Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis
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Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis was a prominent French jurist and statesman best known as a principal architect of the Napoleonic Code and a key figure in shaping modern civil law.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis canonical | 4 |
| Comte de Portalis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T312506 — 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: Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis Context triple: [Napoleonic Code, draftedBy, Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis]
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A.
Pierre-Roger Ducos
Pierre-Roger Ducos was a French revolutionary politician who served as one of the three provisional consuls alongside Napoleon Bonaparte following the Coup of 18 Brumaire.
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B.
Michel Debré
Michel Debré was a French Gaullist statesman and jurist who served as the first Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic and played a key role in shaping modern French institutions.
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C.
Pierre-Joseph
Pierre-Joseph is the given name of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, the influential 19th-century French philosopher often regarded as a founder of anarchist theory.
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D.
Émile Loubet
Émile Loubet was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1899 to 1906, overseeing a period of political stabilization during the Third Republic.
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E.
Paul Barras (initially)
Paul Barras was a leading French revolutionary politician and member of the Directory who initially backed Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise during the Coup of 18 Brumaire before being sidelined from power.
- 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: Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis Target entity description: Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis was a prominent French jurist and statesman best known as a principal architect of the Napoleonic Code and a key figure in shaping modern civil law.
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A.
Pierre-Roger Ducos
Pierre-Roger Ducos was a French revolutionary politician who served as one of the three provisional consuls alongside Napoleon Bonaparte following the Coup of 18 Brumaire.
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B.
Michel Debré
Michel Debré was a French Gaullist statesman and jurist who served as the first Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic and played a key role in shaping modern French institutions.
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C.
Pierre-Joseph
Pierre-Joseph is the given name of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, the influential 19th-century French philosopher often regarded as a founder of anarchist theory.
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D.
Émile Loubet
Émile Loubet was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1899 to 1906, overseeing a period of political stabilization during the Third Republic.
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E.
Paul Barras (initially)
Paul Barras was a leading French revolutionary politician and member of the Directory who initially backed Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise during the Coup of 18 Brumaire before being sidelined from power.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French lawyer
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French politician ⓘ human ⓘ jurist ⓘ legal philosopher ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Panthéon, Paris ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1746-04-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1807-08-25 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Faculty of Law of Aix-en-Provence
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Aix-Marseille
University of Aix-en-Provence ⓘ
linked to:
University of Aix-Marseille
|
| era | Enlightenment ⓘ |
| familyName | Portalis ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
canon law
ⓘ
civil law ⓘ jurisprudence ⓘ legal codification ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean-Étienne-Marie ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | doctor of law ⓘ |
| influenced |
codification movements in Latin America
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development of civil law in continental Europe ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contribution to modern civil law
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principal architect of the Napoleonic Code ⓘ role in drafting the French Civil Code ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Conseil d'État (France)
ⓘ
linked to:
Council of State of France
|
| movement | French legal classicism ⓘ |
| name | Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Discours préliminaire du projet de code civil
ⓘ
linked to:
Napoleonic Code
|
| occupation |
jurist
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
drafting of the Napoleonic Code
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negotiation and implementation of the Concordat of 1801 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of France
ⓘ
Le Beausset ⓘ Provence ⓘ Var ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Conseiller d'État
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Minister of Public Worship ⓘ member of the Council of State of France ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Aix-en-Provence
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Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis Description of subject: Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis was a prominent French jurist and statesman best known as a principal architect of the Napoleonic Code and a key figure in shaping modern civil law.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis