Happy BIrthday, François!

[hanriotfran.livejournal.com]

 December 3, 1761, in Nanterre (Seine) a boy was born from Edme Hanriot (he liked to be named Pierre, I don't know why) and Marguerite Davoine.  It's pretty odd, but one of her godmothers was named Antoinette Marat! I suppose she was not related to Marat's family, since the true name of Jean Paul Marat was really "Mara" . Nevertheless, the fact is remarkable.

François Hanriot should grow up to be the Commandant General of National Guard of Paris...and to die tragically along with Robespierre, Couthon, Saint-Just, Bonbon, Fleuriot-Lescot and Payan, among others 10 THermidor 1794.  Like the others, he never lived to be an old man and have children of his own.

Happy BIrthday in Heaven, dear François! You, and your friends are always alive inside my heart.

HanriotFran (Vanesa)


(Detail of Hanriot the 9 Thermidor at the Hotel-de-Ville. Some minutes later he'll be attacked by Coffinhal and thrown from a window. He was almost dead when he was guillotined) Painting by Jean-Joseph Weerts.


(François Hanriot-Official portrait)


(NIghtmare night at the Hotel-de-Ville- 10 Thermidor 1794, by Jean-Joseph Weerts)