Fontevraud Abbey
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Fontevraud Abbey is a historic monastic complex in the Loire Valley of France, renowned as the burial site of several Plantagenet royals and as one of the largest surviving medieval abbeys in Europe.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fontevraud Abbey canonical | 3 |
| Fontevraud-l’Abbaye | 3 |
| Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud | 1 |
| Abbaye de Fontevraud | 1 |
| Fontevraud-l'Abbaye | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2685375 — 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 Context triple: [Henry II of England, burialPlace, Fontevraud Abbey]
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A.
Tournus Abbey
Tournus Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in eastern France renowned for its well-preserved Romanesque church and monastic buildings.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
Benedictine abbey of Bec
The Benedictine abbey of Bec was a highly influential Norman monastic center and school in 11th-century France, renowned for its scholarship and for producing prominent church leaders such as Anselm of Canterbury.
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E.
Abbaye de Chaalis
Abbaye de Chaalis is a former Cistercian abbey in northern France, now a historic monument and museum complex known for its romantic ruins, chapel frescoes, and landscaped park.
- 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 Target entity description: Fontevraud Abbey is a historic monastic complex in the Loire Valley of France, renowned as the burial site of several Plantagenet royals and as one of the largest surviving medieval abbeys in Europe.
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A.
Tournus Abbey
Tournus Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in eastern France renowned for its well-preserved Romanesque church and monastic buildings.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
Benedictine abbey of Bec
The Benedictine abbey of Bec was a highly influential Norman monastic center and school in 11th-century France, renowned for its scholarship and for producing prominent church leaders such as Anselm of Canterbury.
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E.
Abbaye de Chaalis
Abbaye de Chaalis is a former Cistercian abbey in northern France, now a historic monument and museum complex known for its romantic ruins, chapel frescoes, and landscaped park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Benedictine abbey
ⓘ
former monastery ⓘ monastic complex ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
|
| architecturalStyle | Romanesque architecture ⓘ |
| burialPlaceOf |
Eleanor of Aquitaine
ⓘ
Henry II of England ⓘ Isabella of Angoulême ⓘ Richard I of England ⓘ
linked to:
King Richard the Lionheart
|
| convertedInto | prison ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| currentUse |
cultural center
ⓘ
museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Saint John the Baptist
ⓘ
linked to:
John the Baptist
Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| dissolved | French Revolution ⓘ |
| founded | 1101 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Robert of Arbrissel ⓘ |
| governedBy | abbess ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
contemporary art installations
ⓘ
medieval art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Abbey church of Notre-Dame de Fontevraud
ⓘ
chapter house ⓘ cloisters ⓘ kitchens of Fontevraud ⓘ refectory ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Monument historique ⓘ |
| knownFor |
necropolis of the Plantagenets
ⓘ
one of the largest surviving medieval abbeys in Europe ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fontevraud-l’Abbaye
ⓘ
linked to:
Fontevraud Abbey
Loire Valley ⓘ Maine-et-Loire ⓘ Pays de la Loire ⓘ |
| near |
Chinon
ⓘ
Saumur ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
double monastery for men and women
ⓘ
royal effigies of Plantagenet kings and queens ⓘ |
| partOf | Angevin Empire ⓘ |
| prisonUseEnd | 1963 ⓘ |
| prisonUseStart | early 19th century ⓘ |
| religiousOrder |
Benedictine Order
ⓘ
linked to:
Benedictines
Order of Fontevraud ⓘ |
| roofType | domed nave ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | part of Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes ⓘ |
| usedAs | central prison of France ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fontevraud Abbey Description of subject: Fontevraud Abbey is a historic monastic complex in the Loire Valley of France, renowned as the burial site of several Plantagenet royals and as one of the largest surviving medieval abbeys in Europe.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France
linked to: Fontevraud Abbey
subject linked to:
Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France
linked to: Fontevraud Abbey
subject linked to:
Maine-et-Loire department
linked to: Fontevraud Abbey
linked to: Fontevraud Abbey
linked to: Fontevraud Abbey
linked to: Fontevraud Abbey