Raymond de Sèze

Comte Raymond de Sèze (born September 26, 1748 in Bordeaux , † May 2, 1828 in Paris ) was a French lawyer .

Raymond de Sèze was one of Queen Marie Antoinette's defenders in the collar affair . In 1789 he brought about the acquittal of General of the Swiss Guard , Pierre Victor de Besenval de Brünstatt that because of high treason accused. During the French Revolution he was together with François Denis Tronchet and Chrétien-Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes defender of Louis XVI. before the National Convention . On January 31, 1794, he was arrested by the revolutionaries and was only released after the 9th Thermidor on July 27, 1794.

Louis XVIII , the brother of Louis XVI. , appointed him President of the Court of Cassation ( Cour de cassation ) in 1815 . In 1816 he was made peer of France . After de Sèze took over the court of Louis XVIII during the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte's Hundred Days . into exile to Ghent was followed, it was after the second restoration to 1817 Count ( Comte appointed). On May 22, 1816 he became a member of the Académie française ( Fauteuil 33 ), thereby replacing Jean-François Ducis .

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SURNAME	Sèze, Raymond de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French lawyer and defender of Louis XVI.
DATE OF BIRTH	September 26, 1748
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bordeaux
DATE OF DEATH	May 2, 1828
Place of death	Paris