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Maximilien Robespierre
French revolutionary
Also known as: Maximilien-François-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre
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- In full:
- Maximilien-François-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre
- Died:
- July 28, 1794, Paris (aged 36)
- Title / Office:
- National Convention (1792-1794)
- Third Estate (1789-1789)
- Political Affiliation:
- Jacobin Club
- Montagnard
- Role In:
- French Revolution
- Reign of Terror
- On the Web:
- History Today - The Birth of Robespierre (Mar. 28, 2024)
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Maximilien Robespierre (born May 6, 1758, Arras, France—died July 28, 1794, Paris) was a radical Jacobin leader and one of the principal figures in the French Revolution. In the latter months of 1793, he came to dominate the Committee of Public Safety, the principal organ of the Revolutionary government during the Reign of Terror, but in 1794 he was overthrown and executed in the Thermidorian Reaction. Robespierre was the son of a lawyer in Arras. After his mother’s death, his father left home, and Maximilien, along with his brother and sisters, was raised by his maternal grandparents. From 1765 he ...(100 of 2701 words)