Jean-Denis Lanjuinais
Jean-Denis Lanjuinais (born March 12, 1753 in Rennes ( Département Ille-et-Vilaine ), † January 13, 1827 in Paris ) was a French politician during the French Revolution , the consulate and the First Empire, as well as during the Restoration of the Bourbons .
biography
Jean-Denis Lanjuinais studied law in Rennes and later taught canon law and served the provincial estates of Brittany as a legal advisor of good repute.
The third estate of his hometown elected Lanjuinais in the spring of 1789 as a member of the Estates General (États généraux). Together with Le Chapelier , he initiated the founding of the Breton Club , from which the Jacobin Club later emerged. Lanjuinais worked on the church committee in the Constituent Assembly , influenced the reform of the judiciary and advocated the improvement of the living conditions of the non-white population in the colonies.
On November 7, 1789, he requested that the ministers not be members of parliament at the same time. Since the regulation found a majority, he was able to prevent an increase in power by Mirabeau , who strove to take over a ministerial post.
In September 1792, Lanjuinais was elected to the National Convention by his home department . He took sides with the Girondins and voted in January 1793 to postpone the execution of Louis XVI. After the fall of the Girondins (May 31 to June 2, 1793) Lanjuinais was placed under house arrest. However, he was able to flee to Brittany, where he hid until the overthrow of 9th Thermidor II (July 27, 1794).
After the 9th Thermidor, Lanjuinais was able to take his seat of parliament again. In April 1795 he was appointed to the Eleven Commission, which drafted the constitution for year III (directorate constitution of 1795). On the basis of his application of May 30, 1795, all churches that had not yet been sold as national goods were released for worship again. From June 4 to 19, 1795 Lanjuinais served as President of the National Convention. In late October 1795 he was elected to the Council of Five Hundred. He was one of the moderate republicans and was from 1797 the central school of Rennes.
After the coup d'état of 18th Brumaire VIII (November 9th 1799) Lanjuinais was appointed a member of the Senate. Napoleon I made him count in 1808. In the spring of 1814 Lanjuinais voted for the deposition of the emperor and took part in the constitutional charter . From June 4 to July 13, 1815, he was President of the Chamber of Representatives and joined Louis XVIII. who then appointed him peer of France . Jean-Denis Lanjuinais stood for a monarchy under the constitution of September 3, 1791 during the Restoration of the Bourbons . He died in Paris on January 13, 1827.
Victor Ambroise Lanjuinais , the younger son of Jean-Denis Lanjuinais, also had a political career and was Minister of Agriculture and Trade in 1849.
literature
- Bernd Jeschonnek: Revolution in France 1789–1799. A lexicon. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-05-000801-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto Flake , The French Revolution , 1932
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lanjuinais, Jean-Denis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician during the French Revolution |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1753 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rennes |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1827 |
| Place of death | Paris |