ military ⓘ |
| genderExpression | lived part of life publicly as a woman ⓘ |
| influenced |
later discussions of transgender history
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scholarship on gender nonconformity ⓘ |
| knownFor |
espionage activities for Louis XV
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living publicly for many years as a woman ⓘ role in debates on gender and identity ⓘ service as a diplomat in London ⓘ |
| memberOf | Secret du Roi ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| name | Charles de Beaumont ⓘ |
| nationality | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | chevalier ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
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fencer ⓘ soldier ⓘ spy ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Seven Years' War ⓘ |
| residence |
London
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linked to:
London, England
Paris ⓘ |
| servedIn |
French Army
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French diplomatic service ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Louis XV of France
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Louis XVI of France ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
academic studies in gender and sexuality
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numerous biographies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charles de Beaumont Description of subject: Charles de Beaumont, also known as the Chevalier d'Éon, was an 18th-century French diplomat, soldier, and spy famed for living part of life publicly as a woman and becoming a prominent historical figure in discussions of gender and identity.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.