Joseph Fouché
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Joseph Fouché was a powerful and controversial French statesman and police minister who played a key role in the politics and security apparatus of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joseph Fouché canonical | 6 |
| Fouché | 2 |
| Joseph Fouché (son) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5497108 — 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: Joseph Fouché Context triple: [Count of the Empire, notableHolder, Joseph Fouché]
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A.
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès was a prominent French statesman and jurist of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, best known for his major role in drafting the Napoleonic Code and serving in Napoleon Bonaparte’s government.
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B.
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord was a prominent French diplomat and statesman who served multiple regimes from the French Revolution through the Bourbon Restoration, shaping European politics with his skilled and pragmatic negotiations.
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C.
Casimir Pierre Périer
Casimir Pierre Périer was a prominent 19th-century French statesman and banker who served as a key early prime minister under King Louis-Philippe during the July Monarchy.
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D.
Louis-François Bertin
Louis-François Bertin was a prominent French journalist and influential newspaper publisher of the early 19th century, best known for directing the liberal daily Journal des débats.
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E.
Jean-Nicolas Bouilly
Jean-Nicolas Bouilly was a French playwright, librettist, and politician best known for writing the original French libretto that inspired Beethoven’s opera Fidelio.
- 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: Joseph Fouché Target entity description: Joseph Fouché was a powerful and controversial French statesman and police minister who played a key role in the politics and security apparatus of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France.
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A.
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès was a prominent French statesman and jurist of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, best known for his major role in drafting the Napoleonic Code and serving in Napoleon Bonaparte’s government.
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B.
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord was a prominent French diplomat and statesman who served multiple regimes from the French Revolution through the Bourbon Restoration, shaping European politics with his skilled and pragmatic negotiations.
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C.
Casimir Pierre Périer
Casimir Pierre Périer was a prominent 19th-century French statesman and banker who served as a key early prime minister under King Louis-Philippe during the July Monarchy.
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D.
Louis-François Bertin
Louis-François Bertin was a prominent French journalist and influential newspaper publisher of the early 19th century, best known for directing the liberal daily Journal des débats.
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E.
Jean-Nicolas Bouilly
Jean-Nicolas Bouilly was a French playwright, librettist, and politician best known for writing the original French libretto that inspired Beethoven’s opera Fidelio.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French politician
ⓘ
human ⓘ police minister ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1759-05-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1820-12-25 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | Mémoires de Joseph Fouché ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Oratorian schools
ⓘ
linked to:
Colégio dos Oratorianos
|
| familyName |
Fouché
ⓘ
linked to:
Joseph Fouché
|
| givenName | Joseph ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Armand Fouché
ⓘ
Athanase Fouché ⓘ
linked to:
Armand Fouché
Hortense Fouché ⓘ Joseph Fouché (son) ⓘ
linked to:
Joseph Fouché
Josephine Fouché ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Council of Five Hundred
ⓘ
linked to:
Conseil des Cinq-Cents
National Convention ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Duke of Otranto ⓘ |
| notableFor |
creation of an extensive political police and intelligence network
ⓘ
political opportunism and frequent changes of allegiance ⓘ role in suppressing royalist and Jacobin plots ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mémoires (attributed)
ⓘ
linked to:
Mémoires
|
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
police officer ⓘ politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
French Revolution
ⓘ
Reign of Terror ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of France
ⓘ
Le Pellerin ⓘ Loire-Atlantique ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Austrian Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
Trieste ⓘ
linked to:
Trieste, Italy
|
| politicalAlignment | Jacobin (early career) ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Minister of General Police of the French Republic
ⓘ
Minister of Police during the Bourbon Restoration ⓘ Minister of Police of France ⓘ Minister of Police of the French Empire ⓘ
linked to:
Minister of Police (France)
|
| religion | Roman Catholicism (early life) ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Bourbon Restoration
ⓘ
Consulate of France ⓘ
linked to:
French Consulate
First French Empire ⓘ French Directory ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Bonne-Jeanne Coiquaud ⓘ |
| vote | in favor of the execution of Louis XVI ⓘ |
| votedOn | execution of Louis XVI ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joseph Fouché Description of subject: Joseph Fouché was a powerful and controversial French statesman and police minister who played a key role in the politics and security apparatus of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Joseph Fouché
linked to: Joseph Fouché
linked to: Joseph Fouché