Piet Retief
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Piet Retief was a prominent Voortrekker leader and pioneer of the Great Trek in 19th-century South Africa, known for his role in negotiating land with Zulu King Dingane and his subsequent massacre.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Pieter Retief | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
South African historical figure
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Voortrekker leader ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Boer expansion into the interior of South Africa
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Dingane kaSenzangakhona ⓘ
surface form:
King Dingane kaSenzangakhona
Boer Republic of Natalia ⓘ
surface form:
Voortrekker Republic of Natalia
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| causeOfDeath | killed on orders of King Dingane ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
monuments at Blood River and uMgungundlovu
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town of Piet Retief, Mpumalanga, South Africa ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Cape Colony ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1780-11-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1838-02-06 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Afrikaners
ⓘ
surface form:
Afrikaner
Afrikaners ⓘ
surface form:
Boer
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| familyName | Retief ⓘ |
| givenName | Pieter ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
controversial figure in post-apartheid historical debates
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symbol of Voortrekker resistance to British rule ⓘ |
| hasNotableRelative |
Afrikaners
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surface form:
Boer Voortrekker community
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| historicalRegion |
Eastern Cape
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Natal ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being killed along with his delegation by Dingane’s warriors
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leading negotiations for land in Natal with the Zulu Kingdom ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Afrikaans
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Dutch ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| movement | Great Trek ⓘ |
| notableAction | led Voortrekker party into Natal ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
massacre at uMgungundlovu
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negotiations with Zulu King Dingane ⓘ |
| notableRole | Voortrekker leader during the Great Trek ⓘ |
| notableWork | Retief’s Manifesto ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 7 ⓘ |
| occupation |
farmer
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political leader ⓘ |
| participantIn |
conflicts on the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony
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negotiation of land cession in Natal ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Wagenmakersvallei, Cape Colony ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | uMgungundlovu, Zulu Kingdom ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Voortrekker republicanism ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| roleInGreatTrek | one of the principal leaders of the Voortrekkers ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Magdalena Johanna Greyling ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Afrikaner nationalist historiography
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South African school history curricula ⓘ |
| yearOfMajorMigration | 1837 ⓘ |
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Pieter Retief