Louis René Quentin de Richebourg de Champcenetz
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Louis René Quentin de Richebourg de Champcenetz (1759, Paris - 23 July 1794, Paris) was a French journalist guillotine
d for his writings. He was the son of the Marquis de Champcenetz
, governor of the Tuileries Palace
at the time of the French Revolution
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Guillotine
The guillotine is a device used for carrying out :executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame from which an angled blade is suspended. This blade is raised with a rope and then allowed to drop, severing the head from the body...
d for his writings. He was the son of the Marquis de Champcenetz
Marquis de Champcenetz
Louis René Quentin de Richebourg, marquis de Champcenetz was governor of the Tuileries Palace at the time of the French Revolution. He was the father of his namesake, the journalist Louis René Quentin de Richebourg de Champcenetz. He was the personal enemy of Louis Philippe, who nevertheless...
, governor of the Tuileries Palace
Tuileries Palace
The Tuileries Palace was a royal palace in Paris which stood on the right bank of the River Seine until 1871, when it was destroyed in the upheaval during the suppression of the Paris Commune...
at the time of the French Revolution
French 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...
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Sources
- Jean Chrétien Ferdinand Hoefer, Nouvelle Biographie générale, t. 9, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1854, p. 187-188
- Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des littératures, Paris, Hachette, 1876, p. 1190