Girondins

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political faction revolutionary group

The Girondins were a prominent moderate republican political group during the French Revolution, known for advocating war against foreign monarchies and opposing the radical Jacobins.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Girondins canonical	38
Girondin faction	6
Girondin	5
The Girondins	3
Girondin circle	1
Girondin leaders	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political faction ⓘ revolutionary group ⓘ
activeInPeriod	French Revolution ⓘ
advocated	war against foreign monarchies ⓘ
associatedWithCity	Bordeaux ⓘ
associatedWithSocialBase	commercial and professional classes ⓘ provincial bourgeoisie ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
downfallEvent	Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793 ⓘ
fateOfLeaders	many leaders executed by guillotine in 1793 ⓘ
heldPowerUntil	June 1793 ⓘ
historicalReputation	often contrasted with radical Jacobins ⓘ seen as moderate republicans ⓘ
ideology	republicanism ⓘ
influentialPeriod	1791–1793 ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
member	Armand Gensonné ⓘ Charles Barbaroux ⓘ Jacques-Pierre Brissot ⓘ Jean Antoine Debry ⓘ Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai ⓘ Jean-Marie Roland ⓘ Madame Roland ⓘ Élie Guadet ⓘ surface form: Marguerite-Élie Guadet Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud ⓘ Thomas Paine ⓘ surface form: Thomas Paine (sympathizer and associated deputy) Élie Guadet ⓘ
namedAfter	Girondin deputies from the Gironde department ⓘ
notableTrial	Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793 ⓘ surface form: trial of the Girondins (1793)
opposed	Parisian sans-culotte radicalism ⓘ radicalization of the Revolution ⓘ
opposedBy	Jacobin Club ⓘ surface form: Jacobins
opposes	Jacobin Club ⓘ surface form: Jacobins
politicalBody	Legislative Assembly (France) ⓘ surface form: Legislative Assembly of France French National Convention ⓘ surface form: National Convention of France
politicalGoal	constitutional republic ⓘ expansion of revolutionary principles through war ⓘ
politicalPosition	moderate ⓘ
positionOnCentralization	favored decentralization ⓘ opposed dominance of Paris ⓘ
positionOnMonarchy	favored constitutional monarchy early in the Revolution ⓘ later supported a republic ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Gironde estuary ⓘ surface form: Gironde
repressedBy	Committee of Public Safety ⓘ Montagnards ⓘ
supported	French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ economic liberalism ⓘ freedom of the press ⓘ representative government ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

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

French Revolution → majorFaction → Girondins ⓘ

National Convention → politicalFaction → Girondins ⓘ

Jacobin Club → opposedGroup → Girondins ⓘ

Montagnards → opposed → Girondins ⓘ

September Massacres → relatedTo → Girondins ⓘ

Legislative Assembly → hasPoliticalGroup → Girondins ⓘ

Reign of Terror → opposedFaction → Girondins ⓘ

French National Convention → tried → Girondins ⓘ

this entity surface form: Girondin leaders

French National Convention → containedFaction → Girondins ⓘ

Society of Friends of the Constitution → opposed → Girondins ⓘ

Committee of Public Safety → opposedBy → Girondins ⓘ

Plain (La Plaine) → opposedBy → Girondins ⓘ

Plain (La Plaine) → opposedFaction → Girondins ⓘ

Legislative Assembly (France) → politicalFaction → Girondins ⓘ

Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne → politicalAlignment → Girondins ⓘ

this entity surface form: Girondin

Trial of Louis XVI → significantParticipant → Girondins ⓘ

Jacques-Pierre Brissot → memberOf → Girondins ⓘ

Jacques-Pierre Brissot → politicalAlignment → Girondins ⓘ

this entity surface form: Girondin faction

Élie Guadet → movement → Girondins ⓘ

Élie Guadet → politicalAlignment → Girondins ⓘ

this entity surface form: Girondin faction

Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793 → hasParticipant → Girondins ⓘ

Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793 → opposedBy → Girondins ⓘ

Jean-Marie Roland → memberOf → Girondins ⓘ

Jean-Marie Roland → politicalFaction → Girondins ⓘ

this entity surface form: Girondin faction

Madame Roland → politicalAlignment → Girondins ⓘ

this entity surface form: Girondin

Madame Roland → movement → Girondins ⓘ

Madame Roland → associatedWith → Girondins ⓘ

this entity surface form: Girondin faction

Madame Roland → memberOf → Girondins ⓘ

this entity surface form: Girondin circle

L'Ami du peuple → opposed → Girondins ⓘ

editing L'Ami du peuple → opposes → Girondins ⓘ

Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai → politicalAlignment → Girondins ⓘ

this entity surface form: Girondin

Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai → memberOf → Girondins ⓘ

Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai → supported → Girondins ⓘ

The Incorruptible → opposedBy → Girondins ⓘ

subject surface form: Maximilien Robespierre

Parisian sans-culottes → opposedTo → Girondins ⓘ

Paris sections → opposedTo → Girondins ⓘ

Revolutionary Tribunal → notableVictim → Girondins ⓘ

The Mountain → opposedFaction → Girondins ⓘ

Paris Commune (1792) → conflictWith → Girondins ⓘ

The Terror → opposedBy → Girondins ⓘ

Charles-François Dumouriez → memberOf → Girondins ⓘ

Charles-François Dumouriez → ideology → Girondins ⓘ

this entity surface form: Girondin

Constitutional Kingdom of France (1791–1792) → hasPoliticalFaction → Girondins ⓘ

Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud → politicalAlignment → Girondins ⓘ

this entity surface form: Girondin

Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud → memberOf → Girondins ⓘ

Charles Barbaroux → memberOf → Girondins ⓘ

Charles Barbaroux → politicalAlignment → Girondins ⓘ

this entity surface form: Girondin faction

Armand Gensonné → memberOf → Girondins ⓘ

Armand Gensonné → politicalAlignment → Girondins ⓘ

this entity surface form: Girondin faction

maximum on prices (Law of the Maximum) → opposedBy → Girondins ⓘ

subject surface form: maximum on prices