causeOfDownfall
P26452
predicate
Indicates a factor, event, or agent that brings about the failure, ruin, or collapse of someone or something.
Aliases (13)
- reasonForDownfall ×11
- possibleCauseOfDecline ×3
- tragicFlaw ×3
- causeOfGreekDefeat ×2
- reasonForCollapse ×2
- causeOfLossOfThrone ×1
- causeOfMoralDownfallOf ×1
- causeOfSocialDownfall ×1
- crisisLeadingToEnd ×1
- downfallOrchestratedBy ×1
- downfallReason ×1
- hasCauseOfCollapse ×1
- natureOfDefeat ×1
Sample triples (46)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Alexander Menshikov | accusations of corruption and abuse of power ("downfallReason") → |
| Anna of Saxony | adultery scandal ("causeOfSocialDownfall") → |
| Battle of Thermopylae | Greek position outflanked ("causeOfGreekDefeat") → |
| Battle of Thermopylae | Persians discovered mountain path ("causeOfGreekDefeat") → |
| Battle of Uman | large Soviet encirclement ("natureOfDefeat") → |
| Black Douglases | rebellion against James II of Scotland → |
| Blasco Núñez Vela | opposition to enforcement of the New Laws → |
| Cassio | Iago ("downfallOrchestratedBy") → |
| Dragiša Cvetković | popular and military opposition to Yugoslavia’s accession to the Tripartite Pact ("reasonForDownfall") → |
| Duke of Choiseul | Loss of favor with Louis XV and Madame du Barry → |
| Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon | political opposition and blame for the failure of the Second Anglo-Dutch War → |
| Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset | Accusations of felony and treason ("reasonForDownfall") → |
| Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset | Political rivalry with John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland ("reasonForDownfall") → |
| False Dmitry I | boyar resentment of foreign influence → |
| False Dmitry I | widespread doubts about his true identity → |
| First Republic of Venezuela | 1812 Caracas earthquake ("reasonForDownfall") → |
| First Republic of Venezuela | economic difficulties ("reasonForDownfall") → |
| First Republic of Venezuela | internal political divisions ("reasonForDownfall") → |
| First Republic of Venezuela | military defeats by Spanish royalist forces ("reasonForDownfall") → |
| Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma | corruption scandals → |
| Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma | political opposition at court → |
| French Fourth Republic | May 1958 crisis in Algeria ("crisisLeadingToEnd") → |
| Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares | military defeats and internal revolts in the Spanish Monarchy → |
| Hohokam culture | drought ("possibleCauseOfDecline") → |
| Hohokam culture | flooding of canal systems ("possibleCauseOfDecline") → |
| Hohokam culture | social upheaval ("possibleCauseOfDecline") → |
| Hoshea | Assyrian siege of Samaria → |
| Hoshea | Rebellion against Assyria → |
| Huang Xingguo | anti-corruption campaign in China ("reasonForDownfall") → |
| Hyrcanus II | Parthian invasion → |
| Hyrcanus II | rise of Herod the Great → |
| Ismail Pasha | European financial control commissions → |
| Ismail Pasha | unsustainable foreign borrowing → |
| Jingtai Emperor | coup restoring Zhengtong Emperor ("causeOfLossOfThrone") → |
| Mahabad Republic | reoccupation by Iranian army ("reasonForCollapse") → |
| Mahabad Republic | withdrawal of Soviet support ("reasonForCollapse") → |
| Nicolas Fouquet | extravagant display at Vaux-le-Vicomte in 1661 ("reasonForDownfall") → |
| Nicolas Fouquet | rivalry with Jean-Baptiste Colbert ("reasonForDownfall") → |
| Nicolas Fouquet | suspicion of plotting against Louis XIV ("reasonForDownfall") → |
| Othello | insecurity ("tragicFlaw") → |
| Othello | jealousy ("tragicFlaw") → |
| Othello | over-trusting nature ("tragicFlaw") → |
| Paris Summit of 1960 | U-2 incident of 1960 ("hasCauseOfCollapse") → |
| Razia Sultana | rebellions by provincial governors and nobles → |
| Roger Chillingworth | Arthur Dimmesdale ("causeOfMoralDownfallOf") → |
| William Laud | widespread opposition to his religious policies → |