Éléonore Duplay
Éléonore Duplay , called Cornélie (* 1768 in Paris , † July 26, 1832 in Paris) is a historical person in connection with the French Revolution . Allegedly she was the fiancée of the politician Maximilien de Robespierre .
Life
Éléonore was the eldest daughter of five children of the master carpenter Maurice Duplay (1736-1820) and his wife Françoise-Éléonore Vaugeois. In the family she was called Cornélie after Cornelia, mother of the Gracches . During the French Revolution , Éléonore studied painting under Jean-Baptiste Regnault at the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres .
According to her younger sister Élisabeth Le Bas , married to Philippe-François-Joseph Le Bas , Éléonore Maximilien de Robespierre was promised. Éléonore shared Robespierre's political views. On Thermidor 9 (July 27, 1794), Robespierre was arrested by the National Convention . Among those arrested were Éléonore, Élisabeth and their six-week-old son. Robespierre was executed the following day. The women were released on December 8, 1794 as no crime could be proven. Following the execution of Robespierre, Éléonore mourned for the rest of her life and was known as la Veuve Robespierre (the Robespierre widow).
Éléonore Duplay died in Paris on July 26, 1832 and was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris .
Others
The character of Éléonore Duplay appears in the films Danton by Andrzej Wajda and The French Revolution by Robert Enrico , among others . She also plays a role in the play Robespierre by Romain Rolland .
literature
- Max Gallo : Robespierre . Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-608-94465-5 .
- Eduard Maria Oettinger (arr.): Jules Michelet : The women of the French Revolution. Leipzig 1854, pp 249-259 online .
Web links
- The graves of Éléonore and her sister in the Père Lachaise cemetery
- Éléonore Duplay Brief description and further links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duplay, Éléonore |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Duplay, Éléonore Cornélie (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter, as well as the mistress or fiancée of the politician Maximilien de Robespierre |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1768 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1832 |
| Place of death | Paris |