Pierre-Charles Villeneuve

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French admiral human

Pierre-Charles Villeneuve was a French admiral of the Napoleonic era, best known for commanding the combined French–Spanish fleet that was defeated by Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

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Label Occurrences
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve canonical 8
Robert Calder and Pierre-Charles Villeneuve 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French admiral ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance First French Empire ⓘ
France ⓘ
birthCentury 18th century ⓘ
burialPlace Rennes ⓘ
surface form: Rennes, France
capturedBy Royal Navy ⓘ
causeOfDeath stabbing ⓘ
commanded combined French–Spanish fleet at Trafalgar ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1763-12-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1806-04-22 ⓘ
deathCauseUncertainty possibly assassination ⓘ
possibly suicide ⓘ
deathCentury 19th century ⓘ
era Napoleonic era ⓘ
familyName de Villeneuve ⓘ
fleetCompositionAtTrafalgar French and Spanish ships of the line ⓘ
givenName Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
historicalRegionOfBirth Provence ⓘ
knownFor defeat at the Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ
mannerOfDeath stab wounds ⓘ
militaryBranch French Navy ⓘ
militaryConflict War of the Third Coalition ⓘ
militaryRank Vice Admiral ⓘ
name Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
nobleTitle Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve ⓘ
surface form: comte de Villeneuve
notableFor commanding the combined Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ
service in the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
occupation admiral ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
opponentAtTrafalgar Horatio Nelson ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ
Battle of the Nile ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
placeOfBirth Valensole Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Valensole, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
placeOfDeath Rennes ⓘ
surface form: Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
rankAtTrafalgar Vice Admiral ⓘ
releasedIn 1806 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
returnedTo France ⓘ
servedUnder Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
wasPrisonerOfWar United Kingdom ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Trafalgar → hasCommander → Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ
Bucentaure → flagshipOf → Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ
Bucentaure → commandedBy → Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ
Bucentaure → admiralOnBoard → Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ
commemorated by Trafalgar Day → commandedBy → Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Trafalgar
Cape Trafalgar → battleCommander → Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ
Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) → commander → Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ
Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) → primaryOpposingAdmirals → Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Calder and Pierre-Charles Villeneuve
Blockade of Cádiz → significantCommander → Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ