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Charlotte Corday

(1768–1793) Aristocrat

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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

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