Antoine Simon
Antoine Simon , called shoemaker (Cordonnier) Simon, (born October 21, 1736 in Troyes , † July 28, 1794 in Paris ) was a French revolutionary who was given the task of taking over the French crown prince Louis Charles de Bourbon in July 1793 to watch his imprisonment in Temple Prison , who probably died of tuberculosis there in June 1795.
Simon was a shoemaker in Paris (on rue de Cordeliers), a member of the revolutionary Club de Cordeliers and on the revolutionary Paris council (Commune). According to an idea by Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, he was supposed to ensure that he was educated in the spirit of the Revolution, which he and his wife Marie-Jeanne (1745-1819) took over until January 19, 1794. At that time, his wife fell ill and he returned to city duties.
Royalist authors later claimed that he had assaulted the Crown Prince and tried to teach him vulgar language and manners, but there is no evidence to support this. Apparently he supported Jacques-René Hébert in collecting allegations of incest against his mother Marie Antoinette by questioning the boy .
Simon, like other followers of Maximilien Robespierre, was guillotined after the 9th Thermidor on July 28, 1794 .
literature
- Georges Bordonove: Louis XVII et l'énigme du Temple, Pygmalion, 1995
- Gérald Pietrek: Simon présidan: geôlier de Louis XVII, Éditions Coprur, 1997
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simon, Antoine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French revolutionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1736 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Troyes |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1794 |
| Place of death | Paris |