Stanislas Fréron
At once a man of extremes and a political chameleon. As a representative on mission during the Terror, he ruthlessly had enemies of the Revolution executed in Toulon and Marseille, only to take part, under the pretext of humanity, in the overthrow of Robespierre. After 9 Thermidor, he incited the Jeunesse dorée and the Incroyables against the Jacobins, his former political allies. That was not enough for him. He even demanded the demolition of Paris City Hall, calling it the Louvre of the tyrant Robespierre
. His relationship with one of Napoleon’s sisters sealed his fate. Bonaparte disapproved of the affair. He sent Fréron to the Caribbean to get rid of him. Successfully so: six months after his arrival in Saint-Domingue, Fréron died of yellow fever.
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1754 - 1802
- August 17, 1754 · Born in Paris.
- December 1789 · First issue of his journal L'Orateur du Peuple.
- September 1792 · Deputy for the city of Paris to the National Convention.
- December 1793 · Representative on mission in Marseille with Barras, where they establish a reign of terror.
- July 27, 1794 · Participation in the overthrow of Robespierre.
- September 1794 · Together with Tallien, he forms the Jeunesse dorée, a gang of young thugs directed against the Jacobins.
- November 1801 · Fréron is appointed sub-prefect of Saint-Domingue (Haiti) by Napoleon.
- July 15, 1802 · Death in Saint-Domingue.
Quotes
The fatherland and liberty will rise again from their ruins.
Fréron, 9 Thermidor.
I have come to demand the demolition of the Hôtel de Ville, this Louvre of of the tyrant Robespierre.
Fréron, 4 August 1794.
We want to surprise the wild beast in its lair.
Fréron, when he sent his gangs against the Jacobins, 11 November 1794.
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External links
Le Moniteur
Octidi 18 Thermidor, l'an 2 de la République Française une et indivisible.
(August 5, 1794)
Les Incroyables
