Grand Aumônier de France

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court office ecclesiastical office office of the French royal court

The Grand Aumônier de France was a high-ranking ecclesiastical officer of the French royal court responsible for overseeing the king’s religious services and charitable works.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Grand Almoner of France	11
Grand Aumônier de France canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3349533 — 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: Grand Aumônier de France
Context triple: [Maison du Roi, hasPart, Grand Aumônier de France]

A. Abbé du Coulmier
Abbé du Coulmier is a character in the film "Quills," depicted as the compassionate yet conflicted priest who oversees the asylum housing the Marquis de Sade.
B. Abbé Chaperon
Abbé Chaperon is a fictional provincial priest who appears as a notable character in Honoré de Balzac’s novel sequence "Scènes de la vie de province" within La Comédie humaine.
C. 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.
D. Abbot Suger
Abbot Suger was a 12th-century French abbot and statesman renowned as a key patron of early Gothic architecture and a powerful advisor to the kings of France.
E. Jacques de Fariaux
Jacques de Fariaux was a 17th-century French military officer best known for commanding the defending forces during the 1673 siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War.
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: Grand Aumônier de France
Target entity description: The Grand Aumônier de France was a high-ranking ecclesiastical officer of the French royal court responsible for overseeing the king’s religious services and charitable works.

A. Abbé du Coulmier
Abbé du Coulmier is a character in the film "Quills," depicted as the compassionate yet conflicted priest who oversees the asylum housing the Marquis de Sade.
B. Abbé Chaperon
Abbé Chaperon is a fictional provincial priest who appears as a notable character in Honoré de Balzac’s novel sequence "Scènes de la vie de province" within La Comédie humaine.
C. 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.
D. Abbot Suger
Abbot Suger was a 12th-century French abbot and statesman renowned as a key patron of early Gothic architecture and a powerful advisor to the kings of France.
E. Jacques de Fariaux
Jacques de Fariaux was a 17th-century French military officer best known for commanding the defending forces during the 1673 siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court office ⓘ ecclesiastical office ⓘ office of the French royal court ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	French royal court ⓘ
associatedWith	French monarchy ⓘ French royal household ⓘ
authorityOver	royal almoners ⓘ linked to: Lord High Almoner royal chaplains ⓘ
country	Kingdom of France ⓘ
duty	direction of court chaplains ⓘ influence on royal religious policy ⓘ management of the royal chapel ⓘ organization of royal religious ceremonies ⓘ oversight of the king’s religious services ⓘ supervision of royal charitable works ⓘ
fieldOfWork	charitable administration ⓘ court religion ⓘ royal ceremonial ⓘ
hasGenderRestriction	male ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel	senior officer ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Ancien Régime ⓘ
languageOfName	French ⓘ
officeHolderRank	one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France ⓘ
partOf	Maison du Roi ⓘ
positionHeldBy	high‑ranking clergyman ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
seat	French royal court ⓘ
subordinateTo	King of France ⓘ
symbolizes	union of monarchy and Catholic Church in France ⓘ
translatedName	Grand Almoner of France ⓘ linked to: Grand Aumônier de France
typeOfPower	administrative authority over royal charity ⓘ religious authority at court ⓘ

How these facts were elicited