Hougomont

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battlefield location fortified farmhouse historic site

Hougomont is a historic fortified farmhouse in Belgium that played a crucial role as a defensive strongpoint during the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Château d'Hougoumont 1
Hougomont canonical 1
Hougoumont 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battlefield location ⓘ
fortified farmhouse ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
attackedBy French Army ⓘ
surface form: French army

French Army under Napoleon I at Waterloo ⓘ
surface form: troops of Napoleon I
battleOutcomeRole its successful defence contributed to Allied victory at Waterloo ⓘ
commanderAttack Maréchal d’Empire ⓘ
surface form: Marshals of Napoleon I
commanderDefence Colonel Henry Wyndham ⓘ
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
surface form: Duke of Wellington

Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell ⓘ
coordinateLocation 50.680°N 4.404°E ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
currentUse memorial site ⓘ
museum ⓘ
dateOfEvent 18 June 1815 ⓘ
defendedBy Allied army ⓘ
Anglo-allied forces ⓘ
British Guards units ⓘ
King's German Legion ⓘ
surface form: King’s German Legion

Nassau troops ⓘ
hasPart chapel ⓘ
château ⓘ
farm buildings ⓘ
gardens ⓘ
gates ⓘ
orchards ⓘ
walled courtyard ⓘ
woodland ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument ⓘ
locatedIn Wallonia ⓘ
Walloon Brabant ⓘ
Waterloo ⓘ
United Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: former United Kingdom of the Netherlands
locatedNear Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels
locatedOn Mont-Saint-Jean ridge ⓘ
materiallyDamagedIn Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
mentionedIn historical accounts of the Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
notableFeature burnt and ruined sections preserved ⓘ
chapel with memorials to the battle ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
ownedBy private owners ⓘ
partOf Waterloo battlefield ⓘ
restoredIn 21st century ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
strategicRole anchored the right flank of Wellington’s line ⓘ
tourismType battlefield tourism destination ⓘ
usedAs defensive strongpoint ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Hougoumont farm → alsoKnownAs → Hougomont ⓘ
this entity surface form: Château d'Hougoumont
Hougoumont farm → alsoKnownAs → Hougomont ⓘ
Papelotte → locatedNear → Hougomont ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hougoumont