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

Date: 1804

## The fact

In March 1804 the duc d'Enghien was seized and shot on [Napoleon](/people/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. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Contribution type is direct. Driver justice-[judicial-independence](/drivers/justice-judicial-independence-erosion)-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.

## Evidence and sources

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

Official or archival record: Britannica — duc d'Enghien (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

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.

## What is established and what is not

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.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Same calendar day as the Code's promulgation: two instruments, two Facts. 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. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## People

- Napoleon: https://factrail.ai/people/napoleon

## Drivers

- Judicial independence erosion (court capture): https://factrail.ai/drivers/justice-judicial-independence-erosion

## Sources

- https://www.napoleon.org/en/
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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