Marguerite Élie Guadet
Marguerite Élie Guadet (born July 20, 1758 in Saint-Émilion , Gironde department , † June 19, 1794 in Bordeaux ) was a French revolutionary leader.
Life
Guadet lived as a lawyer in Bordeaux when the revolution broke out and was elected to the legislative assembly in 1791. Here he joined the Girondins and soon caused a stir with his fiery speaker talent. He was involved in all the attacks made on the royalist forces during May and June 1792. In the elections to the convention in August, Guadet was re-elected and began the fight against Robespierre with his party friends . In the trial against the king he voted for his death, but was in favor of a postponement of the execution . He had previously been appointed to the General Defense Committee on January 4th .
After Guadet had rejected Danton's offer of an alliance in March 1793 , he had to defend himself with his party against the revolutionary forces. On April 15, 25 sections of the citizenry demanded the expulsion of Guadet and 21 other deputies .
After the fall of the Girondins, Guadet fled to the Calvados department and from there to Saint-Emilion , where he was captured on June 15. On June 19, he was beheaded under the guillotine in Bordeaux .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Michel Biard: La liberté ou la mort: mourir en député, 1792-1795 . Tallandier, Paris 2015, ISBN 979-1-02100731-4 , pp. 319 (older sources record June 17, 1794 as the date of death).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guadet, Marguerite Élie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French revolutionary leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1758 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Emilion , Gironde department |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 1794 |
| Place of death | Bordeaux |