Battle of La Rothière
E559573
The Battle of La Rothière was a major 1814 engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which the allied forces of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and others checked Napoleon’s army in northeastern France during the campaign that led to his first abdication.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of La Rothière canonical | 3 |
| Battle of La Rothiere | 2 |
| Bataille de La Rothière | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5948477 — 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.
Target entity: Battle of La Rothière Context triple: [French campaign of 1814, hasBattle, Battle of La Rothière]
-
A.
Battle of Rocoux
The Battle of Rocoux was a 1746 engagement near Liège in which French forces under Marshal Saxe defeated an allied army of Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Austria during the War of the Austrian Succession.
-
B.
Battle of Dompaire
The Battle of Dompaire was a World War II engagement in September 1944 in northeastern France, where French armoured forces, supported by Allied air power, decisively defeated a German Panzer brigade.
-
C.
Battle of Coutras
The Battle of Coutras was a key 1587 victory of the Huguenot forces under Henry of Navarre over the royal Catholic army during the French Wars of Religion, significantly boosting his path to the French throne.
-
D.
Battle of Bruyères
The Battle of Bruyères was a World War II engagement in October 1944 in eastern France where the U.S. Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team, composed largely of Japanese American soldiers, fought to liberate the town from German forces.
-
E.
Battle of Noisseville
The Battle of Noisseville was a Franco-Prussian War engagement in late August 1870 near Metz, where German forces repelled French attempts to break out of the besieged city, tightening the encirclement that led to later decisive defeats.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of La Rothière Target entity description: The Battle of La Rothière was a major 1814 engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which the allied forces of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and others checked Napoleon’s army in northeastern France during the campaign that led to his first abdication.
-
A.
Battle of Rocoux
The Battle of Rocoux was a 1746 engagement near Liège in which French forces under Marshal Saxe defeated an allied army of Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Austria during the War of the Austrian Succession.
-
B.
Battle of Dompaire
The Battle of Dompaire was a World War II engagement in September 1944 in northeastern France, where French armoured forces, supported by Allied air power, decisively defeated a German Panzer brigade.
-
C.
Battle of Coutras
The Battle of Coutras was a key 1587 victory of the Huguenot forces under Henry of Navarre over the royal Catholic army during the French Wars of Religion, significantly boosting his path to the French throne.
-
D.
Battle of Bruyères
The Battle of Bruyères was a World War II engagement in October 1944 in eastern France where the U.S. Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team, composed largely of Japanese American soldiers, fought to liberate the town from German forces.
-
E.
Battle of Noisseville
The Battle of Noisseville was a Franco-Prussian War engagement in late August 1870 near Metz, where German forces repelled French attempts to break out of the besieged city, tightening the encirclement that led to later decisive defeats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Napoleonic Wars battle
ⓘ
battle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of La Rothiere
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of La Rothière
|
| belligerent |
Austria
ⓘ
Bavaria ⓘ French Empire ⓘ
linked to:
First French Empire
Grand Duchy of Baden ⓘ Kingdom of Württemberg ⓘ Prussia ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ other Allied German states ⓘ |
| campaign |
Campaign of France (1814)
ⓘ
linked to:
French campaign of 1814
|
| combatantSide |
Allied army of the Sixth Coalition
ⓘ
linked to:
Austria–Russia–Prussia coalition
Napoleon’s French army ⓘ
linked to:
Grande Armée
|
| commander |
Frederick William III of Prussia
ⓘ
linked to:
Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg ⓘ Napoleon I of France ⓘ
linked to:
Napoleon I
Tsar Alexander I of Russia ⓘ
linked to:
Alexander I of Russia
|
| conflict | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| date | 1 February 1814 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Champaubert
ⓘ
Battle of Château-Thierry (1814) ⓘ Battle of Montmirail ⓘ Battle of Vauchamps ⓘ |
| forceStrength | French army significantly outnumbered by Allied forces ⓘ |
| front |
French campaign of 1814 on the Western Front of the Napoleonic Wars
ⓘ
linked to:
French campaign of 1814
|
| historicalPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
Austrian Army of Bohemia
ⓘ
linked to:
Army of Bohemia
French Imperial Guard elements ⓘ
linked to:
French Imperial Guard
Prussian Silesian Army ⓘ
linked to:
Allied Army of Silesia
|
| locationRelativeTo | near Brienne-le-Château ⓘ |
| outcome | French forces compelled to retreat ⓘ |
| partOf | War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ |
| place |
La Rothière
ⓘ
linked to:
Rothière
|
| precededBy | Battle of Brienne ⓘ |
| region | northeastern France ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Congress of Vienna
ⓘ
Invasion of France (1814) ⓘ
linked to:
French campaign of 1814
|
| relatedTo | Napoleon’s first abdication ⓘ |
| result | Allied victory ⓘ |
| significance |
checked Napoleon’s attempt to halt the Allied advance on Paris
ⓘ
first major defeat of Napoleon in the 1814 French campaign ⓘ |
| strategicEffect | encouraged Allies to continue advance into France ⓘ |
| tactics | Napoleon attempted to defeat separated Allied columns ⓘ |
| theatre | European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| weather | fought in winter conditions ⓘ |
| year | 1814 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Battle of La Rothière Description of subject: The Battle of La Rothière was a major 1814 engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which the allied forces of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and others checked Napoleon’s army in northeastern France during the campaign that led to his first abdication.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.