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Revisions on Stanislas Marie Adelaide, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre[edit]
- Need to add more info on his involvement in Nat'l Assembly - More info on his upbringing - Fix section on Nat'l Assembly Issues — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vincentleone (talk • contribs) 02:12, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
BEFORE REVISIONS Intro
Stanislas Marie Adélaïde, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre (October 10, 1747 [date was incorrect, 1747 not 1757] – August 10, 1792)[1][2] was a French aristocrat, military officer, and politician during the French Revolution.
Early life and career
Born in Mandres-aux-Quatre-Tours in the Duchy of Bar, in what is today the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France, Stanislas is the eldest son of François-Joseph, marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre (1726-1809) and his first wife, Mary Anne de Lentilhac de Gimel, and the grandson of Gaspard, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre (1688-1781), marshal of France. Following in the family tradition, he became colonel of the 1st Cuirassier Regiment. [Reworded his involvement as a Cuirassier]
French Revolution
He was elected to the Estates-General of 1789 by the Second Estate of Paris, and was the spokesman of the minority of Liberal nobles (including the duc d'Orléans and the marquis de Lafayette) who joined the Third Estate on the 25th of June.
In July of 1789, Stanislas wrote and shared two propositions based on varying cahiers from across the Assembly. Both liberals and conservatives alike felt the proposals were not rooted in the best interest of either faction.[3] [Added info on his involvement in the Assembly] He was chiefly concerned with keeping the kingdom intact, yet he voted for the motion of the vicomte de Noailles to abolish feudalism in France 4–5 August 1789.
Clermont-Tonnerre desired to model the new constitution of France on the organic laws of England. He served on the first incarnation (established 17 July 1789) of the eight-member Constitutional Committee. When the National Assembly rejected its proposals for a bicameral legislature and an absolute veto for the Crown (10–11 September 1789), he resigned along with five fellow conservatives (including Jean Joseph Mounier). For the remainder of the tenure of the National Assembly he attached himself to the party of moderate Royalists, known as monarchi gens, led by Pierre Victor, baron Malouet.
He was twice elected president of the National Constituent Assembly in rapid succession (17–31 August 1789; 9–28 September 1789).
Last days
Clermont-Tonnerre was arrested after the Flight to Varennes (21 June 1791). He was released on 10 August 1792, only to be murdered by the people of Paris during the Storming of the Tuileries Palace. He attempted to contact King Louis XVI through the rioting, but was apprehended by Robespierre's mobspeople while hiding in his friend Madam de Brassac's home. [4] Stanislas was pushed through a fourth-floor window and fell to his death, noted by the mob members as a sympathizer of the King. [Reworded certain sections of his death, added explanation of his death]
POST-REVISIONS Intro
Stanislas Marie Adélaïde, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre (October 10, 1747 [date was incorrect, 1747 not 1757] – August 10, 1792)[5][6] was a French aristocrat, military officer, and politician during the French Revolution.
Early life and career
Born in Mandres-aux-Quatre-Tours in the Duchy of Bar, in what is today the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France, Stanislas is the eldest son of François-Joseph, marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre (1726-1809) and his first wife, Mary Anne de Lentilhac de Gimel, and the grandson of Gaspard, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre (1688-1781), marshal of France. Following in the family tradition, he became colonel of the 1st Cuirassier Regiment. [Reworded his involvement as a Cuirassier]
French Revolution
He was elected to the Estates-General of 1789 by the Second Estate of Paris, and was the spokesman of the minority of Liberal nobles (including the duc d'Orléans and the marquis de Lafayette) who joined the Third Estate on the 25th of June.
In July of 1789, Stanislas wrote and shared two propositions based on varying cahiers from across the Assembly. Both liberals and conservatives alike felt the proposals were not rooted in the best interest of either faction.[7] [Added info on his involvement in the Assembly] He was chiefly concerned with keeping the kingdom intact, yet he voted for the motion of the vicomte de Noailles to abolish feudalism in France 4–5 August 1789.
Clermont-Tonnerre desired to model the new constitution of France on the organic laws of England. He served on the first incarnation (established 17 July 1789) of the eight-member Constitutional Committee. When the National Assembly rejected its proposals for a bicameral legislature and an absolute veto for the Crown (10–11 September 1789), he resigned along with five fellow conservatives (including Jean Joseph Mounier). For the remainder of the tenure of the National Assembly he attached himself to the party of moderate Royalists, known as monarchi gens, led by Pierre Victor, baron Malouet.
He was twice elected president of the National Constituent Assembly in rapid succession (17–31 August 1789; 9–28 September 1789).
Last days
Clermont-Tonnerre was arrested after the Flight to Varennes (21 June 1791). He was released on 10 August 1792, only to be murdered by the people of Paris during the Storming of the Tuileries Palace. He attempted to contact King Louis XVI through the rioting, but was apprehended by Robespierre's mobspeople while hiding in his friend Madam de Brassac's home. [8] Stanislas was pushed through a fourth-floor window and fell to his death, noted by the mob members as a sympathizer of the King. [Reworded certain sections of his death, added explanation of his death]
- ^ Bentham, Jeremy (2002). Rights, Representation, and Reform - Nonsense upon Stilts and Other Writings on the French Revolution. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. xxxii.
- ^ vicomte de Chateaubriand, François-René (1902). The Memoirs of François René, Vicomte de Chateaubriand, Sometime Ambassador to England (2 ed.). Freemantle and Company. p. 194.
- ^ Fitzsimmons, Michael P. (2003). The Night the Old Regime Ended. University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press. pp. 10–11.
- ^ Courcelles (1826). Histoire Généalogique et Héraldique des Paris de France.
- ^ Bentham, Jeremy (2002). Rights, Representation, and Reform - Nonsense upon Stilts and Other Writings on the French Revolution. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. xxxii.
- ^ vicomte de Chateaubriand, François-René (1902). The Memoirs of François René, Vicomte de Chateaubriand, Sometime Ambassador to England (2 ed.). Freemantle and Company. p. 194.
- ^ Fitzsimmons, Michael P. (2003). The Night the Old Regime Ended. University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press. pp. 10–11.
- ^ Courcelles (1826). Histoire Généalogique et Héraldique des Paris de France.