Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau

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French general human military leader nobleman

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, was a French nobleman and general whose leadership of French forces in North America was crucial to the allied victory over Britain, particularly at the Siege of Yorktown.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau canonical	21
Comte de Rochambeau	6
comte de Rochambeau	3
Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau	1
Rochambeau	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French general ⓘ human ⓘ military leader ⓘ nobleman ⓘ
alliedWith	Continental Army ⓘ George Washington ⓘ
awardReceived	Order of Saint Louis ⓘ Order of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
birthDate	1725-07-01 ⓘ
birthPlace	Kingdom of France ⓘ Vendôme ⓘ
burialPlace	Thoré-la-Rochette ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
child	Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau
commemoratedBy	Rochambeau Bridge ⓘ surface form: Rochambeau Bridge (Washington, D.C.) Rochambeau Monument in Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ Rochambeau statue in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of France ⓘ
deathDate	1807-05-10 ⓘ
deathPlace	Kingdom of France ⓘ Thoré-la-Rochette ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
familyName	de Vimeur ⓘ
father	Jean-Baptiste de Vimeur ⓘ
givenName	Donatien ⓘ Jean-Baptiste ⓘ
hasPartIn	Franco-American alliance during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
languageSpoken	French ⓘ
militaryBranch	French Army ⓘ
militaryRank	maréchal de France ⓘ
movement	French Ancien Régime nobility ⓘ
nobleTitle	Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: comte de Rochambeau
notableAchievement	commanded French forces at the Siege of Yorktown ⓘ contributed to the American victory in the Revolutionary War ⓘ
notableFor	march from Newport to Yorktown with French forces ⓘ strategic coordination with George Washington in 1781 campaign ⓘ
notableWork	command of French expeditionary force in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
participatedIn	American Revolutionary War ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
positionHeld	commander of the French expeditionary force in America ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
servedUnder	Louis XVI of France ⓘ
spouse	Jeanne Thérèse Tellez d’Acosta ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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

American Revolutionary War → commander → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War → notableCommander → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

Charles Cornwallis → surrenderedTo → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comte de Rochambeau

Siege of Yorktown → commander → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau → nobleTitle → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: comte de Rochambeau

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau → child → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau

14th Street Bridge → namedAfter → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

subject surface form: Rochambeau Bridge

Yorktown → commandedBy → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comte de Rochambeau

Rochambeau Bridge → namedAfter → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rochambeau

storming of Redoubt 9 → commander → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

subject surface form: Storming of Redoubt 9

this entity surface form: Comte de Rochambeau

British Army under Cornwallis → surrenderedTo → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

François Joseph Paul de Grasse → supported → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

Rochambeau statue in Washington, D.C. → dedicatedTo → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

Rochambeau statue in Washington, D.C. → depicts → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

Rochambeau Monument in Newport, Rhode Island → dedicatedTo → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

Rochambeau Monument in Newport, Rhode Island → honors → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

Rochambeau Monument in Newport, Rhode Island → namedAfter → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

Order of Saint Louis → notableRecipient → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

de Vimeur → notableBearer → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

de Vimeur → nobleTitle → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

subject surface form: Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau

this entity surface form: comte de Rochambeau

Jeanne Thérèse Tellez d’Acosta → spouse → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

Jean-Baptiste de Vimeur → child → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

Donatien → givenNameOf → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

Donatien → sharesLanguageWith → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

Donatien → associatedWithHistoricalFigure → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

Donatien → nobleTitle → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

subject surface form: Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau

this entity surface form: comte de Rochambeau

Earl Cornwallis → opponent → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis

this entity surface form: Comte de Rochambeau

Christian de Deux-Ponts → servedUnder → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comte de Rochambeau

Yorktown Battlefield → hasCommander → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comte de Rochambeau

Virginia campaign → commander → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ

French forces under Comte de Rochambeau → commander → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ