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regicide

intentional killing of a monarch
Event violation_of_law Q1475448
regicide
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regicide

Summary

regicide is a violation of law[1]. regicide draws 2,136 Wikipedia views per month (violation_of_law category, ranking #3 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • regicide's instance of is recorded as violation of law[3].
  • regicide is a type of magnicide[4].
  • regicide's Commons category is recorded as Regicides[5].
  • regicide's target is recorded as monarch[6].
  • regicide's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Regicide[7].
  • regicide's facet of is recorded as monarch[8].
  • regicide's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • regicide's different from is recorded as Regicide[10].

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Context

regicide's instance of is recorded as violation of law[3].

Why It Matters

regicide draws 2,136 Wikipedia views per month (violation_of_law category, ranking #3 of 12).[2] regicide has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] regicide is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Alexander II of Russia Carlos I of Portugal François Ravaillac Gaetano Bresci Jehu Rhadamistus Ricimer Zimri

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → violation of law
    Target → monarch
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007529441505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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