Maurille de Sombreuil
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[[File:Château de Leychoisier, Bonnac-la-Côte.jpg|Maurille de Sombreuil's birthplace: Château de Leychoisier, Bonnac-la-Côte|alt=Old photograph of Château de Leychoisier, Bonnac-la-Côte|thumb|center]] |
[[File:Château de Leychoisier, Bonnac-la-Côte.jpg|Maurille de Sombreuil's birthplace: Château de Leychoisier, Bonnac-la-Côte|alt=Old photograph of Château de Leychoisier, Bonnac-la-Côte|thumb|center]] |
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=== The heroine of the glass of blood === |
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=== {{lang|fr|L'héroïne au verre de sang}} === |
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On 16 August 1782, Maurille de Sombreuil's father Charles François de Virot was arrested for participating in the defense of [[Tuileries Palace]] and imprisoned in [[Prison de l'Abbaye]].{{sfn|Duchemin|1925|pp=41–42}} Fearing for the health of her elderly father,{{sfn|Stewarton|1806|pp=399–400}} she requested and was granted permission to be jailed alongside him.{{sfn|Guitard-Auviste|1965}} One source claims that [[Jean-Paul Marat]] wrote on her petition: "Confine this aristocratical fanatic with her aristocratical father."{{sfn|Stewarton|1806|p=400}} |
On 16 August 1782, Maurille de Sombreuil's father Charles François de Virot was arrested for participating in the defense of [[Tuileries Palace]] and imprisoned in [[Prison de l'Abbaye]].{{sfn|Duchemin|1925|pp=41–42}} Fearing for the health of her elderly father,{{sfn|Stewarton|1806|pp=399–400}} she requested and was granted permission to be jailed alongside him.{{sfn|Guitard-Auviste|1965}} One source claims that [[Jean-Paul Marat]] wrote on her petition: "Confine this aristocratical fanatic with her aristocratical father."{{sfn|Stewarton|1806|p=400}} |
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