Thomas-Alexandre Dumas

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French general human military officer person of mixed African and European descent

Thomas-Alexandre Dumas was a pioneering French general of mixed African and European descent in Revolutionary France, renowned for his military prowess and later as the father of novelist Alexandre Dumas.

Aliases (4)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French general → human → military officer → person of mixed African and European descent →
allegiance	French First Republic → Kingdom of France →
alsoKnownAs	Alexandre Dumas → Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie → Alexandre Dumas père (the general) →
birthDate	1762-03-25 →
birthName	Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie →
birthPlace	Jeremie, Saint-Domingue → Saint-Domingue → present-day Haiti →
child	Alexandre Dumas →
countryOfCitizenship	France →
deathDate	1806-02-26 →
deathPlace	Villers-Cotterêts, France →
ethnicOrigin	African → European →
familyName	Dumas →
father	Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie →
fatherOf	Alexandre Dumas →
fullName	Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie →
givenName	Thomas-Alexandre →
historicalPeriod	French Revolution → Napoleonic era →
influenced	Alexandre Dumas's literary works →
language	French →
marriagePartner	Marie-Louise Élisabeth Labouret →
militaryBranch	French Army →
mother	Marie-Cessette Dumas →
name	Thomas-Alexandre Dumas →
nationality	French →
notableFor	being a pioneering Black general in European history → being one of the highest-ranking officers of African descent in a Western army of his time → cavalry leadership → service during the French Revolutionary Wars →
occupation	military commander → soldier →
participatedIn	Egyptian campaign of Napoleon → French Revolutionary Wars → Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars →
rank	general → general of division →
residence	Villers-Cotterêts, France →
servedUnder	Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED →
socialBackground	born into slavery on his mother's side → son of a French nobleman and an enslaved African woman →
spouse	Marie-Louise Élisabeth Labouret →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas ("Alexandre Dumas") → Thomas-Alexandre Dumas ("Alexandre Dumas père (the general)") → Thomas-Alexandre Dumas ("Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie") →	alsoKnownAs
Alexandre Dumas →	father
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas ("Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie") →	fullName
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas →	name
Marie-Louise Élisabeth Labouret →	notableRelative
Marie-Louise Élisabeth Labouret →	partner
Marie-Louise Élisabeth Labouret →	spouse