Piet Cronjé

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Boer general military commander person

Piet Cronjé was a prominent Boer general during the Second Boer War, best known for leading Transvaal forces and for his eventual surrender at the Battle of Paardeberg in 1900.

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Label Occurrences
Piet Cronjé canonical 11
General Piet Cronjé 3

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Boer general ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
person ⓘ
birthDate 1836-10-04 ⓘ
birthPlace Colesberg ⓘ
surface form: Colesberg district, Cape Colony
burialPlace Potchefstroom ⓘ
surface form: Potchefstroom, South Africa
capturedBy British forces ⓘ
citizenship South African Republic ⓘ
commanded Boer forces ⓘ
surface form: Transvaal forces
conflictWith British Empire ⓘ
countryOfService South African Republic ⓘ
surface form: South African Republic (Transvaal)
deathDate 1911-02-04 ⓘ
deathPlace Potchefstroom, Transvaal, Union of South Africa ⓘ
ethnicGroup Afrikaners ⓘ
surface form: Boer
familyName Cronjé ⓘ
givenName Piet ⓘ
hasRole Boer commander during the siege of Mafeking ⓘ
commander of Boer forces at Paardeberg ⓘ
heldAt Saint Helena ⓘ
surface form: St Helena (as prisoner of war)
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
languageSpoken Afrikaans ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ
militaryBranch Boer forces ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
name Piet Cronjé self-link ⓘ
notableFor role in the Second Boer War ⓘ
surrender at the Battle of Paardeberg ⓘ
occupation farmer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participatedIn First Boer War ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
religion Dutch Reformed Church ⓘ
sideInConflict Boer side in the First Boer War ⓘ
Boer side in the Second Boer War ⓘ
spouse Hester Susanna Cronjé ⓘ
surrenderedAt Battle of Paardeberg ⓘ
tookPartIn Battle of Majuba Hill ⓘ
Battle of Paardeberg ⓘ
Siege of Mafeking ⓘ
wasPrisonerOfWar true ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Boer forces → notableCommander → Piet Cronjé ⓘ
Battle of Magersfontein → commander → Piet Cronjé ⓘ
Siege of Mafeking → commander → Piet Cronjé ⓘ
Siege of Kimberley → commander → Piet Cronjé ⓘ
Battle of Graspan → commander → Piet Cronjé ⓘ
Black Week → notableCommander → Piet Cronjé ⓘ
Battle of Modder River → commander → Piet Cronjé ⓘ
Slag van Magersfontein → commander → Piet Cronjé ⓘ
Slag van Magersfontein → opponentCommander → Piet Cronjé ⓘ
Magersfontein kopje → commandedBy → Piet Cronjé ⓘ
Piet Cronjé → name → Piet Cronjé self-link ⓘ
Battle of Paardeberg → commander → Piet Cronjé ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Piet Cronjé
Battle of Paardeberg → opposingCommander → Piet Cronjé ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Piet Cronjé
Battle of Paardeberg → capturedCommander → Piet Cronjé ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Piet Cronjé