Pierre Louis Prieur

Pierre Louis Prieur

Pierre Louis Prieur (born August 1, 1756 in Sommesous (today Marne department in the Grand Est region ), † May 31, 1827 in Brussels ) was a politician during the French Revolution . To avoid confusion with the politician Claude-Antoine Prieur de la Côte-d'Or, he was called Prieur de la Marne.

Life

Pierre Louis Prieur studied law and practiced as a lawyer in Châlons-sur-Marne . The third estate of Châlons-sur-Marne elected him in the spring of 1789 as a member of the Estates General (États généraux) . He participated in the constitutional reform of the judiciary and called for energetic measures against emigrated enemies of the revolution. His sharp attacks on the Ancien Régime earned him the nickname "Crieur de la Marne". In 1791 he became Vice-President of the Paris Criminal Court .

Prieur was elected to the National Convention in September 1792 by his home department . There he joined the MPs of the Mountain Party . The National Convention sent him as a commissioner to the Northern Army in Normandy , where he ordered retaliatory measures against the federalists. In January 1793 Prieur returned to Paris to fight for the death of Louis XVI. to vote. In February 1793 he initiated the decree to raise 300,000 men, which triggered the uprising in the Vendée . Pierre Louis Prieur joined the Defense Committee on March 26, 1793 and the Welfare Committee on July 10, 1793 . He supported Robespierre and was responsible for the Navy with Jeanbon St. André . As a representative in Mission he established in the departments of Nord , Ardennes , Moselle , Rhine and in Brittany , the reign of terror of the Jacobins that only ended with the fall of Robespierre on 27 July 1794th

After the overthrow of 9th Thermidor II (July 27, 1794), Prieur de la Marne opposed the new rulers. He took part in the Prairial Uprising from May 20 to 23, 1795 . He only escaped the imminent arrest by hiding in an unknown location. Due to the amnesty issued by the Directory in October 1795 , he was able to return to Paris, where he again worked as a lawyer. It was not until the summer of 1799 that Prieur reappeared as one of the most active members of the patriotically-minded mane club . The mane club regarded itself as the successor to the Jacobin club and met for a short time in a former riding arena . However, he could not build on the political role of the Jacobin Club.

After the coup d'état of 18th Brumaire VIII (9/10 November 1799) Prieur ended his political career. During the time of the consulate and the First Empire , he did not participate in public affairs.

Pierre Louis Prieur was expelled from France by the Bourbons in 1816 as a regicide. He emigrated to Brussels and died there on May 31, 1827.

literature

• Bernd Jeschonnek: Revolution in France 1789–1799. A lexicon. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-05-000801-6 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Lazare Carnot	President of the French National Convention May 20, 1794 - June 4, 1794	Maximilien de Robespierre