siege of Granville (1793)
E521749
The siege of Granville (1793) was a failed attempt by Royalist insurgents during the French Revolutionary Wars to capture the fortified port town of Granville in Normandy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| siege of Granville (1793) canonical | 2 |
| Siège de Granville (1793) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5450300 — 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: siege of Granville (1793) Context triple: [Vendée uprising, hasPart, siege of Granville (1793)]
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A.
Battle of Savenay (1793)
The Battle of Savenay (1793) was a decisive engagement of the War in the Vendée during the French Revolutionary Wars, in which Republican forces crushed the remaining main Royalist army in western France.
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B.
Battle of Saumur (1793)
The Battle of Saumur (1793) was a significant engagement of the War in the Vendée during the French Revolutionary Wars, in which Royalist insurgents temporarily captured the town of Saumur from Republican forces.
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C.
Battle of Cholet (1793)
The Battle of Cholet (1793) was a major engagement of the War in the Vendée during the French Revolutionary Wars, in which Republican forces decisively defeated the Royalist-Vendéan army, leading to a crucial turning point in the conflict.
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D.
Battle of Le Mans (1793)
The Battle of Le Mans (1793) was a major engagement of the War in the Vendée during the French Revolution, in which Republican forces crushed the retreating Vendéan army in a decisive and bloody defeat.
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E.
Siege of Genoa (1800)
The Siege of Genoa (1800) was a major Napoleonic-era military blockade in which Austrian and British forces besieged the French-held city of Genoa, playing a crucial role in the Italian campaign of the War of the Second Coalition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: siege of Granville (1793) Target entity description: The siege of Granville (1793) was a failed attempt by Royalist insurgents during the French Revolutionary Wars to capture the fortified port town of Granville in Normandy.
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A.
Battle of Savenay (1793)
The Battle of Savenay (1793) was a decisive engagement of the War in the Vendée during the French Revolutionary Wars, in which Republican forces crushed the remaining main Royalist army in western France.
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B.
Battle of Saumur (1793)
The Battle of Saumur (1793) was a significant engagement of the War in the Vendée during the French Revolutionary Wars, in which Royalist insurgents temporarily captured the town of Saumur from Republican forces.
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C.
Battle of Cholet (1793)
The Battle of Cholet (1793) was a major engagement of the War in the Vendée during the French Revolutionary Wars, in which Republican forces decisively defeated the Royalist-Vendéan army, leading to a crucial turning point in the conflict.
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D.
Battle of Le Mans (1793)
The Battle of Le Mans (1793) was a major engagement of the War in the Vendée during the French Revolution, in which Republican forces crushed the retreating Vendéan army in a decisive and bloody defeat.
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E.
Siege of Genoa (1800)
The Siege of Genoa (1800) was a major Napoleonic-era military blockade in which Austrian and British forces besieged the French-held city of Genoa, playing a crucial role in the Italian campaign of the War of the Second Coalition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle of the French Revolutionary Wars
ⓘ
military siege ⓘ |
| attacker |
Catholic and Royal Army
ⓘ
Royalist insurgents ⓘ |
| conflict |
War in the Vendée
ⓘ
linked to:
Vendée uprising
|
| countryInvolved | France ⓘ |
| defender |
French First Republic
ⓘ
French Republican garrison ⓘ |
| followedBy | Royalist retreat toward the Vendée ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Siège de Granville (1793)
ⓘ
linked to:
siege of Granville (1793)
|
| hasApproximateStrength | Royalist forces larger than Republican garrison ⓘ |
| hasCause | Royalist attempt to seize a seaport for British support ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
failed assault on fortified port
ⓘ
urban siege ⓘ |
| hasCommander |
Alexis Chalbos
ⓘ
Charles François Duhoux ⓘ François de Charette ⓘ Henri de La Rochejaquelein ⓘ Jean-Nicolas Stofflet ⓘ Louis Marie de Lescure ⓘ |
| hasContext | counter-revolutionary uprising in the Vendée ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | 1793-11-15 ⓘ |
| hasFortifiedPlace | port of Granville ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | French Revolution ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfSources | French ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
France
ⓘ
Granville ⓘ Normandy ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryTactic | direct assault on town walls ⓘ |
| hasObjective | capture of the fortified port town of Granville ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | failed Royalist attempt to capture Granville ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
French Republican forces
ⓘ
linked to:
French Revolutionary Army
Vendean Royalists ⓘ |
| hasPointInTime | 1793 ⓘ |
| hasResult | Republican victory ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
demonstrated limits of Royalist offensive operations
ⓘ
failure to secure a seaport for external aid ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | 1793-11-14 ⓘ |
| hasTheater | western France ⓘ |
| partOf | French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ |
| precededBy | Royalist advance through Brittany and Normandy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: siege of Granville (1793) Description of subject: The siege of Granville (1793) was a failed attempt by Royalist insurgents during the French Revolutionary Wars to capture the fortified port town of Granville in Normandy.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: siege of Granville (1793)