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
surface form: École militaire (Paris)
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 de Launay self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay (father)
fullName Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay
gender male
givenName Bernard-René de Launay self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 region
surface form: Île-de-France
placeOfWork Bastille
positionHeld governor of the Bastille
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Paris

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Storming of the Bastille commandedBy Bernard-René de Launay
Bernard-René de Launay givenName Bernard-René de Launay self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bernard-René
Bernard-René de Launay father Bernard-René de Launay self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay (father)