Directory (collective)

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The Directory was the five-member executive government that ruled France during the later stages of the French Revolution, between the fall of Robespierre and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Directory (collective) canonical 1
Directory (five Directors) 1
Directory era 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French revolutionary government ⓘ
executive government ⓘ
appliesToPeriod French Revolution ⓘ
capital Paris ⓘ
conflict War of the First Coalition ⓘ
War of the Second Coalition ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Year III ⓘ
country France ⓘ
currencyReform introduction of the franc germinal (preparatory measures) ⓘ
dissolvedBy Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
domesticIssue Jacobins opposition ⓘ
political corruption ⓘ
royalist opposition ⓘ
economicPolicy attempted stabilization after assignat inflation ⓘ
endTime 1799-11-09 ⓘ
establishedAfter fall of Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ
executiveBranch Directory (collective) ⓘ
flag tricolour of France ⓘ
linked to: French tricolour
followedBy Consulate (Napoleon) ⓘ
linked to: Consulate
foreignPolicy expansion of French influence in Europe ⓘ
governmentType oligarchic executive ⓘ
headOfState collective directory ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Revolution ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
ideology republicanism ⓘ
keyFigure Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès ⓘ
Jean-François Reubell ⓘ
Lazare Carnot ⓘ
Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux ⓘ
Paul Barras ⓘ
Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai ⓘ
Étienne-François Le Tourneur ⓘ
legalSystem revolutionary French law (pre-Napoleonic) ⓘ
legislature Council of Ancients ⓘ
Council of Five Hundred ⓘ
notableCampaign Egyptian campaign of Napoleon ⓘ
Italian campaigns of Napoleon ⓘ
notableEvent Coup of 18 Fructidor ⓘ
Coup of 22 Floréal ⓘ
Coup of 30 Prairial ⓘ
notableMilitaryLeader Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
numberOfMembers 5 ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
opposedIdeology monarchism ⓘ
radical Jacobinism ⓘ
precededBy National Convention ⓘ
significantOutcome end of radical phase of French Revolution ⓘ
paved way for rise of Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
startTime 1795-11-02 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

French First Republic → headOfState → Directory (collective) ⓘ
Coup of 18 Fructidor → timePeriod → Directory era ⓘ
linked to: Directory (collective)
Laure Junot, Duchess of Abrantès → wroteAbout → the Directory ⓘ
linked to: Directory (collective)
Conseil des Cinq-Cents → headOfStateDuringExistence → Directory (five Directors) ⓘ
linked to: Directory (collective)