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Dantonistes

Georges Jacques Danton
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Georges-Jacques Danton. Musée Carnavalet, Paris
Member of the Committee of Public Safety
In office
6 April 1793 – 10 July 1793
Preceded by Office created
Minister of Justice
In office
10 August 1792 – 9 October 1792
Preceded by Étienne Dejoly
Succeeded by Dominique Joseph Garat
President of the National Convention
In office
25 July 1793 – 8 August 1793
Preceded by Jean Bon Saint-André
Succeeded by Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles
Member of the National Convention
In office
20 September 1792 – 5 April 1794
Personal details
Born (1759-10-26)26 October 1759
Arcis-sur-Aube, France
Died 5 April 1794(1794-04-05) (aged 34)
Paris, France
Nationality French
Political party Cordeliers Club (1790–1791)
Jacobin Club(1791–1794)
Other political
affiliations
The Mountain (1792–1794)
Spouse(s) Antoinette Gabrielle Danton (m. 1787–93); her death
Louise Sébastienne Gély (m. 1793–94); his death
Children François (1788–1789)
Antoine (1790–1858)
François Georges (1792–1848)
Parents Jacques Danton and Mary Camus
Relatives Anne Madeleine Danton (1755-1802) (Sister)
Marie Nicole Cecile Danton (1757-1814) (Sister) Danton's Family
Occupation Lawyer, politician
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Georges Jacques Danton (French: [ʒɔʁʒ dɑ̃tɔ̃]; 26 October 1759 – 5 April 1794) was a leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution, in particular as the first president of the Committee of Public Safety. Danton's role in the onset of the Revolution has been disputed; many historians describe him as "the chief force in the overthrow of the French monarchy and the establishment of the First French Republic".

He was guillotined by the advocates of revolutionary terror after accusations of venality and leniency toward the enemies of the Revolution.

Danton was born in Arcis-sur-Aube in northeastern France to Jacques Danton and Mary Camus; a respectable, but not wealthy family. As a child, he was attacked by several animals, resulting in the disfigurement and scarring of the skin on his face, also contributed to by smallpox.

After obtaining a good education he became an Advocate in Paris. He married Antoinette Gabrielle Charpentier (6 January 1760 – 10 February 1793) on 14 June 1787 at the church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois in Paris. The couple had three sons:

On 10 February 1793, while Danton was on a mission in Belgium, Charpentier died, aged 33, giving birth to a boy, who also did not survive. Danton was so affected by her death that he recruited sculptor Claude André Deseine and brought him by night to Sainte-Catherine cemetery to excavate Charpentier's body and execute a death mask. Her bust is now on display at Troyes museum. After his first wife's death, Danton married Louise Sébastienne Gély, aged 16, daughter of Marc-Antoine Gély, court usher (huissier-audiencier) at the Parlement de Paris and member of the Club des Cordeliers. She looked after his two surviving sons.


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