Claude-François de Payan
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Claude-François de Payan (14 May 1766, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux
- 28 July 1794, Paris) was a political figure of the French Revolution
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, descended from the count palatine
s, which had held important army and magistrate posts. His father was the squire François de Payan and so Claude-François naturally joined an artillery regiment before the Revolution. On the Revolution he was highly enthused by the new ideas and fully subscribed to them. His elder brother Joseph-François de Payan
was also a revolutionary.
, Dictionnaire historique de la Révolution française, Paris, PUF, 2005
Notes et archives 1789-1794
Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux
Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.-Population:-See also:*Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux Cathedral*Tricastin*Communes of the Drôme department-External links:*...
- 28 July 1794, Paris) was a political figure of the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
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Early career
Payan was from a noble family in the DauphinéDauphiné
The Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois is a former province in southeastern France, whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of :Isère, :Drôme, and :Hautes-Alpes....
, descended from the count palatine
Count palatine
Count palatine is a high noble title, used to render several comital styles, in some cases also shortened to Palatine, which can have other meanings as well.-Comes palatinus:...
s, which had held important army and magistrate posts. His father was the squire François de Payan and so Claude-François naturally joined an artillery regiment before the Revolution. On the Revolution he was highly enthused by the new ideas and fully subscribed to them. His elder brother Joseph-François de Payan
Joseph-François de Payan
Joseph-François de Payan, known as Payan-Dumoulin was a political figure during the French Revolution, as was his younger brother Claude-François de Payan....
was also a revolutionary.
Sources
Albert SoboulAlbert Soboul
Albert Marius Soboul was a French historian of the French Revolution and of Napoleon. A professor at the Sorbonne, he was Chair of the History of the French Revolution and author of numerous influential works of history and historical interpretation.-Early life and education:Albert Marius Soboul...
, Dictionnaire historique de la Révolution française, Paris, PUF, 2005
Notes et archives 1789-1794