Jean-Jacques Bréard
Jean-Jacques Bréard | |
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President of the National Convention | |
In office 7 February 1793 – 21 February 1793 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne |
Succeeded by | Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé |
Jean-Jacques Bréard (French pronunciation:
Revolution
During his time on the Committee of Public Safety, Bréard was sent on mission to
Although Bréard was originally a member of the Montagnard faction, he supported the Thermidorian Reaction that began with Robespierre’s downfall in July 1794. He outlasted the collapse of the Committee of Public Safety and Robespierre’s faction, and served in the Conseil des Anciens (Council of Ancients) as a deputy of Charente-Inférieure from 1795 to 1798. He also supported the coup of Brumaire 18 in 1799, orchestrated by Abbé Sieyès, by which the Directory was overthrown and replaced with the French Consulate, with General Napoleon Bonaparte at the helm.[6]
Later life
Bréard was nominated to the
References
- ^ http://www.archontology.org/nations/france/convention_1792_95/breard.php. 26 October 2009.
- ^ Palmer. Twelve Who Ruled, p. 217.
- ^ Cormack. Revolution and Political Conflict, p. 226.
- ^ Palmer. Twelve Who Ruled, p. 218.
- ^ Cormack. Revolution and Political Conflict, p. 258.
- ^ "Biography of Bréard, Jean-Jacques - Archontology". www.archontology.org. Retrieved 26 October 2009.[title missing]
- ^ "Biography of Bréard, Jean-Jacques - Archontology". www.archontology.org. Retrieved 26 October 2009.[title missing]
Works cited
- "Biography of Jean-Jacques Bréard." Archontology.org. 26 June 2009. Web. 26 October 2009. <http://www.archontology.org/nations/france/convention_1792_95/breard.php.>.
- Cormack, William S. Revolution and Political Conflict in the French Navy 1789-1794. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1995. Print.
- Palmer, Robert Roswell. Twelve Who Ruled. Princeton: Princeton, 1941, 217-218. Print.