Piet Retief

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Piet Retief was a prominent Voortrekker leader and pioneer of the Great Trek in 19th-century South Africa, known for his role in negotiating land with Zulu King Dingane and his subsequent massacre.

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Generate an image of Piet Retief (Piet Retief was a prominent Voortrekker leader and pioneer of the Great Trek in 19th-century South Africa, known for his role in negotiating land with Zulu King Dingane and his subsequent massacre.)

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Piet Retief canonical 19
Piet Retief, Mpumalanga 1
Pieter Retief 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South African historical figure ⓘ
Voortrekker leader ⓘ
human ⓘ
associatedWith Boer expansion into the interior of South Africa ⓘ
King Dingane kaSenzangakhona ⓘ
Voortrekker Republic of Natalia ⓘ
causeOfDeath killed on orders of King Dingane ⓘ
commemoratedBy monuments at Blood River and uMgungundlovu ⓘ
town of Piet Retief, Mpumalanga, South Africa ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Cape Colony ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1780-11-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1838-02-06 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Afrikaner ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners

Boer ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
familyName Retief ⓘ
givenName Pieter ⓘ
hasLegacy controversial figure in post-apartheid historical debates ⓘ
symbol of Voortrekker resistance to British rule ⓘ
hasNotableRelative Boer Voortrekker community ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
historicalRegion Eastern Cape ⓘ
Natal ⓘ
knownFor being killed along with his delegation by Dingane’s warriors ⓘ
leading negotiations for land in Natal with the Zulu Kingdom ⓘ
languageSpoken Afrikaans ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ
mannerOfDeath execution ⓘ
movement Great Trek ⓘ
notableAction led Voortrekker party into Natal ⓘ
notableEvent massacre at uMgungundlovu ⓘ
negotiations with Zulu King Dingane ⓘ
notableRole Voortrekker leader during the Great Trek ⓘ
notableWork Retief’s Manifesto ⓘ
numberOfChildren 7 ⓘ
occupation farmer ⓘ
political leader ⓘ
participantIn conflicts on the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony ⓘ
negotiation of land cession in Natal ⓘ
placeOfBirth Wagenmakersvallei, Cape Colony ⓘ
placeOfDeath uMgungundlovu, Zulu Kingdom ⓘ
politicalAlignment Voortrekker republicanism ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
roleInGreatTrek one of the principal leaders of the Voortrekkers ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Magdalena Johanna Greyling ⓘ
subjectOf Afrikaner nationalist historiography ⓘ
South African school history curricula ⓘ
yearOfMajorMigration 1837 ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

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

Great Trek → significantPerson → Piet Retief ⓘ
Murder of Piet Retief → victim → Piet Retief ⓘ
Pietermaritzburg → namedAfter → Pieter Retief ⓘ
linked to: Piet Retief
Piet → hasNotableBearer → Piet Retief ⓘ
Ermelo → hasNearbyTown → Piet Retief ⓘ
Voortrekkers → notableLeader → Piet Retief ⓘ
Weenen massacre → relatedTo → Piet Retief ⓘ
Retief → notableBearer → Piet Retief ⓘ
Retief → hasPlaceNamedAfter → Piet Retief, Mpumalanga ⓘ
linked to: Piet Retief
Piet Retief, Mpumalanga → namedAfter → Piet Retief ⓘ
subject linked to: Retief
Retief’s Manifesto → author → Piet Retief ⓘ
Retief’s Manifesto → creator → Piet Retief ⓘ
Retief’s Manifesto → relatedTo → Piet Retief ⓘ
Magdalena Johanna Greyling → spouse → Piet Retief ⓘ
uMgungundlovu → associatedWithPerson → Piet Retief ⓘ
Natalia Republic → establishedBy → Piet Retief ⓘ
subject linked to: Natalia
Trekkers → hasNotableLeader → Piet Retief ⓘ