Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé

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Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé
President of the National Convention
In office
21 February 1793 – 7 March 1793
Preceded byJean-Jacques Bréard
Succeeded byArmand Gensonné
Personal details
Political partyThe Mountain

Edmond-Louis-Alexis Dubois de Crancé, dit Dubois-Crancé (French pronunciation: [ɛdmɔ̃ lwi alɛksi dybwakʁɑ̃se]; 14 October 1747 – 28 June 1814), was a French musketeer, general, and revolutionary politician who served for a few months as minister of war.

Family life

Born in

Ancien Régime), and embraced Liberalism.[1][2]

National and Constituent Assemblies

At the start of the

Oath of the Tennis Court
.)

In the

African slave who touched French soil should become free.[citation needed
]

National Convention

Dubois Crancé by Aristide Croisy

After the Constituent, Dubois-Crancé was named maréchal-de-camp, but he refused to be placed under the orders of the

grenadier
.

Elected to the

Louis XVI, Dubois-Crancé voted for death penalty without delay or appeal
. On the 21 February 1793, he was named president of the Convention.

On May 29, 1793, fighting broke at in Lyon as royalists attempted to overthrow the National Convention. Dubois-Crancé, being a member of the convention, took to the task of trying to resolve the dispute diplomatically with the royalists, but the royalists refused his entreaties and the revolt was brutally crushed.[6]

Although he was a member of the two committees of general defence which preceded the Reign of Terror's Committee of Public Safety, he did not belong to the latter at its creation. Instead, he composed an important report on the state of the French Revolutionary Army, recommending two measures which contributed largely to its success - the rapid advancement of the lower officers, which opened the way for the most successful generals of the Revolution, and the fusion of the volunteers with the veteran troops.

Clash with Robespierre, the Directory, and 18 Brumaire

In August 1793, Dubois-Crancé was designated representative on mission to the army of the

Jacobin Club at the instance of his rival Robespierre on 11 July 1794. Consequently, he was approached to take part in the Thermidor Coup that toppled Robespierre at the end of the month. However, he would not join the Royalist reaction which followed, and was one of the Committee of Five which had to oppose the Royalist insurrection known as 13 Vendémiaire
(in October 1795).

It was also during this period that Dubois-Crancé was named a member of the Committee of Public Safety, already much reduced in importance. After the Convention, under the

18 Brumaire), and lived in retirement during Consulate and the Empire, dying in Rethel
.

References

  1. ^ Edmond, Louis, Alexis Dubois-Crancé
  2. ^ Procès-verbal de l'assemblée provinciale de Champagne, tenue à Châlons dans les mois de novembre & décembre 1787, Châlons : Seneuze, p.3 [1]
  3. ^ Edmond, Louis, Alexis Dubois-Crancé
  4. ^ Conscription in the Napoleonic Era: A Revolution in Military Affairs? edited by Donald Stoker, Frederick C. Schneid, Harold D. Blanton, p. 8
  5. ^ A History of the French Revolution, Band 1 by Henry Morse Stephens, pp. 383-386
  6. ^ Peter Kropotkin (1909). "Chapter 54". The Great French Revolution, 1789-1793. Translated by N. F. Dryhurst. New York: Vanguard Printings. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2024. It came to be known--every one talked of it and after every one had talked about it, the Notables, drawn from the upper classes and practically a ministerial assembly, separated on May 25 without having done or decided anything. During their deliberations Calonne was replaced by Loménie de Brienne, Archbishop of Sens.

Sources

Political offices
Preceded by
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Minister of War

14 September 1799 - 10 November 1799 		Succeeded by
Louis Alexandre Berthier
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