François Joseph Paul de Grasse

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French admiral person

François Joseph Paul de Grasse was a French admiral whose decisive naval victory in the American Revolutionary War, particularly at the Battle of the Chesapeake, helped secure the British surrender at Yorktown.

Aliases (2)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French admiral → person →
allegiance	Kingdom of France NERFINISHED →
birthDate	1722-09-13 →
birthPlace	County of Nice → Kingdom of Sardinia → Le Bar-sur-Loup →
captured	Grenada NERFINISHED → Saint Kitts → Tobago NERFINISHED →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
commanded	French fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake → French fleet in the West Indies →
countryOfCitizenship	France →
deathDate	1788-01-11 →
deathPlace	Paris →
familyName	de Grasse →
fieldOfWork	naval warfare →
givenName	François → Joseph → Paul →
honouredIn	French Navy ship De Grasse → United States Navy ship USS De Grasse →
militaryBranch	French Navy →
militaryRank	admiral →
movement	French involvement in the American Revolution →
nobleTitle	comte de Grasse →
notableAchievement	contributed decisively to American independence → secured French naval control of Chesapeake Bay in 1781 →
notableWork	Battle of the Chesapeake → Battle of the Saintes → Siege of Yorktown →
opposed	British Royal Navy → Thomas Graves →
participatedIn	American Revolutionary War → Seven Years' War → War of the Austrian Succession →
playedRoleIn	British surrender at Yorktown →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Le Bar-sur-Loup → Paris →
spouse	Antoinette Rosalie Accaron → Catherine Pien → Marie Delphine Lazare de Cibon NERFINISHED →
supported	Continental Army at Yorktown → George Washington → Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau →
wasPrisonerOfWar	after the Battle of the Saintes →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of the Chesapeake → Siege of Yorktown →	commander
Battle of the Chesapeake ("François Joseph Paul de Grasse – French side") →	combatantCommanderSide
François Joseph Paul de Grasse ("comte de Grasse") →	nobleTitle