Thermidorian deputies

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faction of the French National Convention political group

Thermidorian deputies were members of the French National Convention who led the overthrow of Robespierre and the radical Jacobins during the Thermidorian Reaction, marking a shift away from the Reign of Terror.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Thermidorians	3
Thermidorian moderates	2
Dantonists	1
Thermidorian	1
Thermidorian deputies canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5012074 — 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: Thermidorian deputies
Context triple: [Maximilien Robespierre, arrestedBy, Thermidorian deputies]

A. Sansculottides
Sansculottides were the extra festival days at the end of the French Republican Calendar year, dedicated to civic virtues and celebrations outside the regular months.
B. Thermidor
Thermidor is the eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar, corresponding roughly to late July and early August and historically associated with the fall of Robespierre during the French Revolution.
C. Antoine Barnave
Antoine Barnave was a prominent French revolutionary, lawyer, and orator who played a leading role in the early stages of the French Revolution and briefly advised King Louis XVI.
D. Girondins
The Girondins were a prominent moderate republican political group during the French Revolution, known for advocating war against foreign monarchies and opposing the radical Jacobins.
E. Suffetes
Suffetes were the chief magistrates of ancient Carthage, functioning as its highest elected political and judicial officials.
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: Thermidorian deputies
Target entity description: Thermidorian deputies were members of the French National Convention who led the overthrow of Robespierre and the radical Jacobins during the Thermidorian Reaction, marking a shift away from the Reign of Terror.

A. Sansculottides
Sansculottides were the extra festival days at the end of the French Republican Calendar year, dedicated to civic virtues and celebrations outside the regular months.
B. Thermidor
Thermidor is the eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar, corresponding roughly to late July and early August and historically associated with the fall of Robespierre during the French Revolution.
C. Antoine Barnave
Antoine Barnave was a prominent French revolutionary, lawyer, and orator who played a leading role in the early stages of the French Revolution and briefly advised King Louis XVI.
D. Girondins
The Girondins were a prominent moderate republican political group during the French Revolution, known for advocating war against foreign monarchies and opposing the radical Jacobins.
E. Suffetes
Suffetes were the chief magistrates of ancient Carthage, functioning as its highest elected political and judicial officials.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	faction of the French National Convention ⓘ political group ⓘ
activeIn	French Revolution ⓘ
aftermath	White Terror against former Jacobins ⓘ linked to: White Terror of 1794–1795 closure of the Jacobin Club ⓘ end of price controls ⓘ reduction of the powers of the Committee of Public Safety ⓘ release of many political prisoners ⓘ weakening of the Paris Commune ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
dateOfActivity	1794 ⓘ 1795 ⓘ
governmentalBody	French National Convention ⓘ
historicalRegion	First French Republic ⓘ linked to: French First Republic
historicalSignificance	marked shift away from revolutionary radicalism ⓘ transition from Terror to Directory ⓘ
ideology	moderate republicanism ⓘ
implemented	economic liberalization measures ⓘ more conservative social policies ⓘ
keyEventDate	27 July 1794 ⓘ 9 Thermidor Year II ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
ledTo	Constitution of Year III ⓘ linked to: French Constitution of 1795 Thermidorian regime ⓘ linked to: Thermidorian Reaction establishment of the Directory ⓘ
notableMember	Boissy d'Anglas ⓘ Cambacérès ⓘ Jean-François Reubell ⓘ Jean-Lambert Tallien ⓘ Joseph Fouché ⓘ Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux ⓘ Merlin de Douai ⓘ Paul Barras ⓘ linked to: Paul Barras (initially)
opposedTo	Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ Reign of Terror ⓘ radical Jacobins ⓘ
overthrew	Committee of Public Safety dominance ⓘ Robespierre's government ⓘ linked to: Committee of Public Safety
partOf	National Convention ⓘ
politicalGoal	dismantling of Jacobin dictatorship ⓘ end of the Terror ⓘ restoration of legal guarantees ⓘ
politicalOrientation	anti-Jacobin ⓘ anti-Montagnard ⓘ
repressed	radical sans-culotte movement ⓘ
restored	greater role for property owners in politics ⓘ
significantEvent	Thermidorian Reaction ⓘ
timePeriod	Thermidorian Reaction ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Maximilien Robespierre → arrestedBy → Thermidorian deputies ⓘ

subject linked to: The Incorruptible

editing the newspaper Le Vieux Cordelier → associatedWithFaction → Dantonists ⓘ