Laurent Lecointre | |
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.JPG) Portrait of Laurent Lecointre. | |
| Member of theNational Convention forSeine-et-Oise | |
| In office 6 September 1792 – 26 October 1795 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Laurent Lecointre (1742-02-01)1 February 1742 |
| Died | 4 August 1805(1805-08-04) (aged 63) |
| Party | The Mountain |
Laurent Lecointre (German pronunciation:[lɔʁɑ̃ləkwɛ̃tʁ]) was a French politician, born atVersailles on 1 February 1742, and died atGuignes,Seine-et-Marne on 4 August 1805. He is also known under the name of "Lecointre de Versailles".
Unlike almost all his colleagues of the National Convention, Laurent Lecointre was not a lawyer by training, but a merchant of canvases. In 1789, he was second in command ("lieutenant-colonel) of theNational Guard of Versailles under the orders ofCharles Henri Hector d'Estaing. It was Lecointre, who evacuated thechateau de Versailles, and regulated the crowd on the 6th of October 1789, the day of theWomen's March on Versailles. He was an important member of "La Société des amis de la Constitution" de Versailles.[1] It was Lecointre, who leadRobespierre to the carpenterMaurice Duplay, on 17 July 1791, after theChamp de Mars Massacre. He published a speech inLe Défenseur de la Constitution (n°5)On September 15, 1792, he proposed that thedauphin and his sister were separated from their parents. After the defection ofDumouriez in April 1793, CountLouis-Auguste Juvénal des Ursins d'Harville became suspect and was arrested at the request of Lecointre. He became the first witness at the trial ofMarie-Antoinette in October 1793.[2] Lecointre denounced the crazy nights in theGrand Trianon, and the luxury of the court.
The day of the ceremony of theCult of the Supreme Being on 8 June 1794, he and Barras calledMaximilien de Robespierre a tyrant and feared for their lives before9 Thermidor. According to Lecointre theLaw of 22 Prairial was written by Robespierre and not byCouthon.[citation needed] Lecointre, the instigator of the coup, that led to theFall of Robespierre, contactedRobert Lindet on the 6th, andVadier on the 7thThermidor.[3] The other members were:Fréron,Barras,Tallien,Courtois,Thuriot,Rovère,Garnier de l’Aube andGuffroy (Fouché was not involved). They decided thatHanriot,Dumas and the familyDuplay had to be arrested first, so Robespierre would be without support, but things went differently.
In April 1795 he was involved in theInsurrection of 12 Germinal, Year III. The Assembly immediately voted the deportation ofCollot,Billaud, andBarere toGuiana. Eight prominent Montagnards were arrested includingAmar,Leonard Bourdon,Cambon,René Levasseur,Maignet, Lecointre andThuriot. It was an indication of the extent to which the Assembly was now bent on undoing the past.[citation needed]
He benefited from the general amnesty general voted during the separation of the national Convention on the 26th of October 1795. Laurent Lecointre, then adheres to the ideas ofGracchus Babeuf, but denies any link with him?[citation needed]
Under theFrench Consulate Lecointre was the only one who voted against theConstitution of the Year VIII (1799), which established three consuls for life? He was exiled to Guignes, where he owned a property, and ended his days.
