Château de Saint-Cloud, France

E365234

château royal residence

The Château de Saint-Cloud in France was a prominent royal residence near Paris, closely associated with the French monarchy and aristocracy until its destruction in the 19th century.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Château de Saint-Cloud	20
Château de Saint‑Cloud	2
Château de Saint-Cloud interiors	1
Château de Saint-Cloud, France canonical	1
Interior in Saint-Cloud	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3445871 — 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: Château de Saint-Cloud, France
Context triple: [Henrietta of England, Duchess of Orléans, deathPlace, Château de Saint-Cloud, France]

A. Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a historic royal residence near Paris that served as a principal palace of the French kings during the Renaissance and early Bourbon periods.
B. Château de Meudon
The Château de Meudon was a prominent royal residence near Paris, historically used by members of the French royal family during the Ancien Régime.
C. Château de Chantilly
The Château de Chantilly is a historic French castle and former princely residence renowned for its art collection, grand gardens, and picturesque setting north of Paris.
D. Château de Versailles
The Château de Versailles is a grand former royal palace near Paris, renowned for its opulent architecture, expansive gardens, and central role in French history and culture.
E. Château de Fontainebleau
The Château de Fontainebleau is a vast former royal residence southeast of Paris, renowned for its rich architectural history and role as a favored palace of French monarchs from the Middle Ages through the 19th century.
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: Château de Saint-Cloud, France
Target entity description: The Château de Saint-Cloud in France was a prominent royal residence near Paris, closely associated with the French monarchy and aristocracy until its destruction in the 19th century.

A. Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a historic royal residence near Paris that served as a principal palace of the French kings during the Renaissance and early Bourbon periods.
B. Château de Meudon
The Château de Meudon was a prominent royal residence near Paris, historically used by members of the French royal family during the Ancien Régime.
C. Château de Chantilly
The Château de Chantilly is a historic French castle and former princely residence renowned for its art collection, grand gardens, and picturesque setting north of Paris.
D. Château de Versailles
The Château de Versailles is a grand former royal palace near Paris, renowned for its opulent architecture, expansive gardens, and central role in French history and culture.
E. Château de Fontainebleau
The Château de Fontainebleau is a vast former royal residence southeast of Paris, renowned for its rich architectural history and role as a favored palace of French monarchs from the Middle Ages through the 19th century.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	château ⓘ royal residence ⓘ
acquiredByCrown	Louis XIV ⓘ linked to: Louis XIV of France
architecturalStyle	French classical architecture ⓘ
closelyAssociatedWith	French aristocracy ⓘ French monarchy ⓘ House of Bourbon ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
destroyedBy	fire ⓘ
destroyedInConflict	Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
destroyedInYear	1870 ⓘ
eventDateAtSite	18 Brumaire, Year VIII ⓘ
eventYearAtSite	1799 ⓘ
functionedAs	seat of government during certain periods of the Consulate and Empire ⓘ
gardenDesigner	André Le Nôtre ⓘ
historicalEra	Ancien Régime ⓘ First French Empire ⓘ Second French Empire ⓘ linked to: Second Empire of France
locatedIn	Saint-Cloud ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Île-de-France ⓘ linked to: Île-de-France region
locatedNear	Paris ⓘ
locatedOn	Seine River ⓘ linked to: River Seine hillside above the Seine ⓘ
nearbyCity	Boulogne-Billancourt ⓘ
noLongerExtant	true ⓘ
notableFor	formal gardens ⓘ fountains and water features ⓘ terraces overlooking Paris ⓘ
originallyBuiltFor	Gondi family ⓘ
originallyBuiltInCentury	16th century ⓘ
originallyOwnedBy	Gondi family ⓘ
ownedBy	French crown ⓘ linked to: French Crown House of Orléans ⓘ
parkNowKnownAs	Parc de Saint-Cloud ⓘ
partOf	royal residences around Paris ⓘ
purchasedBy	Louis XIV ⓘ linked to: Louis XIV of France Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ⓘ
purchasedByMonarch	Louis XIV ⓘ linked to: Louis XIV of France
ruinsClearedInCentury	19th century ⓘ
servedAs	residence of French emperors ⓘ residence of Marie Antoinette ⓘ residence of Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ residence of the Orléans branch of the royal family ⓘ royal residence ⓘ
siteOf	coup d’état of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
usedBy	Louis XVI ⓘ linked to: Louis XVI of France Marie Antoinette ⓘ Napoleon I ⓘ Napoleon III ⓘ linked to: Napoleon III of France

How these facts were elicited