Augustin Robespierre
Augustin Bon Joseph de Robespierre (born January 21, 1763 in Arras , † July 28, 1794 in Paris ) was a French politician during the French Revolution and younger brother of Maximilien de Robespierre .
Augustin Robespierre, like his famous older brother, in whose shadow he stood all his life, was a student at the Paris College Louis le Grand . In 1791 he became administrator of the Pas-de-Calais department . In September 1792 he was elected to the National Convention as a deputy from the city of Paris . Here he belonged like his brother to the Mountain Party and the Jacobin Club . As a bon vivant and admirer of the military, however, he did not care much for politics, unlike his cool, incorruptible brother.
As Député-en-Mission of the French Army of Italy ( Armée d'Italie ) Augustin was present at the reconquest of Toulon in 1793 . Augustin Robespierre's reports regarding the military merits of the young Napoléon Bonaparte and his pro-Jacobean pamphlet called Le souper de Beaucaire owed him the rank of General Guard, but also the two-week imprisonment (between 6 and 20 August 1794) as a Robespierreian in the summer 1794.
When Maximilien de Robespierre was arrested on July 27, 1794 ( 9th Thermidor ) by the Thermidorians in the Hôtel de Ville , Augustine asked the convention to do the same with him, although he should not be charged.
He was guillotined on July 28, 1794 with his older brother and his closest followers on the Place de la Revolution .
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| SURNAME | Robespierre, Augustine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robespierre, Augustin Bon Joseph de (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician during the French Revolution , younger brother of Maximilien de Robespierre |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1763 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arras |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1794 |
| Place of death | Paris |