Light-Horse Harry

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Light-Horse Harry was the popular nickname of Henry Lee III, a dashing American cavalry officer of the Revolutionary War and father of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

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Light-Horse Harry canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American military officer ⓘ
cavalry officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
allegiance United States ⓘ
birthDate 1756-01-29 ⓘ
birthPlace Prince William County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications from injuries and illness ⓘ
commanded Lee's Legion ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Colony of Virginia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1818-03-25 ⓘ
deathPlace Cumberland Island, Georgia, United States ⓘ
linked to: Cumberland Island
educatedAt College of New Jersey ⓘ
ethnicGroup English American ⓘ
familyName Lee ⓘ
fatherOf Robert E. Lee ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
hasNickname Light-Horse Harry ⓘ
hasRelative Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee IV ⓘ
Richard Henry Lee ⓘ
heldPosition Governor of Virginia ⓘ
injuredIn Baltimore riot of 1812 ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
laterNamed Princeton University ⓘ
memberOf Continental Congress ⓘ
United States House of Representatives ⓘ
militaryBranch Continental Army ⓘ
militaryRank Lieutenant Colonel ⓘ
notableFamily Lee family of Virginia ⓘ
notableFor cavalry raids during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
service in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
occupation planter ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
partyAffiliation Federalist Party ⓘ
linked to: Federalists
positionEnd Governor of Virginia 1794 ⓘ
positionStart Governor of Virginia 1791 ⓘ
refersTo Henry Lee III ⓘ
represented Virginia ⓘ
residence Stratford Hall, Virginia ⓘ
servedUnder George Washington ⓘ
spouse Anne Hill Carter Lee ⓘ
Matilda Ludwell Lee ⓘ
wrote Eulogy on George Washington containing the phrase "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen" ⓘ

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

Henry Lee III → nickname → Light-Horse Harry ⓘ
Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee → nickname → Light-Horse Harry ⓘ
Henry Lee III → hasNickname → Light-Horse Harry ⓘ
subject linked to: Light-Horse Harry
Henry Lee III → nickname → Light-Horse Harry ⓘ
subject linked to: Henry Lee IV