Mathieu Jouve Jourdan
Mathieu Jouve Jourdan (* An October 1746 in Saint-Jeures , today Haute-Loire ; † 27. May 1794 in Paris ) was an active and leader of masses of people in the French Revolution . He was nicknamed "Jourdan the head cutter".
Life
Jourdan was a wine teller in Paris from 1787. After the storming of the Bastille it was he who cut off the head of the already killed commander Bernard-René Jordan de Launay , who was then carried through the streets. Even at later revolutionary events he placed himself at the head of some groups of people. While on the train to Versailles on October 6, 1789, he cut off the heads of two Garde du Corps . He was subsequently called "Jourdan Coupe-Tête" (Jourdan the head cutter).
Sent to Avignon by the National Convention to incorporate this into French territory, he committed atrocities against those who resisted incorporation. Jourdan was arrested on behalf of the Welfare Committee in 1794 and guillotine executed in Paris on May 27, 1794 .
literature
- Adrien Faure: Jourdan Coupe-tête: l'histoire de Mathieu Jouve, enfant de Saint-Jeures de Bonas, general des "braves brigands de Vaucluse" (5 octobre 1746 - 8 prairial an II) . Ed. du Roure, Polignac 2005, ISBN 2-906278-52-1 .
- Ernest Daudet: Jourdan Coupe-Tête . Flammarion, Paris 1888.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jourdan, Mathieu Jouve |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French revolutionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1746 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Jeures |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 1794 |
| Place of death | Paris |