Charlotte Corday
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Charlotte Corday was an aristocrat, best known for Fêtes et solennités de toutes les églises de Caen avant la révolution.
Quick Facts About Charlotte Corday
- Born
- July 27, 1768
- Died
- July 17, 1793
- Profession
- Aristocrat
- Notable works
- Fêtes et solennités de toutes les églises de Caen avant la révolution
About Charlotte Corday
Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont, known as Charlotte Corday, was a reactionary figure of the French Revolution who assassinated revolutionary and Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat on 13 July 1793. Corday was an aristocratic sympathiser of the Girondins, a moderate faction of French revolutionaries in opposition to the Jacobins. She held Marat responsible for the September Massacres of 1792 and, believing that the Revolution was in jeopardy from the more radical course the Jacobins had taken, she decided to assassinate Marat.
Biography source: Wikipedia
