Thomas de Mahy de Favras

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Thomas de Mahy

Thomas de Mahy, Marquis of Favras (born March 26, 1744 in Favras near Blois , † February 19, 1790 in Paris ) was Lieutenant 2 e classe in the Swiss Guard of the Count of Provence and was the victim of a political plot.

Life

Thomas de Mahy, Marquis of Favras entered the military and began his career with the Musketeers of the Guard , took part in the campaign of 1761, became a lieutenant in the Swiss Guard of the Count of Provence, later Louis XVIII. , married Princess Viktoria Hedwig Karoline von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1749–1841) and after the outbreak of the revolution , his ambition led to the decision to give King Ludwig XVI. and save the monarchy in some way.

With the help of a band of recruited helpers, he wanted to attack the Constituent Assembly and kidnap the king and his family to Peronne . Surrounded and betrayed by police spies, he was arrested in December 1789 and sentenced to death by hanging as a traitor . The judgment, which had been like under the influence of popular fury, was on 19 February 1790 the Place de Greve in Paris completed . The Count of Provence, aware of his plan, did as little to save him as the king. Shortly after his death, the Testament de mort du Sieur Thomas de Mahy de Favras, exécuté en place de Grève: Date le 22 Février 1790, and soon afterwards the Correspondance du Marquis et de la Marquise de Favras pendant leur détention appeared .

He was remembered by the public for his last words. When he was presented with the verdict to read, he then said mockingly: "I see that you made three spelling mistakes."

credentials

  • Le déficit des finances de la France vaincu par un mode de reconstitutions annuitaires, qui opérera aussi, en trente ans, la libération de la dette nationale. Paris 1789. Microfiche - 1993 edition.
  • Interrogatoires de M. le Marquis de Favras. Paris around 1790.
  • Mémoire pour Thomas de Mahy, Marquis de Favras,… contre M. le procureur du Roi, accusateur, et encore contre M. le procureur-syndic de la commune provisoire de Paris, partie civile. Paris 1790.
  • Correspondance du marquis et de la marquise de Favras pendant leur détention. Thomas de Mahy Favras (publ. P. De Mahy Savonnière) Paris 1790.
  • Testament de mort du Sieur Thomas de Mahy de Favras, exécuté en place de Grève: Date le 22 Février 1790. Paris 1790.
  • Guillaume François de Mahy de Cormeré: Justification de M. de Favras, prouvée par les faits et par la procédure. Part / Tome 2: Informations, prétendues pièces de conviction, interrogatoires, procédures et jugemens sur le procès de l'infortuné Thomas de Mahy Favras, Chevalier de l'ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis, condamné à mort par un Jugement du tribunal commis par l'assemblée nationale pour l'instruction des crimes de lèze-nation, ledit Jugement en date du 18. février 1790, exécuté le lendemain, 19. février. Paris 1791.
  • Jean Joseph Pithou de Loinville: Mémoire Justificatif De Thomas De Mahy De Favras, Ou Appel A La Postérité Et A La Cour De Révision. Par l'auteur des Réflexions Sur Le Jugement Et La Mort De M. De Favras. Paris around 1793.

Biographies

  • Eduard Freiherr von Stillfried-Ratènic: Thomas de Mahy Marquis de Favras and his wife, a contribution to the history of the French Revolution from the years 1789 and 1790. Vienna 1881.
  • Jean Tulard , Jean-François Fayard, Alfred Fierro: Histoire et dictionnaire de la Révolution française 1789-1799. Laffont, Paris 1987, ISBN 270282076X .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Campan: Memoirs of the private life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and Navarre, Philadelphia: Abraham Small 1823, p. 203 (footnote) Google Books .
  2. ^ Baron Rothschild, Ferdinand. Personal Characteristics from French History . France: Macmillan, 1896. p. 204.

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personal data
SURNAME Favras, Thomas de Mahy de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thomas de Mahy, marquis de Favras; Mahy de Favras, Thomas de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lieutenant in the Swiss Guard of the Count of Provence and victim of a political plot
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1744
PLACE OF BIRTH Blois
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 1790
Place of death Paris