William Tell

GPTKB entity

Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical figure
gptkbp:activePeriod 14th century
gptkbp:associatedWith Swiss independence
gptkbp:child gptkb:Walter_Tell
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Altdorf,_Switzerland
Swiss currency
Swiss stamps
gptkbp:culturalSignificance Swiss national identity
gptkbp:depictedIn Guillaume Tell (opera) by Gioachino Rossini
William Tell (play) by Friedrich Schiller
gptkbp:firstMentioned gptkb:White_Book_of_Sarnen_(1470s)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Tell
gptkbp:influencedBy Swiss oral tradition
gptkbp:inspiredBy Tellskapelle (Tell's Chapel)
gptkbp:mythOrReality historicity debated
gptkbp:nationality Swiss
gptkbp:notableEvent killed Gessler, the tyrant
refused to bow to Gessler's hat
gptkbp:notableFor legend of shooting an apple off his son's head
gptkbp:occupation rebel
marksman
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Hedwig
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:literature
films
statues
numerous artworks
operas
gptkbp:symbol Swiss patriotism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gioachino_Rossini
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5