Charlotte Robespierre
Marie Marguerite Charlotte Robespierre (born February 5, 1760 in Arras , † August 1, 1834 in Paris ) was the sister of the French revolutionaries Maximilien Robespierre and Augustin Robespierre .
The relationship with her older brother Maximilien, who during the reign of terror a great political influence exercised ( National Convention , Welfare Committee , Jacobin Club ) was very excited. After the fall of Maximilia on 9th Thermidor (July 27, 1794), she tried to hide under another name, but was caught and imprisoned for some time. She distanced herself from her brother's policies and said that if she had known of his true intentions, she would have betrayed him. As a result, she was released after 15 days.
In 1803 she received a regular allowance (a kind of pension) from the consulate , which was probably caused by the then Interior Minister Joseph Fouché , who had once promised her marriage (probably to be on good terms with her brother). She received this pension from the following governments until her death.
It is doubtful whether the memoirs published under her name in 1835 came from her herself.
literature
- Mémoires de Charlotte Robbespierre sur ses deux frères . Paris 1835.
- Hector Fleischmann: Charlotte Robespierre et ses mémoires . Édition critique précédée d'une introduction, accompagnée de notes et de documents nouveaux ou inédits tirés des Archives Nationales. Elibron Classics.
Web links
- Charlotte Robespierre . In: Ladies Conversations Lexicon . Volume 8. Leipzig 1837, pp. 426-427 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robespierre, Charlotte |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robespierre, Marie Marguerite Charlotte (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French woman, sister of the revolutionaries Maximilien and Augustin Robespierre |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1760 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arras |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1834 |
| Place of death | Paris |