Procureur général of the Parlement of Paris

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legal office prosecutorial office public office royal officer of justice

The Procureur général of the Parlement of Paris was the chief public prosecutor and a key royal legal officer in France’s most important sovereign court under the Ancien Régime.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Attorney General of the Parlement of Paris	1
Procureur général of the Parlement of Paris canonical	1
Procureur général près la cour d'appel de Paris	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3140911 — 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: Procureur général of the Parlement of Paris
Context triple: [Nicolas Fouquet, positionHeld, Procureur général of the Parlement of Paris]

A. Minister of Justice of France
The Minister of Justice of France is the government official who heads the justice ministry, oversees the judicial system and public prosecutions, and serves as the nation’s Keeper of the Seals.
B. Keeper of the Seals of France
The Keeper of the Seals of France is the traditional title for France’s Minister of Justice, who oversees the judicial system and safeguards the state’s legal continuity and official seals.
C. Ministry of Justice of France
The Ministry of Justice of France is the government department responsible for overseeing the French judicial system, including courts, public prosecutions, and correctional institutions.
D. President of the Council of Five Hundred
The President of the Council of Five Hundred was the presiding officer of the lower house of the French legislature during the Directory period of the French Revolution, overseeing debates and legislative procedures.
E. Surintendant des Bâtiments du Roi
Surintendant des Bâtiments du Roi was the senior royal office in charge of overseeing the design, construction, and maintenance of the king’s buildings and artistic projects in France under the Ancien Régime.
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: Procureur général of the Parlement of Paris
Target entity description: The Procureur général of the Parlement of Paris was the chief public prosecutor and a key royal legal officer in France’s most important sovereign court under the Ancien Régime.

A. Minister of Justice of France
The Minister of Justice of France is the government official who heads the justice ministry, oversees the judicial system and public prosecutions, and serves as the nation’s Keeper of the Seals.
B. Keeper of the Seals of France
The Keeper of the Seals of France is the traditional title for France’s Minister of Justice, who oversees the judicial system and safeguards the state’s legal continuity and official seals.
C. Ministry of Justice of France
The Ministry of Justice of France is the government department responsible for overseeing the French judicial system, including courts, public prosecutions, and correctional institutions.
D. President of the Council of Five Hundred
The President of the Council of Five Hundred was the presiding officer of the lower house of the French legislature during the Directory period of the French Revolution, overseeing debates and legislative procedures.
E. Surintendant des Bâtiments du Roi
Surintendant des Bâtiments du Roi was the senior royal office in charge of overseeing the design, construction, and maintenance of the king’s buildings and artistic projects in France under the Ancien Régime.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal office ⓘ prosecutorial office ⓘ public office ⓘ royal officer of justice ⓘ
abolishedInPeriod	French Revolution ⓘ
appliesToPeriod	Ancien Régime ⓘ
appointedBy	King of France ⓘ
associatedWith	avocats généraux of the Parlement of Paris ⓘ ministère public ⓘ substituts du procureur général ⓘ
country	Kingdom of France ⓘ
court	Parlement of Paris ⓘ
courtType	sovereign court ⓘ
function	to ensure execution of royal ordinances and judgments ⓘ to monitor legality of acts brought before the Parlement ⓘ to safeguard the king’s domain and fiscal interests ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition	head of the king’s prosecutors at the Parlement of Paris ⓘ subordinate to the chancellor of France and the king ⓘ
historicalContext	central institution of royal justice in pre‑revolutionary France ⓘ linked to conflicts between monarchy and parlements in the 17th and 18th centuries ⓘ
influencedBy	development of royal absolutism in France ⓘ
jurisdiction	Parlement of Paris ⓘ
languageOfName	French ⓘ
legalSystem	French royal law under the Ancien Régime ⓘ
officeHolderType	magistrate ⓘ officier de robe longue ⓘ
partOf	officers of the Parlement of Paris ⓘ royal judicial administration ⓘ
power	to give written and oral submissions (conclusions) to the court ⓘ to initiate prosecutions in the king’s name ⓘ to intervene in civil and criminal cases ⓘ to oversee lower prosecutors attached to the Parlement ⓘ
role	ability to request remonstrances or observations on royal legislation ⓘ chief public prosecutor before the Parlement of Paris ⓘ defense of public order ⓘ defense of the interests of the Crown ⓘ oversight of criminal prosecutions ⓘ participation in registration of royal edicts and ordinances ⓘ presentation of the king’s conclusions in cases ⓘ representative of the king in judicial matters ⓘ supervision of the ministère public attached to the Parlement of Paris ⓘ
seat	Palais de Justice, Paris ⓘ
status	high-ranking officer of the Crown ⓘ
successorOffice	public prosecutors in post‑revolutionary French courts (procureurs impériaux, procureurs de la République) ⓘ
translatedAs	Attorney General of the Parlement of Paris ⓘ linked to: Procureur général of the Parlement of Paris

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Nicolas Fouquet → positionHeld → Procureur général of the Parlement of Paris ⓘ

Procureur général of the Parlement of Paris → translatedAs → Attorney General of the Parlement of Paris ⓘ

linked to: Procureur général of the Parlement of Paris

Parquet national financier → subordinateTo → Procureur général près la cour d'appel de Paris ⓘ

subject linked to: parquet national financier