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<p> Born at Chartres; figured in the French [[Revolution]] as a zealous republican, member of the Tiers État, one of the commission to reconduct the royal family from Varennes; was mayor of [[Paris]] in the year of the September massacres, 1792; was first [[President]] of the Convention, and, though his influence was declining, member of the first Committee of Defence, 1793; his attack on Robespierre proving unsuccessful he committed suicide; his body was afterwards found on the [[Landes]] of [[Bordeaux]] half devoured by wolves; was surnamed the "Virtuous," as Robespierre the "Incorruptible"; was of the Girondist party; had "unalterable beliefs, not hindmost of them," says Carlyle, "belief in himself" (1783-1793). </p> | <p> Born at Chartres; figured in the French [[Revolution]] as a zealous republican, member of the Tiers État, one of the commission to reconduct the royal family from Varennes; was mayor of [[Paris]] in the year of the September massacres, 1792; was first [[President]] of the Convention, and, though his influence was declining, member of the first Committee of Defence, 1793; his attack on Robespierre proving unsuccessful he committed suicide; his body was afterwards found on the [[Landes]] of [[Bordeaux]] half devoured by wolves; was surnamed the "Virtuous," as Robespierre the "Incorruptible"; was of the Girondist party; had "unalterable beliefs, not hindmost of them," says Carlyle, "belief in himself" (1783-1793). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_78063"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/pétion+de+villeneuve,+jérôme Jérôme Pétion De Villeneuve from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_78063"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/pétion+de+villeneuve,+jérôme Jérôme Pétion De Villeneuve from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:51, 15 October 2021
Jérôme Pétion De Villeneuve [1]
Born at Chartres; figured in the French Revolution as a zealous republican, member of the Tiers État, one of the commission to reconduct the royal family from Varennes; was mayor of Paris in the year of the September massacres, 1792; was first President of the Convention, and, though his influence was declining, member of the first Committee of Defence, 1793; his attack on Robespierre proving unsuccessful he committed suicide; his body was afterwards found on the Landes of Bordeaux half devoured by wolves; was surnamed the "Virtuous," as Robespierre the "Incorruptible"; was of the Girondist party; had "unalterable beliefs, not hindmost of them," says Carlyle, "belief in himself" (1783-1793).
