Louis Legendre
Louis Legendre (also Louis Philippe Legendre), (born May 22, 1752 in Versailles , † December 13, 1797 in Paris ) was a politician during the French Revolution .
Life
As a young man, Legendre went to sea for ten years, after which he worked as a master butcher in Paris and made a small fortune in this activity. He took part in the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 , then was one of the founders of the Society of Cordeliers and became a member of the Jacobin Club . After the failed escape of Louis XVI. from 20./21. June 1791, Danton's political friend demanded the proclamation of the republic.
Louis Legendre lived in secret for a few months after the massacre on the Marsfeld (July 17, 1791). During the riot of the Parisian sans-culottes on June 20, 1792, he succeeded in forcibly entering the Tuileries and Louis XVI. as well as to compel his sister Elisabeth to wear the Phrygian cap . The uneducated but popular man called for an uprising against the monarchy in July 1792 and was elected to the National Convention the following September after the assault on the Tuileries (August 10, 1792) . There the supporters of the Montagne voted for the king's death in January 1793.
In February 1793 Legendre hurried to Lyon as a representative in Mission . In March 1793 he had the Girondist mayor Nivière-Chol (1744-1817) arrested and appointed the left Jacobin Bertrand, a follower of Chaliers , as the new head of the city. In the early autumn of 1793, Legendre secured the food supply for the city of Rouen and the Seine-Inférieure department .
The politician who had meanwhile supported the “ indulgent ” demanded on March 31, 1794 that the imprisoned Danton and Desmoulins be heard at the national convention . However, he was unable to enforce his position against Robespierre and therefore rejected his motion. Instead, he joined the enemies of the "incorruptible" , prepared with them the overthrow of Robespierre and then played a decisive role in the execution of the overthrow of 9th Thermidor II (July 27, 1794).
Legendre was appointed a member of the Security Committee during the reign of the Thermidorians and was appointed President of the National Convention for the period November 6-20, 1794. He closed the Jacobin Club on November 12, 1794, after which he symbolically removed the key to his conference venue on the 9th Thermidor II. He fought vigorously the sans-culottic prairial uprising from 20 to 23 May 1795 and opposed the royalist Vendémiair uprising of 5 October 1795. After the ratification of the constitution of the Directory on October 26, 1795, Louis Legendre was elected to the "Council of the Elders" . Soon afterwards he fell seriously ill and died on December 13, 1797 in Paris.
literature
- Bernd Jeschonnek: Revolution in France 1789 to 1799 - A lexicon . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-05-000801-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto Flake The French Revolution , Manesse edition, p. 342
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Legendre, Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Legendre, Louis Philippe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Politician during the French Revolution |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1752 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Versailles |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1797 |
| Place of death | Paris |