Charles-François Lebrun
Charles-François Lebrun Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès | |
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Preceded by | Roger Ducos (as Provisional Consul) |
Succeeded by | Republic abolished |
Member of the Council of Five Hundred | |
In office 22 August 1795 – 9 November 1799 | |
Member of the National Constituent Assembly | |
In office 9 July 1789 – 30 September 1791 | |
Member of the Estates General for the Third Estate | |
In office 6 May 1789 – 6 June 1789 | |
Constituency | Dourdan |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 March 1739 Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin, Normandy, Kingdom of France |
Died | 16 June 1824 Sainte-Mesme, Yvelines, Kingdom of France | (aged 85)
Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery |
Spouse | Anne Delagoutte |
Children | Anne-Charles Lebrun, 2nd duc de Plaisance Alexander Lebrun Sophie-Eugenie Lebrun Auguste-Charles Lebrun Dorothée Lebrun |
Charles-François Lebrun, 1st
Biography
Ancien Régime
Born in
During the early 1760s, Lebrun became a disciple of
He became one of
Constituent Assembly and provincial politics
At the outbreak of the
After the voting of the
Lebrun retired from this position on 7 August 1792, and again retired to Dourdan. Three days later, the
Terror, Thermidor, and Directory
A suspect during the
In 1795, Lebrun was elected as a deputy to the French Directory's Council of Ancients and,[1] although a supporter of the House of Bourbon, he voted against prosecutions of Jacobins, and showed himself in favour of national reconciliation.[citation needed]
Consulate, Empire, and Restoration
Lebrun was made
He opposed Napoleon's restoration of the
Although to a certain extent opposed to the
Notes
References
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lebrun, Charles François". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 352. Endnotes:
- Auguste-Armand de la Force, L'Architrésorier Lebrun (Paris, 1907)
- M. Marie du Mesnil, Memoire sur le prince Le Brun, due de Plaisance (Paris, 1828)
- ed. Anne-Charles Lebrun (Lebrun's son), Opinions, rapports et choix d'écrits politiques de C. F. Lebrun (1829)
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