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Charlotte Corday

figure of the French Revolution (1768-1793)
Person human Q216063
Charlotte Corday
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Summary

Charlotte Corday was born on July 27, 1768[1], in Ligneries[2]. She died on July 17, 1793[3], in place de la Concorde[4]. She worked as an aristocrat[5]. She ranks in the top 0.62% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,899 views/month, #6,197 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Place of burial: Madeleine Cemetery[7]
  • Country of citizenship: France[8]
  • Religion or worldview: Catholicism[9]
  • Sex or gender: female[10]
  • Commons category: Charlotte Corday[11]
  • Archives at: Departmental archives of Orne[12]
  • Cause of death: decapitation by guillotine[13]
  • Family name: Corday[14]
  • Given name: Charlotte[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Charlotte Corday[16]
  • Commons gallery: Charlotte Corday[17]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[18], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Memoirs of Celebrated Women of All Countries[22]
  • Convicted of: murder[23]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: French[24]
  • Birth name: Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont[25]
  • Name in native language: Charlotte Corday[26]
  • Place of detention: Prison de l'Abbaye[27], Palais de la Cité[28]

Why It Matters

Charlotte Corday has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] She is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

FAQs

Where was Charlotte Corday born?

Charlotte Corday was born in Ligneries[2].

Where did Charlotte Corday die?

Charlotte Corday died in place de la Concorde[4].

What did Charlotte Corday do for work?

Charlotte Corday worked as an aristocrat[5].

Related Entities

France Jean-Paul Marat

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cause of death → decapitation by guillotine
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  2. 4w ago · RaboKarbakian · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
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  3. 7w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Babelnet id → 00017888n
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  4. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Franc Roddam
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  6. 14w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  7. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  8. 15w ago · Bargioni · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poincaré papers person id → 15063
    Korrespondenzen der frühromantik person id → 27351
    World history encyclopedia id → Charlotte_Corday
    Vatican library vcba id → 495/330742
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  9. 15w ago · PKalnai · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    De agostini id → Corday+d'Armont,+Marie-Anne-Charlotte+de-
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  10. 18w ago · Fwalkn · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Charlotte Corday.PNG, Charlotte Corday by Melina Thomas.jpg
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  11. 21w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cerl thesaurus id → cnp01326892
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  12. 22w ago · Sj1mor · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    Languages spoken, written or signed → French
    Instance of → —
    Place of burial → Madeleine Cemetery
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Plaque image: Caen hôtel Malherbe bas-relief Corday.JPG"
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