pacification of Brittany
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The pacification of Brittany was a late 18th-century French military and political campaign that suppressed royalist and counter-revolutionary uprisings in the Brittany region during the French Revolution.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| pacification of Brittany canonical | 1 |
| suppression of the Chouans in Brittany | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: pacification of Brittany Context triple: [Lazare Hoche, notableWork, pacification of Brittany]
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A.
Liberation of Brittany
The Liberation of Brittany was a World War II campaign in August 1944 during which Allied forces, notably Patton’s Third Army, drove German troops from the Brittany peninsula and secured its vital ports.
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B.
French annexation of the Duchy of Burgundy
The French annexation of the Duchy of Burgundy was the 1477 incorporation of the powerful Burgundian heartlands into the French crown’s domain following the death of Charles the Bold and the ensuing War of the Burgundian Succession.
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C.
Pacification of Ghent
The Pacification of Ghent was a 1576 political accord uniting the Dutch provinces in a temporary alliance against Spanish rule during the early phase of the Eighty Years' War.
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D.
Paix des Dames
Paix des Dames is the French name for the 1529 Treaty of Cambrai, a peace agreement negotiated largely by two royal women that ended part of the conflict between Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
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E.
Peace of Alès
The Peace of Alès was a 1629 settlement in France that curtailed the political and military privileges of the Huguenots while maintaining limited religious freedoms, helping to consolidate royal authority under Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu.
- 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: pacification of Brittany Target entity description: The pacification of Brittany was a late 18th-century French military and political campaign that suppressed royalist and counter-revolutionary uprisings in the Brittany region during the French Revolution.
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A.
Liberation of Brittany
The Liberation of Brittany was a World War II campaign in August 1944 during which Allied forces, notably Patton’s Third Army, drove German troops from the Brittany peninsula and secured its vital ports.
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B.
French annexation of the Duchy of Burgundy
The French annexation of the Duchy of Burgundy was the 1477 incorporation of the powerful Burgundian heartlands into the French crown’s domain following the death of Charles the Bold and the ensuing War of the Burgundian Succession.
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C.
Pacification of Ghent
The Pacification of Ghent was a 1576 political accord uniting the Dutch provinces in a temporary alliance against Spanish rule during the early phase of the Eighty Years' War.
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D.
Paix des Dames
Paix des Dames is the French name for the 1529 Treaty of Cambrai, a peace agreement negotiated largely by two royal women that ended part of the conflict between Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
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E.
Peace of Alès
The Peace of Alès was a 1629 settlement in France that curtailed the political and military privileges of the Huguenots while maintaining limited religious freedoms, helping to consolidate royal authority under Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
counterinsurgency operation
ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ political campaign ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
rural Brittany
ⓘ
western France ⓘ |
| conflictType |
counter-revolutionary conflict
ⓘ
royalist insurgency suppression ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| hasCause |
French Revolution
ⓘ
conscription policies of the French Republic ⓘ counter-revolutionary unrest in western France ⓘ religious opposition to dechristianization ⓘ resistance to revolutionary reforms ⓘ royalist uprisings in Brittany ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | late 18th century ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
pacification of counter-revolutionary regions
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restoration of republican control in Brittany ⓘ suppression of royalist uprisings in Brittany ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Brittany
ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| hasMainOpposingForce |
Catholic counter-revolutionaries
ⓘ
First French Republic ⓘ
linked to:
French First Republic
royalist forces ⓘ |
| hasMainParticipants |
Chouans
ⓘ
linked to:
Les Chouans
French Republican army ⓘ
linked to:
French Revolutionary Army
French Revolutionary government ⓘ
linked to:
French First Republic
counter-revolutionaries ⓘ local peasantry ⓘ royalist insurgents ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
amnesties and concessions
ⓘ
deployment of Republican troops ⓘ local administrative reorganization ⓘ military repression ⓘ political negotiation ⓘ |
| hasNature |
civil war–type operations
ⓘ
internal conflict ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalAspect |
consolidation of revolutionary institutions
ⓘ
suppression of royalist political networks ⓘ |
| hasReligiousAspect | conflict between Catholic traditionalists and revolutionary secularism ⓘ |
| hasResult |
defeat of major royalist forces in Brittany
ⓘ
reassertion of central government authority in Brittany ⓘ reduction of large-scale armed uprisings in the region ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | late 18th century ⓘ |
| hasTemporalLocation | 1790s ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Chouannerie
ⓘ
linked to:
Vendée uprising
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ War in the Vendée ⓘ
linked to:
Vendée theatre of war
|
| partOf | French Revolution ⓘ |
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