Bernard-René de Launay

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Bernard-René de Launay was the last governor of the Bastille prison in Paris, whose capture and killing by revolutionaries on 14 July 1789 made him a notable early victim of the French Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French nobleman ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
prison governor ⓘ
burialPlace Paris ⓘ
causeOfDeath homicide ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1740-04-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1789-07-14 ⓘ
educatedAt École militaire (Paris) ⓘ
linked to: École Militaire
employer Kingdom of France ⓘ
era Ancien Régime ⓘ
French Revolution ⓘ
ethnicGroup French ⓘ
event surrendered the Bastille to the Parisian crowd on 1789-07-14 ⓘ
familyName Jourdan de Launay ⓘ
father Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay (father) ⓘ
fullName Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Bernard-René ⓘ
hasOccupation prison administrator ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
killedBy revolutionary crowd ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
mannerOfDeath lynching ⓘ
militaryRank governor ⓘ
nobleTitle marquis ⓘ
notableEvent was killed while being taken to the Hôtel de Ville in Paris ⓘ
was seized by revolutionaries after the fall of the Bastille ⓘ
notableFor being the last governor of the Bastille ⓘ
his capture and killing during the Storming of the Bastille ⓘ
participantIn French Revolution ⓘ
Storming of the Bastille ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Île-de-France ⓘ
placeOfWork Bastille ⓘ
positionHeld governor of the Bastille ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Paris ⓘ

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

Storming of the Bastille → commandedBy → Bernard-René de Launay ⓘ
Bernard-René de Launay → givenName → Bernard-René ⓘ
linked to: Bernard-René de Launay
Bernard-René de Launay → father → Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay (father) ⓘ
linked to: Bernard-René de Launay