second abdication of Napoleon

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historical event political abdication

The second abdication of Napoleon was his final renunciation of the French throne in June 1815, following defeat at Waterloo, which led to the collapse of his rule and the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Abdication of Napoleon in 1815	1
Napoleon’s surrender	1
second abdication of Napoleon canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1426226 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: second abdication of Napoleon
Context triple: [First French Empire, endEvent, second abdication of Napoleon]

A. Napoleon I abdication in 1814
Napoleon I abdication in 1814 was the formal renunciation of the French throne by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, marking the end of his rule and the collapse of the First French Empire.
B. Exile of Napoleon Bonaparte
The Exile of Napoleon Bonaparte refers to his final banishment by the British to the remote South Atlantic island of Saint Helena, where he lived under close supervision until his death in 1821.
C. abdication of Nicholas II
The abdication of Nicholas II was the 1917 renunciation of the Russian throne by the last tsar, which ended more than three centuries of Romanov rule and paved the way for the Russian Revolution and the eventual rise of the Soviet state.
D. Assassination of Napoleon
The Assassination of Napoleon is a fictional plot in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," in which the character Pierre Bezukhov contemplates killing Napoleon Bonaparte during the French invasion of Russia.
E. The Coronation of Napoleon
The Coronation of Napoleon is a monumental neoclassical painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting Napoleon Bonaparte’s self-coronation as Emperor in Notre-Dame Cathedral in 1804.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: second abdication of Napoleon
Target entity description: The second abdication of Napoleon was his final renunciation of the French throne in June 1815, following defeat at Waterloo, which led to the collapse of his rule and the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy.

A. Napoleon I abdication in 1814
Napoleon I abdication in 1814 was the formal renunciation of the French throne by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, marking the end of his rule and the collapse of the First French Empire.
B. Exile of Napoleon Bonaparte
The Exile of Napoleon Bonaparte refers to his final banishment by the British to the remote South Atlantic island of Saint Helena, where he lived under close supervision until his death in 1821.
C. abdication of Nicholas II
The abdication of Nicholas II was the 1917 renunciation of the Russian throne by the last tsar, which ended more than three centuries of Romanov rule and paved the way for the Russian Revolution and the eventual rise of the Soviet state.
D. Assassination of Napoleon
The Assassination of Napoleon is a fictional plot in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," in which the character Pierre Bezukhov contemplates killing Napoleon Bonaparte during the French invasion of Russia.
E. The Coronation of Napoleon
The Coronation of Napoleon is a monumental neoclassical painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting Napoleon Bonaparte’s self-coronation as Emperor in Notre-Dame Cathedral in 1804.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ political abdication ⓘ
affected	European balance of power ⓘ French army ⓘ linked to: French Army French imperial administration ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Napoleon’s second abdication ⓘ second abdication of Napoleon I ⓘ
appliesToPerson	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ Napoleon I of France ⓘ linked to: Napoleon I
chronologicalOrder	second abdication after first abdication in 1814 ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
date	1815-06-22 ⓘ
declaredTo	Chamber of Peers ⓘ Chamber of Representatives ⓘ
followedBy	Napoleon’s exile to Saint Helena ⓘ Napoleon’s surrender to the British ⓘ
follows	Battle of Waterloo ⓘ Hundred Days ⓘ first abdication of Napoleon ⓘ
hasCause	defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo ⓘ military defeat of France by the Seventh Coalition ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late Napoleonic era ⓘ
legalForm	act of abdication ⓘ
location	Paris ⓘ Élysée Palace ⓘ
month	June 1815 ⓘ
opposedBy	some Bonapartist deputies ⓘ
partOf	Hundred Days campaign ⓘ linked to: Hundred Days Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
politicalContext	constitutional monarchy in France ⓘ restoration of Bourbon dynasty ⓘ
positionRelinquished	Emperor of the French ⓘ
precededBy	first abdication of Napoleon at Fontainebleau ⓘ
reasonStatedByNapoleon	to save France from civil war ⓘ
relatedTo	Congress of Vienna ⓘ Seventh Coalition ⓘ linked to: War of the Seventh Coalition Waterloo Campaign ⓘ
result	accession of Louis XVIII to the throne ⓘ beginning of the Second Bourbon Restoration ⓘ collapse of the First French Empire ⓘ end of Napoleon’s rule in France ⓘ restoration of the Bourbon monarchy ⓘ
significantFor	end of Napoleonic era in Europe ⓘ reconfiguration of post-Napoleonic Europe ⓘ
successorOnThrone	Louis XVIII of France ⓘ
supportedBy	French political moderates seeking peace ⓘ
temporalRelation	shortly after Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

First French Empire → endEvent → second abdication of Napoleon ⓘ

Exile of Napoleon Bonaparte → follows → Abdication of Napoleon in 1815 ⓘ

linked to: second abdication of Napoleon

Billy Ruffian → associatedWithEvent → Napoleon’s surrender ⓘ