Michel Louis Étienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély

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Michel Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély by François Gérard (1808).

Michel Louis Étienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély (born November 3, 1760 , other sources speak of November 9, 1760, December 3, 1760 and December 3, 1761 in Saint-Fargeau ; † March 11, 1819 in Paris ) was a French politician and lawyer as well as a councilor and minister of state in the French Empire . He was also an imperial count and from 1803 to 1816 a member of the Académie française .

Life

Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély was a lawyer and lieutenant at the naval base of Rochefort . With the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, he was appointed deputy of the general estate of the third estate in the Sénéchaussée of Saint-Jean-d'Angély .

His eloquence made him an important figure in the French National Assembly , charged with drafting the first French constitution . For example, he was instrumental in the transfer of Voltaire 's remains from the Sellières monastery to the Panthéon in Paris.

Conflicts with radicals

Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély spoke out against the death penalty for the deposed King Louis XVI in the journals Journal de Paris and L'Ami des Patriotes . was intended. This created conflict with the radicals who demanded the death of the former king.

After the Tuileries storm on August 10, 1792, he was arrested, but managed to escape and he was given the management of the military hospital in Paris during the Thermidor uprising , which led to the fall of Maximilien de Robespierre . On November 9, 1799, he took part in the coup d'état of Napoleon Bonaparte , which brought about the end of the French Revolution.

French Empire and Later Life

During the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte, Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély was Councilor of State, Head of Department of the Conseil d'État , member of the Académie Française and Attorney General of the French Supreme Court. He was raised to the nobility in 1808 and made Count Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély.

After Napoleon had been deposed, he was released but returned to Napoleon renewed government takeover back into the service. After the lost battle at Waterloo , he persuaded Napoleon to abdicate . He was then banished from France too. He later received permission to return to France. Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély, however, died on the day he arrived in France. His alleged memoir, Les Souvenirs du Comte Regnault de St Jean d'Angély, turned out to be a forgery.

family

Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély married on September 3, 1795 Françoise-Augustine-Éléonore, called "Laure", Guesnon de Bonneuil (1776-1857). They had no children together. His son: Auguste Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angely , who became Marshal of France , came from his marriage to Louise Augustine Chenié (1770–1794), whom he had married in 1793.

Fonts (selection)

  • With L. Jouanneau, C. Jouanneau, Solon Jouanneau, Jean-Baptiste Delaporte: Discussions du Code Civil dans le Conseil d'État. Demonville, Paris 1805-1808, OCLC 68750672 .
  • Speech by the State Minister, Count Regnaud von St. Angely, regarding the motivation for the Senate resolution, which puts 350,000 men at the disposal of the Minister of War: with comments and explanations. Without publisher, without location 1813, OCLC 311794018 .
  • Speech given by Count Regnaud de St. Jean d'Angeli at the session of the Legislative Assembly on December 21st, 1813: Reverberation of the speech which Napoleon gave on December 19th. Held in the legislative assembly in 1813; accompanied with notes. Legislative Assembly Printing House, Paris 1814, OCLC 166128085 . ( online )

literature

Web links

Commons : Michel Louis Étienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michel Regnaud de Saint-Jean-d'Angély (1760-1819) on data.bnf.fr. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Michel-Louis-Étienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély on academie-francaise.fr. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b Michel Louis Etienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély on geneanet.org. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ a b Le Comte et la Comtesse Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angely on meriel.fr. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g Hugh Chisholm: Michel-Louis-Étienne, Count Regnault de Saint Jean d'Angély. In: Encyclopædia Britannica. P. 46/47.
personal data
SURNAME Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély, Michel Louis Étienne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély, Michel-Louis-Etienne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1760 or November 9, 1760 or December 3, 1760 or December 3, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Fargeau
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1819
Place of death Paris