Lucile Desmoulins

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Lucile Desmoulins, née Laridon-Duplessis, portrait by Louis-Léopold Boilly , around 1790

Anne-Lucile-Philippe Desmoulins , née Laridon-Duplessis, (* 1770 in Paris , † April 13, 1794 in Paris on the guillotine ) was the wife of the French revolutionary Camille Desmoulins .

Life

Anne-Lucile-Philippe Laridon-Duplessis was the daughter of Claude-Etienne Laridon-Duplessis and Anne-Françoise-Marie Boisdeveix. Her wealthy, middle-class parents were patriots and revolutionaries and welcomed Robespierre , Brissot , Danton and Desmoulins to their home . Robespierre proposed to Lucile, but she preferred Desmoulins.

Although her father had rejected this initially vehemently, she sat by and married Camille Desmoulins on 29 December 1790. At the wedding in the church of St-Sulpice were Robespierre, Brissot and Petion de Villeneuve among the witnesses . The marriage had a son, Horace Camille Desmoulins (born June 6, 1792, † June 1825 in Haiti ). Robespierre was his godfather .

Before the execution of her beloved husband on April 5, 1794, Lucile Desmoulins wrote a plea for clemency to Robespierre, pointing out their friendship. During the execution, she turned to the people and called for an uprising against the regime. As the leader of a plot to free her husband, she was charged with conspiracy, sentenced to death, and guillotine on April 13, 1794 . She is said to have been happy about her judgment: "Send me to my husband."

Appreciation

Georg Büchner made her the heroine of his drama Danton's death .

Lucile Desmoulin also plays a crucial role in Hilary Mantel's novel Brothers .

In 1978 the TV film La passion de Camille et Lucile Desmoulins was made with Claude Jade and Bernard Alane in the leading roles.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Desmoulins, Lucile
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duplessis, Lucile (shortened maiden name); Laridon-Duplessis, Anne-Lucile-Philippe (full name at birth)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wife of a French revolutionary
DATE OF BIRTH 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1794
Place of death Paris