Ernest Dominique François Joseph Duquesnoy
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Ernest Dominique François Joseph Duquesnoy (17 May 1749, Bouvigny-Boyeffles
- 17 June 1795, Paris ) was a French revolutionary.
) moved to farming and raising his large family. He was elected a député for the Pas-de-Calais to the Assemblée législative, then to the National Convention
. At the trial of Louis XVI he voted for death without appeal to the people, not for the sentence, and forced his colleague Bollet to vote the same by threats. He took on many missions to the Nord and was absent during the struggle between the Montagnards
and Girondist
s. He was sent to Dunkirk with Carnot and fought with courage at Wattignies, where he charged the enemy at the head of his troops. He was very severe with incompetent generals, notably dismissing Chancel and Davennes. Denounced by Hébert for allegedly impeding army operations of Jourdan
and taking advantage of his position to put his brother at the head of the army, he was rescued by Robespierre and had no difficulty proving his innocence.
Sent back to the Nord, then to Moselle
, according to his colleague Nicolas Hentz
Duquesnoy forgot his dignity as a representative and behaved with an insupportible despotism. Recalled to Paris on 10 August 1794, he succeeded in excluding Tallien
from the club des Jacobins and having Guffroy
beaten before Carnot. Guffroy complained to the Committee of General Security
and, accused of being one of the leaders of the insurrection of 1 prairial an III (20 May 1795), Duquesnoy was condemned to death despite his friends' depositions. However, he succeeded in committing suicide by pistol in the condemned prisoners' bathroom, writing to his wife after his sentence "You know my heart, it was always pure. I die worthy of you and of my country for whose safety and for whose revolutionary principles I have never ceased to fight".
Bouvigny-Boyeffles
Bouvigny-Boyeffles is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:An ex-coalmining area, but now a farming village, situated just west of Lens at the junction of the D165 and D75 roads.-Population:...
- 17 June 1795, Paris ) was a French revolutionary.
Life
The son of a farmer, he served time as a private in the dragoons then (at the start of the French RevolutionFrench Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
) moved to farming and raising his large family. He was elected a député for the Pas-de-Calais to the Assemblée législative, then to the National Convention
National Convention
During the French Revolution, the National Convention or Convention, in France, comprised the constitutional and legislative assembly which sat from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795 . It held executive power in France during the first years of the French First Republic...
. At the trial of Louis XVI he voted for death without appeal to the people, not for the sentence, and forced his colleague Bollet to vote the same by threats. He took on many missions to the Nord and was absent during the struggle between the Montagnards
The Mountain
The Mountain refers in the context of the history of the French Revolution to a political group, whose members, called Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the Assembly...
and Girondist
Girondist
The Girondists were a political faction in France within the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention during the French Revolution...
s. He was sent to Dunkirk with Carnot and fought with courage at Wattignies, where he charged the enemy at the head of his troops. He was very severe with incompetent generals, notably dismissing Chancel and Davennes. Denounced by Hébert for allegedly impeding army operations of Jourdan
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Comte Jourdan , enlisted as a private in the French royal army and rose to command armies during the French Revolutionary Wars. Emperor Napoleon I of France named him a Marshal of France in 1804 and he also fought in the Napoleonic Wars. After 1815, he became reconciled...
and taking advantage of his position to put his brother at the head of the army, he was rescued by Robespierre and had no difficulty proving his innocence.
Sent back to the Nord, then to Moselle
Moselle
Moselle is a department in the east of France named after the river Moselle.- History :Moselle is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
, according to his colleague Nicolas Hentz
Nicolas Hentz
Nicolas Hentz was a French politician. He was a député for Moselle to the National Convention....
Duquesnoy forgot his dignity as a representative and behaved with an insupportible despotism. Recalled to Paris on 10 August 1794, he succeeded in excluding Tallien
Jean-Lambert Tallien
Jean-Lambert Tallien , was a French political figure of the revolutionary period.-Clerk and journalist:He was the son of the maître d'hôtel of the Marquis de Bercy, and was born in Paris. The marquis, noticing his ability, had him educated, and got him a place as a lawyer's clerk...
from the club des Jacobins and having Guffroy
Armand-Joseph Guffroy
Armand-Benoît-Joseph Guffroy was a lawyer and politician of the French Revolution....
beaten before Carnot. Guffroy complained to the Committee of General Security
Committee of General Security
The Committee of General Security was a French parliamentary committee which acted as police agency during the French Revolution that, along with the Committee of Public Safety, oversaw the Reign of Terror....
and, accused of being one of the leaders of the insurrection of 1 prairial an III (20 May 1795), Duquesnoy was condemned to death despite his friends' depositions. However, he succeeded in committing suicide by pistol in the condemned prisoners' bathroom, writing to his wife after his sentence "You know my heart, it was always pure. I die worthy of you and of my country for whose safety and for whose revolutionary principles I have never ceased to fight".