Jean-Michel Duroy (16 December 1753,
Bernay, Eure
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In 2012, Bernay was designated one of the French Towns and Lands of Art and History.
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–16 June 1795, Paris) was a French revolutionary.
[http://www.prospection.net/duroy.htm brief biography (French)]
He was a member of the national convention, backed
the Mountain
The Mountain (french: La Montagne) was a political group during the French Revolution. Its members, called the Montagnards (), sat on the highest benches in the National Convention.
They were the most radical group and opposed the Girondins. Th ...
, and voted for the execution of the king. He took part in the suppression of a revolt in Normandy.
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He supported the ]Revolt of 1 Prairial Year III
The insurrection of 1 Prairial Year III was a popular revolt in Paris on 20 May 1795 against the policies of the Thermidorian Convention. It was the last and one of the most remarkable and stubborn popular revolts of the French Revolution. After t ...
(20 May 1795), for which he was tried and executed by guillotine.[
]
References
« Jean-Michel Duroy », in Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français, Edgar Bourloton, 1889-1891
Regicides of Louis XVI
1753 births
1795 deaths
French people executed by guillotine during the French Revolution
People from Eure
Executed revolutionaries
Montagnards
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