Roger Ducos

Pierre Roger Ducos
Pierre Roger Ducos
	Napoléon Bonaparte and Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Charles-François Lebrun (as Third Consul)
Member of the Directory
	In office; 18 June 1799 – 9 November 1799
Preceded by	Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	25 July 1747; Montfort-en-Chalosse, Aquitaine, Kingdom of France
Died	16 March 1816 (aged 68); Ulm, German Confederation

Pierre Roger Ducos (25 July 1747 – 16 March 1816), better known as Roger Ducos, was a French political figure during the Revolution and First Empire, a member of the National Convention, and of the Directory.

In the Revolution

Born in

Louis XVI, without appeal or delay, but was not prominent in the Convention afterwards.^[1]

Ducos was a member of the

Paul Barras, who counted on Ducos as his partisan.^[1]

Consulate, Empire, and exile

On 9 November 1799, Ducos accepted the coup d'état of

Senate with the arrival of a stable Consulate formula. He was many times honored under the Empire, but in 1814 he abandoned Napoleon, and voted for his deposition.^[1]

He sought to gain the favor of the government of the Restoration, but in 1816 was exiled on the basis of the law regarding the regicides. He died in March 1816 near Ulm, from a carriage accident.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ducos, Pierre Roger". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 633.

[EB1911-1] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ducos, Pierre Roger". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 633.

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