Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède (1760 - 31 October 1793) was a French Girondin politician.

A deputy to the National Convention

National Convention

During the French Revolution, the National Convention or Convention, in France, comprised the constitutional and legislative assembly which sat from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795 . It held executive power in France during the first years of the French First Republic...

 from his native city, Bordeaux

Bordeaux

Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...

, he voted for the death of Louis XVI, denounced the September Massacres

September Massacres

The September Massacres were a wave of mob violence which overtook Paris in late summer 1792, during the French Revolution. By the time it had subsided, half the prison population of Paris had been executed: some 1,200 trapped prisoners, including many women and young boys...

 and accused Jean-Paul Marat

Jean-Paul Marat

Jean-Paul Marat , born in the Principality of Neuchâtel, was a physician, political theorist, and scientist best known for his career in France as a radical journalist and politician during the French Revolution...

. He was tried, condemned, and guillotine

Guillotine

The guillotine is a device used for carrying out :executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame from which an angled blade is suspended. This blade is raised with a rope and then allowed to drop, severing the head from the body...

d in Paris with the leading Girondin deputies on 31 October 1793.

His son Henri Fonfrède

Henri Fonfrède

Henri Fonfrède was a French orator, publicist and economist. He made his name as a publicist defending liberal ideas in Bordeaux's main newspaper under the Bourbon Restoration. He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède....

 (1788–1841) made his name as a publicist defending liberal ideas in Bordeaux's main newspaper under the Bourbon Restoration

Bourbon Restoration

The Bourbon Restoration is the name given to the period following the successive events of the French Revolution , the end of the First Republic , and then the forcible end of the First French Empire under Napoleon  – when a coalition of European powers restored by arms the monarchy to the...

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In literaute

Boyer-Fonfrède, together with his best friend, fellow deputy Jean-François Ducos

Jean-François Ducos

Jean-François Ducos was a French député for the Gironde to the Legislative Assembly then the National Convention.-Life:...

, appears in a supporting role in the historical mystery novel Palace of Justice (2010) by Susanne Alleyn.