Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France

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Benedictine abbey monastic complex royal necropolis

Fontevraud Abbey in Anjou, France is a historic monastic complex and royal necropolis renowned as the burial site of several Plantagenet kings and queens.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Fontevraud Abbey	4
Centre Culturel de l’Ouest at Fontevraud	1
Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T952113 — 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: Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France
Context triple: [Richard I of England, burialPlace, Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France]

A. Abbey of Saint-Germain d’Auxerre
The Abbey of Saint-Germain d’Auxerre is a historic Benedictine monastery in Auxerre, France, renowned for its early medieval architecture and some of the oldest surviving Christian frescoes in the country.
B. Vézelay
Vézelay is a historic hilltop village in central France renowned for its Romanesque Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine and its role as a medieval pilgrimage site on the route to Santiago de Compostela.
C. Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen
Abbaye-aux-Hommes in Caen is a historic Benedictine monastery in Normandy, France, renowned as the Romanesque abbey church associated with William the Conqueror.
D. Cluny Abbey
Cluny Abbey was a powerful medieval Benedictine monastery in eastern France that became a major center of religious reform, art, and architecture in Western Europe.
E. Auxerre Cathedral
Auxerre Cathedral is a historic Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in the French city of Auxerre, renowned for its striking architecture and notable stained glass.
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: Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France
Target entity description: Fontevraud Abbey in Anjou, France is a historic monastic complex and royal necropolis renowned as the burial site of several Plantagenet kings and queens.

A. Abbey of Saint-Germain d’Auxerre
The Abbey of Saint-Germain d’Auxerre is a historic Benedictine monastery in Auxerre, France, renowned for its early medieval architecture and some of the oldest surviving Christian frescoes in the country.
B. Vézelay
Vézelay is a historic hilltop village in central France renowned for its Romanesque Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine and its role as a medieval pilgrimage site on the route to Santiago de Compostela.
C. Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen
Abbaye-aux-Hommes in Caen is a historic Benedictine monastery in Normandy, France, renowned as the Romanesque abbey church associated with William the Conqueror.
D. Cluny Abbey
Cluny Abbey was a powerful medieval Benedictine monastery in eastern France that became a major center of religious reform, art, and architecture in Western Europe.
E. Auxerre Cathedral
Auxerre Cathedral is a historic Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in the French city of Auxerre, renowned for its striking architecture and notable stained glass.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Benedictine abbey ⓘ monastic complex ⓘ royal necropolis ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Romanesque architecture ⓘ
burialPlaceOf	Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ Henry II of England ⓘ Isabella of Angoulême ⓘ Richard I of England ⓘ linked to: King Richard the Lionheart other members of the House of Anjou-Plantagenet ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
currentUse	cultural center ⓘ museum ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Virgin Mary ⓘ
fateDuringFrenchRevolution	suppressed as a monastery ⓘ
foundedBy	Robert of Arbrissel ⓘ
foundedIn	1101 ⓘ
foundedUnderPope	Pope Paschal II ⓘ
genderStructure	community of both monks and nuns ⓘ
governanceFeature	men and women under authority of an abbess ⓘ
governedBy	abbess ⓘ
hasPart	Abbey church of Notre-Dame de Fontevraud ⓘ chapter house ⓘ cloisters ⓘ dormitories ⓘ kitchens ⓘ refectory ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Monument historique of France ⓘ
knownFor	burial place of Plantagenet dynasty members ⓘ double monastery for men and women ⓘ
laterUse	prison ⓘ
locatedIn	Anjou ⓘ Fontevraud-l’Abbaye ⓘ linked to: Fontevraud Abbey Maine-et-Loire ⓘ Pays de la Loire ⓘ
namedAfter	Fontevraud-l’Abbaye ⓘ linked to: Fontevraud Abbey
near	Saumur ⓘ
notableFeature	large monastic complex preserved over centuries ⓘ recumbent effigies of Plantagenet royals ⓘ
prisonUseFrom	1804 ⓘ
prisonUseUntil	1963 ⓘ
regionHistorically	historical province of Anjou ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder	Order of Fontevraud ⓘ
significance	major religious center in medieval France ⓘ
tourism	important tourist attraction in the Loire Valley ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	2000 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	part of Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes World Heritage Site ⓘ linked to: Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire is a UNESCO World Heritage Site

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richard I of England → burialPlace → Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France ⓘ

subject linked to: King Richard the Lionheart

Eleanor of Aquitaine → deathPlace → Fontevraud Abbey ⓘ