Jean-Antoine Lafargue de Grangeneuve

Jean-Antoine Lafargue de Grangeneuve (born December 4, 1751 in Bordeaux , † December 21, 1793 ibid) was a French lawyer and politician of the French Revolution.

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The son of a parliamentary attorney was himself a well-known lawyer before 1789. After the outbreak of the revolution, the eloquent Grangeneuve enthusiastically joined her and founded the Société populaire of Bordeaux. On September 3, 1791, he was elected to the National Legislative Assembly, with 193 votes out of 390. He joined Brissot .

The MP from the Gironde department initially took radical positions, such as the abolition of the titles Sire and Majesty. He took a sharp stand against the emigrants and (with Brissot) for the war against the conservative European powers. He was also the first deputy to wear the Phrygian cap at an official meeting . After the king was overthrown, however, Grangeneuve became increasingly more moderate. He was one of the first to condemn the September massacre .

Grangeneuve was re-elected as a member of parliament on September 6, 1792, now in the National Convention and for the constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône . He now clearly belonged to the Girondist faction , attacked the Parisian radicals and Marat . On April 13, 1793, he accused the Montagnards of wanting to establish a new tyranny.

This led to his downfall. He was one of the Girondins announced for arrest at the end of May and beginning of June 1793. Although he was still able to flee to Bordeaux, he was declared lawless in July, arrested in December 1793 on the basis of a denunciation and guillotined with his brother on December 21, 1793. His name is now on the Monument aux Girondins in Bordeaux. His hometown also has a street named after him.

literature

• Albert Soboul , Dictionnaire historique de la Révolution française , Paris, PUF, 2005