French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
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Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, was an influential 18th-century French statesman and diplomat who served as Louis XVI’s foreign minister and played a key role in securing French support for the American Revolution.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T280638 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes Context triple: [Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778), negotiatedWith, French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes]
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Cardinal de Bernis
Cardinal de Bernis was an 18th-century French cardinal and diplomat best known for orchestrating France’s alliance with Austria that reshaped European politics before the Seven Years’ War.
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Cardinal Richelieu
Cardinal Richelieu is a powerful and cunning 17th-century French statesman and clergyman, often depicted in literature and film as a master political strategist and formidable antagonist.
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Cardinal Mazarin
Cardinal Mazarin was a 17th-century Italian-born French statesman and cardinal who effectively governed France during the minority of Louis XIV, consolidating royal power and continuing the policies of Cardinal Richelieu.
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Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz was an influential 18th-century Austrian statesman and diplomat who served as Maria Theresa’s chief minister and architect of Habsburg foreign policy.
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert was a 17th-century French statesman and finance minister under King Louis XIV, known for strengthening royal power and developing mercantilist economic policies.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes Target entity description: Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, was an influential 18th-century French statesman and diplomat who served as Louis XVI’s foreign minister and played a key role in securing French support for the American Revolution.
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Cardinal de Bernis
Cardinal de Bernis was an 18th-century French cardinal and diplomat best known for orchestrating France’s alliance with Austria that reshaped European politics before the Seven Years’ War.
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Cardinal Richelieu
Cardinal Richelieu is a powerful and cunning 17th-century French statesman and clergyman, often depicted in literature and film as a master political strategist and formidable antagonist.
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Cardinal Mazarin
Cardinal Mazarin was a 17th-century Italian-born French statesman and cardinal who effectively governed France during the minority of Louis XIV, consolidating royal power and continuing the policies of Cardinal Richelieu.
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Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz was an influential 18th-century Austrian statesman and diplomat who served as Maria Theresa’s chief minister and architect of Habsburg foreign policy.
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert was a 17th-century French statesman and finance minister under King Louis XIV, known for strengthening royal power and developing mercantilist economic policies.
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Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French statesman
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diplomat ⓘ foreign minister ⓘ human ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Versailles ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1719-12-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1787-02-13 ⓘ |
| diplomaticPost |
French ambassador to Sweden
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French ambassador to the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Jesuit college in Dijon ⓘ |
| employer |
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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French crown ⓘ |
| endTime | tenure as Foreign Minister of France ended in 1787 ⓘ |
| influenced | French intervention in the American War of Independence ⓘ |
| knownFor |
directing French foreign policy under Louis XVI
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opposition to British power in Europe ⓘ securing French support for the American Revolution ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| memberOf | French nobility ⓘ |
| monarch | Louis XVI of France ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | comte de Vergennes ⓘ |
| notableWork |
French support for the American Revolution
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Peace of Paris (1783) ⓘ
linked to:
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Treaty of Alliance (1778) ⓘ Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778) ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
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politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| participantIn |
American Revolutionary War
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diplomatic negotiations of the Peace of Paris (1783) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Dijon
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Duchy of Burgundy ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Kingdom of France
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Versailles ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
anti-British foreign policy
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pro-American during the American Revolution ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Foreign Minister of France
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Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Paris
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Versailles ⓘ |
| sibling | Jean Gravier, marquis de Vergennes ⓘ |
| spouse | Anne Duvivier ⓘ |
| startTime | tenure as Foreign Minister of France began in 1774 ⓘ |
| supported | American colonists against Great Britain ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Benjamin Franklin
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Conrad Alexandre Gérard ⓘ John Adams ⓘ |
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Subject: French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes Description of subject: Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, was an influential 18th-century French statesman and diplomat who served as Louis XVI’s foreign minister and played a key role in securing French support for the American Revolution.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778)
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negotiatedWith
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French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
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linked to: French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
subject linked to:
French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
linked to: French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
Duke of Choiseul
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predecessorAsForeignMinister
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Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes (as later major foreign minister; earlier predecessors varied)
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subject linked to:
Duke of Choiseul for France
linked to: French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
Securing French support for the American Revolution
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keyFrenchOfficial
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Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
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linked to: French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
linked to: French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
linked to: French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
linked to: French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
linked to: French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
linked to: French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of France
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officeHolder
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Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
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linked to: French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes