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The duc d'Enghien is seized and shot in 1804 as a dated extra-judicial killing

In March 1804 the duc d'Enghien was seized and shot on Napoleon's order. In the causal graph this event strengthens Judicial independence erosion (court capture), a driver that strengthens Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score — a worsening welfare path.

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In March 1804 the duc d'Enghien was seized and shot on Napoleon's order. It is extra-judicial. The Civil Code of the same week is a different instrument. Napoleon's documented role is: He ordered a seizure across the Rhine and a night trial. The duke was shot at Vincennes.

Context

Cadoudal's plot is the received pretext. Sharing the killing with Savary's police is required. The setting of The duc d'Enghien is seized and shot in 1804 as a dated extra-judicial killing is the public file around 1804-03-21. Contribution type is direct. Driver justice-judicial-independence-erosion is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of The duc d'Enghien is seized and shot in 1804 as a dated extra-judicial killing. Naming Napoleon does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1804-03-21 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Why it matters

Worsening path from The duc d'Enghien is seized and shot in 1804 as a dated extra-judicial killing on 1804-03-21. A cross-border kidnapping and shooting is a justice path of high weight. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Napoleon

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.56 · verified

    He ordered a seizure across the Rhine and a night trial. The duke was shot at Vincennes.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Fondation Napoléon — metric enforcement neighbourhoodFondation Napoléon · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Napoleon, metric system neighbourhoodEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — duc d'Enghien at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Fondation Napoléon — Enghien at https://www.napoleon.org/en/ (opens in a new tab) (Fondation Napoléon). Official carrier: Britannica — duc d'Enghien (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Fondation Napoléon — Enghien (https://www.napoleon.org/en/ (opens in a new tab); Fondation Napoléon).

Established: a sourced public record of The duc d'Enghien is seized and shot in 1804 as a dated extra-judicial killing under 1804-03-21 for Napoleon. Established: a sourced public record of The duc d'Enghien is seized and shot in 1804 as a dated extra-judicial killing under 1804-03-21.

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Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of The duc d'Enghien is seized and shot in 1804 as a dated extra-judicial killing are separate paths.

The contribution type is direct. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorNapoleon
  2. contributed toFactThe duc d'Enghien is seized and shot in 1804 as a dated extra-judicial killing
  3. strengthensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
  4. strengthensIndicatorRule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

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Factrail. (2026). The duc d'Enghien is seized and shot in 1804 as a dated extra-judicial killing. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-enghien-1804

https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-enghien-1804

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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