User:Chao Garden/Élisabeth Le Bas
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| birth_name = Éléonore Élisabeth Duplay |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1772|08|16|df=yes}} |
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| birth_place = [[Paris]], [[Kingdom of France]] |
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'''Élisabeth Le Bas''', [[née]] '''Élisabeth Duplay''' (16 August 1772 – 4 April 1859), was a figure of the [[French Revolution]] who was close to [[Maximilien Robespierre]]. She married [[Philippe-François-Joseph Le Bas]], a [[The Mountain|Montagnard]] on the [[Committee of Public Safety]], in 1793, and they had a son also named [[Philippe Le Bas|Philippe Le Bas]]. After the [[fall of Robespierre]] in 1794, her husband committed suicide, and Élisabeth was imprisoned with her family, including her infant son, for five months. |
'''Élisabeth Le Bas''',{{efn|name=name}} [[née]] '''Élisabeth Duplay''' (16 August 1772 – 4 April 1859), was a figure of the [[French Revolution]] who was close to [[Maximilien Robespierre]]. She married [[Philippe-François-Joseph Le Bas]], a [[The Mountain|Montagnard]] on the [[Committee of Public Safety]], in 1793, and they had a son also named [[Philippe Le Bas|Philippe Le Bas]]. After the [[fall of Robespierre]] in 1794, her husband committed suicide, and Élisabeth was imprisoned with her family, including her infant son, for five months. Later, she married her late husband's brother, Charles-Louis-Joseph Le Bas, and had two more children. Her [[memoirs]] were published in 1901. |
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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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Élisabeth was the |
Élisabeth was born as Éléonore Élisabeth Duplay{{efn|name=sister}} on 16 August 1772 in the [[11th arrondissement of Paris]].{{sfn|Acte de naissance|1772|p=27}} Her father was [[Maurice Duplay]], a master carpenter, and Françoise-Éléonore Vaugeois. She was the youngest of 5 children.{{cn}} |
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Her family hosted [[Maximilien Robespierre]] at their home from 1791 to 1794 |
Her family hosted [[Maximilien Robespierre]] at their home from 1791 to 1794.{{cn}} Robespierre was close to Élisabeth and her oldest sister [[Éléonore Duplay]].{{sfn|Lamartine|1861|pp=261-262}} According to Élisabeth, Éléonore was promised to Robespierre.{{sfn|Stéfane-Pol|1901|p=150}} |
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=== Political activity and marriage === |
=== Political activity and marriage === |
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Élisabeth would often go with her mother to the [[National Convention]] or the [[Jacobin Club]] to watch Robespierre speak.{{sfn|Hamel|1867|p=290}} On 24 April 1793, when [[Jean-Paul Marat]] was acquitted by the [[Revolutionary Tribunal]] and triumphantly arrived at the [[National Assembly (French Revolution)|Assembly]],{{sfn|Blanc|1856|pp=288-289}} Élisabeth was in attendance with [[Charlotte Robespierre]].{{sfn|Hamel|1867|pp=289-290}} |
Élisabeth would often go with her mother to the [[National Convention]] or the [[Jacobin Club]] to watch Robespierre speak.{{sfn|Hamel|1867|p=290}} On 24 April 1793, when [[Jean-Paul Marat]] was acquitted by the [[Revolutionary Tribunal]] and triumphantly arrived at the [[National Assembly (French Revolution)|Assembly]],{{sfn|Blanc|1856|pp=288-289}} Élisabeth was in attendance with [[Charlotte Robespierre]].{{sfn|Hamel|1867|pp=289-290}}{{sfn|Stéfane-Pol|1901|p=102}} It was there at the Assembly that she first met Philipe Le Bas, her future husband.{{sfn|Stéfane-Pol|1901|p=102}} |
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=== Fall of Robespierre === |
=== Fall of Robespierre === |
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=== Death and legacy === |
=== Death and legacy === |
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Élisabeth died in [[Rouen]] on 4 April 1859 at the age of 86.{{sfn|Acte de décès|1859|p=11|loc=n° 633}} She is buried at [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]].{{ |
Élisabeth died in [[Rouen]] on 4 April 1859 at the age of 86.{{sfn|Acte de décès|1859|p=11|loc=n° 633}} She is buried at [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]].{{sfn|Registres journaliers d'inhumation|1859}} |
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Her memoirs were published in 1901 by Stéfane-Pol.{{sfn|Stéfane-Pol|1901|pp=102-150|loc=VIII. Manuscrit de Mme Le Bas}} |
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== Notes == |
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{{efn|name=name|Sometimes written as "Lebas."}} |
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{{efn|name=sister|Not to be confused with her older sister, [[Éléonore Duplay]].}} |
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== Citations == |
== Citations == |
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* {{Cite book|title=Acte de décès à Rouen : n° 633|date=4 April 1859|language=fr|url=https://www.archivesdepartementales76.net/ark:/50278/74596d75569ae8c5b56ad737dee4ac67|via=Archives de la Seine-Maritime|p=11|ref={{harvid|Acte de décès|1859}}}} |
* {{Cite book|title=Acte de décès à Rouen : n° 633|date=4 April 1859|language=fr|url=https://www.archivesdepartementales76.net/ark:/50278/74596d75569ae8c5b56ad737dee4ac67|via=Archives de la Seine-Maritime|p=11|ref={{harvid|Acte de décès|1859}}}} |
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* {{Cite book|title=Acte de naissance à Paris 11e : 5Mi1 46, 14/8/1772 - 19/8/1772|url=https://archives.paris.fr/archives-numerisees/etat-civil-de-paris/etat-civil-a-partir-de-1860/consulter-les-actes-detat-civil|p=27|via=[[Archives de Paris]]|ref={{harvid|Acte de naissance|1772}}}} |
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* {{Cite book|author-first=Louis|author-last=Blanc|author-link=Louis Blanc|title=Histoire de la révolution française|trans-title=History of the French Revolution|volume=8|date=1856|publisher=Langlois et Leclercq|location=Paris|language=fr|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Histoire_de_la_r%C3%A9volution_fran%C3%A7aise/oVNFhA4llK4C?hl=en&newbks=1&gbpv=1&pg=PA288|via=[[Google Books]]}} |
* {{Cite book|author-first=Louis|author-last=Blanc|author-link=Louis Blanc|title=Histoire de la révolution française|trans-title=History of the French Revolution|volume=8|date=1856|publisher=Langlois et Leclercq|location=Paris|language=fr|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Histoire_de_la_r%C3%A9volution_fran%C3%A7aise/oVNFhA4llK4C?hl=en&newbks=1&gbpv=1&pg=PA288|via=[[Google Books]]}} |
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* {{Cite book|author-first=Ernest|author-last=Hamel|author-link=Ernest Hamel|title=Histoire de Robespierre d'après des papiers de famille, les sources originales et des documents entièrement inédits|trans-title=History of Robespierre according to family papers, original sources and entirely unpublished documents|volume=3|publisher=A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & c.|location=Paris|date=1867|pages=289-293|language=fr|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Histoire_de_Robespierre_d_apr%C3%A8s_des_pap/-kEBAAAAQAAJ?gbpv=1|via=[[Google Books]]}} |
* {{Cite book|author-first=Ernest|author-last=Hamel|author-link=Ernest Hamel|title=Histoire de Robespierre d'après des papiers de famille, les sources originales et des documents entièrement inédits|trans-title=History of Robespierre according to family papers, original sources and entirely unpublished documents|volume=3|publisher=A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & c.|location=Paris|date=1867|pages=289-293|language=fr|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Histoire_de_Robespierre_d_apr%C3%A8s_des_pap/-kEBAAAAQAAJ?gbpv=1|via=[[Google Books]]}} |
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Histoire des Girondins/30|last=Lamartine|first=Alphonse de |authorlink=Alphonse de Lamartine||date=1861||wslanguage=fr|pages=236-310}} |
Histoire des Girondins/30|last=Lamartine|first=Alphonse de |authorlink=Alphonse de Lamartine||date=1861||wslanguage=fr|pages=236-310}} |
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* {{Cite book|author-first=G.|author-last=Lenotre|author-link=Théodore Gosselin|title=Paris révolutionnaire : Vieilles maisons, vieux papiers|trans-title=Revolutionary Paris: Old houses, old papers|publisher=Perrin et cie|location=Paris|date=1921|volume=3|language=fr|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Paris_r%C3%A9volutionnaire_s%C3%A9r_Trois_femmes/lnXSAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP13&printsec=frontcover|via=[[Google Books]]}} |
* {{Cite book|author-first=G.|author-last=Lenotre|author-link=Théodore Gosselin|title=Paris révolutionnaire : Vieilles maisons, vieux papiers|trans-title=Revolutionary Paris: Old houses, old papers|publisher=Perrin et cie|location=Paris|date=1921|volume=3|language=fr|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Paris_r%C3%A9volutionnaire_s%C3%A9r_Trois_femmes/lnXSAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP13&printsec=frontcover|via=[[Google Books]]}} |
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* {{Cite book|title=Registres journaliers d'inhumation à Cimetiére du Père Lachaise : n° d'ordre 2866 |url=https://archives.paris.fr/archives-numerisees/sources-genealogiques-complementaires/cimetieres-et-pompes-funebres/cimetieres/consulter-les-registres-journaliers-dinhumation|via=[[Archives de Paris]]|date=6 April 1859|language=fr|ref={{harvid|Registres journaliers d'inhumation|1859}}}} |
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* {{Cite book|author=Stéfane-Pol|title=Le conventionnel Le Bas : d'après des documents inédits et les mémoires de sa veuve|trans-title=The conventional Le Bas: according to unpublished documents and his widow's memoirs|location=Paris|publisher=E. Flammarion|date=1901|pages=102-150|chapter=VIII. Manuscrit de Mme Le Bas|language=fr|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97444378/f140.item|via=[[Gallica]]}} |
* {{Cite book|author=Stéfane-Pol|title=Le conventionnel Le Bas : d'après des documents inédits et les mémoires de sa veuve|trans-title=The conventional Le Bas: according to unpublished documents and his widow's memoirs|location=Paris|publisher=E. Flammarion|date=1901|pages=102-150|chapter=VIII. Manuscrit de Mme Le Bas|language=fr|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97444378/f140.item|via=[[Gallica]]}} |
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* {{Cite book|title=Blood Sisters: The French Revolution in Women's Memory|author-first=Marilyn|author-last=Yalom|author-link=Marilyn Yalom|ISBN=9780044409182|date=1995|publisher=Pandora}} |
* {{Cite book|title=Blood Sisters: The French Revolution in Women's Memory|author-first=Marilyn|author-last=Yalom|author-link=Marilyn Yalom|ISBN=9780044409182|date=1995|publisher=Pandora}} |
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