Louis-Fouquet de Vincens de Saint-Michel, marquis d'Agoult ( Saint-Michel, 5 December 1737 – London, 19 February 1813) was an officer of the

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, described by Thomas Carlyle in his classic recounting of the French Revolution, as a "cast-iron" individual.

History

On 4 May 1788, fourteen months before the Revolution, that captain of the

, acting on the order of the Court of Versailles, marched the

Parliament of Paris The Parliament of Paris (french: Parlement de Paris) was the oldest ''parlement'' in the Kingdom of France, formed in the 14th century. It was fixed in Paris by Philip IV of France in 1302. The Parliament of Paris would hold sessions inside the ...

out of the Palais de Justice and removed the key from the premises. The event is considered one of the key mileposts on the road to the Revolution.

References

* Thomas Carlyle's ''

The French Revolution, A History ''The French Revolution: A History'' was written by the Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle. The three-volume work, first published in 1837 (with a revised edition in print by 1857), charts the course of the French Revolut ...

'', Book I, chapter viii.

Medias

* Colonel d'Agoult is a character in the

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and anime series '' The Rose of Versailles'', created by

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