Charlotte Corday

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French Revolutionary figure assassin person

Charlotte Corday was a French Revolutionary figure best known for assassinating the radical leader Jean-Paul Marat in 1793, an act immortalized in Jacques-Louis David’s painting "The Death of Marat."

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d’Armont 1
de Corday d’Armont 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French Revolutionary figure ⓘ
assassin ⓘ
person ⓘ
birthDate 1768-07-27 ⓘ
birthPlace Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy, France

Saint-Saturnin, Calvados, France ⓘ
causeOfDeath execution by guillotine ⓘ
convictedOf murder of Jean-Paul Marat ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfAssassination 1793-07-13 ⓘ
deathDate 1793-07-17 ⓘ
deathPlace Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
depictedBy Jacques-Louis David ⓘ
depictedIn The Death of Marat ⓘ
education Abbaye-aux-Dames convent school in Caen ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup French ⓘ
executionLocation Place de la Concorde ⓘ
surface form: Place de la Révolution, Paris
executionMethod guillotine ⓘ
familyName Charlotte Corday self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: de Corday d’Armont
fullName Charlotte Corday self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d’Armont
gender female ⓘ
givenName Charlotte ⓘ
hasOccupation political activist ⓘ
hasRelative Charlotte-Marie Jacqueline Gaultier de Mesnival (mother) ⓘ
François de Corday (father) ⓘ
historicalPeriod Reign of Terror ⓘ
inspiredWork The Death of Marat ⓘ
knownForQuote "I killed one man to save a hundred thousand." ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
mannerOfDeath capital punishment ⓘ
methodOfKilling stabbing ⓘ
movement French Revolution ⓘ
nobleTitle minor Norman nobility ⓘ
notableFor assassination of Jean-Paul Marat ⓘ
role in the French Revolution ⓘ
opposedTo Jacobin Club ⓘ
surface form: Jacobins

radical phase of the French Revolution ⓘ
placeOfAssassination Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
placeOfBurial Cimetière de la Madeleine ⓘ
politicalAlignment Girondin sympathizer ⓘ
portrayedAs classical heroine ⓘ
political assassin ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Caen ⓘ
surface form: Caen, France
trialLocation Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
surface form: Revolutionary Tribunal, Paris
victimOfAssassination Jean-Paul Marat ⓘ
weaponUsed knife ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

The Death of Marat → depicts → Charlotte Corday ⓘ
Charlotte Corday → familyName → Charlotte Corday self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: de Corday d’Armont
Charlotte Corday → fullName → Charlotte Corday self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d’Armont
murder of Jean-Paul Marat → hasPerpetrator → Charlotte Corday ⓘ
Jean-Paul Marat → killedBy → Charlotte Corday ⓘ
The Death of Marat → significantFigure → Charlotte Corday ⓘ