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Born December 4, 1750 • France
Died May 20, 1831 (aged 80) • Paris • France
Title / Office Estates-General (1789-1789)
Political Affiliation Jacobin Club
Role In Civil Constitution of the Clergy • French Revolution
Talleyrand
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent
French statesman and diplomat
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre
French revolutionary
Jacques-Louis David: Napoleon Crossing the Alps
Jacques-Louis David
French painter
André Jeanbon Saint-André
French clergyman
Georges Danton
Georges Danton
French revolutionary leader
Fouché, engraving, 19th century
Joseph Fouché, duc d’Otrante
French statesman
Paul-François-Jean-Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, undated lithograph.
Paul-François-Jean-Nicolas, vicomte de Barras
French revolutionary
Desmoulins, Camille
Camille Desmoulins
French journalist
Barnave, Antoine
Antoine Barnave
French politician
Bertrand Barère
French revolutionary
Billaud-Varenne, engraving by F. Bonneville, late 18th century
Jean-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne
French lawyer
Collot d'Herbois, engraving by C. Minatelli, 18th century
Jean-Marie Collot d’Herbois
French radical
Orléans, Louis-Philippe-Joseph, duc d'
Louis-Philippe-Joseph, duc d’Orléans
French prince
Georges Couthon
French Jacobin leader
Alexandre, count de Lameth
French noble
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles
French noble
Jean-Baptiste Louvet
French author
Jean-Baptiste Cloots, portrait miniature by Edme Quenedey.
Jean-Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce, baron de Cloots
French revolutionary
Prieur, Pierre-Louis
Pierre-Louis Prieur
French politician