1745 - 1794 (49 years)
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| Name |
Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fr?teau de Saint-Just |
| Birth |
28 Mar 1745 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
14 Jun 1794 |
- Executed at the guillotine in 1794 during the Reign of Terror
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| Person ID |
I4795 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
8 Sep 2015 |
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| Notes |
- Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fr?teau de Saint-Just (28 March 1745 ? 14 June 1794) was a French nobleman and an elected representative of the Second Estate during the French Revolution. He was a politically liberal deputy to the Estates-General of 1789 and worked for the cause of constitutional monarchy. In 1789, Fr?teau de Saint-Just served two terms as President of the National Constituent Assembly.
As the Revolution became more radical, Fr?teau de Saint-Just became politically marginalized, and by 1792 he had retired from national politics completely. Nonetheless, his aristocratic background drew increasing ire from militant revolutionaries until he was finally arrested and executed at the guillotine in 1794 during the Reign of Terror.
Fr?teau de Saint-Just was Seigneur of Vaux-le-P?nil and Saint-Liesne, estates located just outside of Paris, acquired by his grandfather Heracle Freteau de Saint-Just in 1728, and on which his father erected the castle which still exists today.
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