Jean Étienne Benoît Duprat

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Jean Étienne Benoît Duprat (born March 21, 1752 in Avignon , † July 6, 1809 in Wagram ) was a French général de brigade and revolutionary .

career

In 1791 he was at the side of his younger brother and Girondist Jean Duprat (executed on October 30, 1793) and the notorious Jourdan "Coupe-tête" at the atrocities of the Massacre de la Glacière (October 16 and 17, 1791) in Avignon involved.

More moderate than his brother, he rose to colonel in the National Guard and in 1795 was Adjudant-General of the Armée d'Italie .

On December 19, 1791 he gave a public address to the "Patriotic Circle of Marseille" ( Cercle patriotique de Marseille ) about the revolution and the current situation of Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin .

On July 6, 1809 he fell as a general in the battle of Wagram .

Others

Jean Étienne Benoît Duprat, like his brother Jean, comes from a large Avignon family that got rich mainly through the silk trade and as the owner of the Avignon Sparkasse.

During the French Revolution , part of the Papal Palace in Avignon was converted into a barracks and assigned to the pioneers. Between 1881 and 1900 it was named "Caserne Duprat".

His name is engraved in the triumphal arch of Paris on the eastern pillar in column 19, line 2.

See also

literature

  • René Moulinas: Histoire de la Révolution d'Avignon. Ed. Aubanel, Avignon 1986.
  • René Moulinas: Les Massacres de la Glacière - Enquête sur un crime impuni, Avignon: 16-17 October 1791. Édisud.
  • Marc Maynègre: Le massacre de la Glacière. In: De la Porte Limbert au Portail Peint, histoire et anecdotes d'un vieux quartier d'Avignon. Sorgues 1991, pp. 178-197, ISBN 2-9505549-0-3
  • Jules Michelet: Histoire de la Révolution française, T. IV, L. VI, Ch. II & III. Ed. Gallimard Folio, Paris 2007, ISBN 2-07-034390-1 .

supporting documents

  1. ^ Jean Étienne Benoît Duprat: Discours sur la Révolution et la position actuelle d'Avignon et du Comtat. Prononcé au Cercle Patriotique de Marseille, dans la Séance publique & extraordinaire, convoquée à cet effet, le 19 Décembre 1791, l'An Troisiéme de la Liberté. Par JEB Duprat, Colonel de la Garde-Nationale, & Président de la Société emprisonnée ou dispersée des Amis de la Constitution d'Avignon. Imprimé par ordre du Cercle. (No longer available online.) Bmvr.marseille.fr, 1791, formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 25, 2015 (French).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.bmvr.marseille.fr  
  2. ^ Thierry Pouliquen: Les généraux. In: Les hommes de Napoléon. Archived from the original on August 2, 2009 ; Retrieved September 25, 2015 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Duprat, Jean Étienne Benoît
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French general and revolutionary
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1752
PLACE OF BIRTH Avignon
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1809
Place of death Wagram