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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
François Joseph Paul de Grasse canonical	11
Comte de Grasse	5
Admiral de Grasse	1
François Joseph Paul de Grasse – French side	1
comte de Grasse	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French admiral ⓘ person ⓘ
allegiance	Kingdom of France ⓘ
birthDate	1722-09-13 ⓘ
birthPlace	County of Nice ⓘ Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ Le Bar-sur-Loup ⓘ
captured	Grenada ⓘ island of Saint Kitts ⓘ surface form: Saint Kitts Tobago ⓘ
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 ⓘ surface form: 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	François Joseph Paul de Grasse self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	Royal Navy ⓘ surface form: British Royal Navy Thomas Graves ⓘ
participatedIn	American Revolutionary War ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
playedRoleIn	Siege of Yorktown ⓘ surface form: British surrender at Yorktown
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Le Bar-sur-Loup ⓘ Paris ⓘ
spouse	Antoinette Rosalie Accaron ⓘ Catherine Pien ⓘ Marie Delphine Lazare de Cibon ⓘ
supported	Continental Army ⓘ surface form: Continental Army at Yorktown George Washington ⓘ Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ
wasPrisonerOfWar	after the Battle of the Saintes ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Siege of Yorktown → commander → François Joseph Paul de Grasse ⓘ

Battle of the Chesapeake → commander → François Joseph Paul de Grasse ⓘ

Battle of the Chesapeake → combatantCommanderSide → François Joseph Paul de Grasse ⓘ

this entity surface form: François Joseph Paul de Grasse – French side

François Joseph Paul de Grasse → nobleTitle → François Joseph Paul de Grasse self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: comte de Grasse

Admiral of France → positionHeldBy → François Joseph Paul de Grasse ⓘ

Earl Cornwallis → opponent → François Joseph Paul de Grasse ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis