Battle of Trocadero
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The Battle of Trocadero was an 1823 French military victory near Cádiz, Spain, in which French forces restored King Ferdinand VII’s absolute rule by capturing the fortified headland of Trocadero from liberal constitutionalists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Trocadero canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1051359 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Trocadero Context triple: [Trocadéro, namedAfter, Battle of Trocadero]
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Battle of Orthes
The Battle of Orthez was a major engagement of the Peninsular War in February 1814, in which Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese forces defeated Marshal Soult’s French army in southwestern France.
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Battle of Damour
The Battle of Damour was a key World War II engagement in 1941 during the Allied invasion of Vichy-controlled Syria and Lebanon, marking the final major battle that led to the fall of Beirut and the end of the campaign.
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Battle of Rocoux
The Battle of Rocoux was a 1746 engagement near Liège in which French forces under Marshal Saxe defeated an allied army of Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Austria during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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Battle of Lechaeum
The Battle of Lechaeum was a notable engagement of the Corinthian War (390 BC) in which a smaller Athenian force under Iphicrates used peltasts to decisively defeat a Spartan mora near Corinth.
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Battle of Lauffeld
The Battle of Lauffeld was a 1747 engagement in present-day Belgium in which French forces under Marshal Maurice de Saxe defeated an allied British, Dutch, and Austrian army led by the Duke of Cumberland.
- 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: Battle of Trocadero Target entity description: The Battle of Trocadero was an 1823 French military victory near Cádiz, Spain, in which French forces restored King Ferdinand VII’s absolute rule by capturing the fortified headland of Trocadero from liberal constitutionalists.
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A.
Battle of Orthes
The Battle of Orthez was a major engagement of the Peninsular War in February 1814, in which Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese forces defeated Marshal Soult’s French army in southwestern France.
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B.
Battle of Damour
The Battle of Damour was a key World War II engagement in 1941 during the Allied invasion of Vichy-controlled Syria and Lebanon, marking the final major battle that led to the fall of Beirut and the end of the campaign.
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C.
Battle of Rocoux
The Battle of Rocoux was a 1746 engagement near Liège in which French forces under Marshal Saxe defeated an allied army of Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Austria during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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D.
Battle of Lechaeum
The Battle of Lechaeum was a notable engagement of the Corinthian War (390 BC) in which a smaller Athenian force under Iphicrates used peltasts to decisively defeat a Spartan mora near Corinth.
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E.
Battle of Lauffeld
The Battle of Lauffeld was a 1747 engagement in present-day Belgium in which French forces under Marshal Maurice de Saxe defeated an allied British, Dutch, and Austrian army led by the Duke of Cumberland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Assault on the Trocadero (1823) ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Kingdom of France
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Spanish liberal constitutionalists ⓘ |
| cause |
French intervention to suppress Spanish liberal constitutional regime
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Holy Alliance decision to restore Ferdinand VII’s powers ⓘ |
| combatantStrength | French expeditionary force ⓘ |
| commander |
Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême
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surface form:
French Duke of Angoulême
Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême ⓘ |
| conflict |
Napoleonic invasion of Spain
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surface form:
French invasion of Spain
|
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| date | 1823-08-31 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1823-08-31 ⓘ |
| era |
Restoration period in France
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post-Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| followedBy |
end of the Trienio Liberal in Spain
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fall of Cádiz to French and royalist forces ⓘ |
| inspiredNameOf |
Place du Trocadéro
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surface form:
Place du Trocadéro in Paris
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| involved |
French royal forces
ⓘ
surface form:
French Royal Army
Spanish liberal garrison at Trocadero ⓘ Spanish royalist forces ⓘ |
| location |
Bay of Cádiz
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Trocadero peninsula ⓘ near Cádiz, Spain ⓘ |
| militaryTheater | Peninsular theater ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Trocadero peninsula ⓘ |
| objective |
capture of the Trocadero fortifications
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restoration of absolute monarchy in Spain ⓘ |
| opponent |
Spanish royalist army
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surface form:
Spanish Constitutional Army
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| partOf | French intervention in Spain (1823) ⓘ |
| politicalContext | struggle between absolutism and constitutional liberalism in Spain ⓘ |
| politicalOutcome | strengthening of conservative monarchies in Europe ⓘ |
| precededBy | French crossing of the Bidassoa River (1823) ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bourbon Restoration in Spain
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Holy Alliance ⓘ Trienio Liberal ⓘ |
| result |
French victory
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restoration of Ferdinand VII’s absolute rule ⓘ |
| significance |
example of post-Napoleonic conservative intervention in Europe
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marked the collapse of the Spanish liberal constitutional government ⓘ symbolized the restoration of Bourbon absolutism in Spain ⓘ |
| startDate | 1823-08-31 ⓘ |
| supportedRuler | Ferdinand VII of Spain ⓘ |
| typeOfWarfare |
amphibious assault
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siege warfare ⓘ |
| year | 1823 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Trocadero Description of subject: The Battle of Trocadero was an 1823 French military victory near Cádiz, Spain, in which French forces restored King Ferdinand VII’s absolute rule by capturing the fortified headland of Trocadero from liberal constitutionalists.
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