Joseph-Nicolas Barbeau du Barran
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Joseph-Nicolas Barbeau du Barran(3 July 1761, Castelnau-d'Auzan
- 16 May 1816, Assens
, Vaud canton) was a French politician. He was deputy to the French National Convention and a member of the Chambre des représentants de France
during the Hundred Days
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deputies and one of the most influential men in the Assembly. During the trial of Louis XVI
he voted in favour of the king's culpability, against the ratification of the court's decision by the people, in favour of the death penalty and against postponement. He justified his decision in favour of the death penalty for the king by saying "I've consulted the law; it tells me that all conspirators deserve death. The same law also tells me that the same penalty must apply to the same crimes: I vote for death". On 13 April 1793 he voted against the trial of Jean-Paul Marat
and on 28 May that year voted against the decision of the decree which had broken up the Commission of Twelve
on 27 May.
President of the club des Jacobins, he became a member of the comité des pétitions, the Comité d'alinéation and the Committee of Public Safety
. He condemned his colleague Asselin for giving refuge to the marquise Luppé de Chauny (who had been condemned to death). An opponent of Robespierre, he fought to take over his position. After 9 thermidor he took on the defence of Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne
and Bertrand Barère and opposed the trial of former members of the Committee of Public Safety. He was implicated in the Revolt of 1 prairial year III
(20 May 1795) and condemned to deportation before being given an amnesty.
Elected to the Chambre des représentants for Gers during the Hundred Days, the law of 12 January 1816 after the Second Restoration
condemned Barran to exile as a regicide and he spent the rest of his life in Switzerland
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Castelnau-d'Auzan
Castelnau-d'Auzan is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.-Geography:A picturesque little village on the river Gélise on a crossing of roads, east of the city of Condom in the Gers bounding the departments Lot-et-Garonne and the Landes. It benefits of a privileged situation on...
- 16 May 1816, Assens
Assens
Assens may refer to:* Assens, Denmark** Assens Municipality* Assens, Switzerland* Rafael Cansinos-Asséns , a Spanish poet, essayist, literary critic...
, Vaud canton) was a French politician. He was deputy to the French National Convention and a member of the Chambre des représentants de France
Chambre des représentants de France
The Chambre des représentants was the popularly-elected lower body of the French Parliament set up under the Charter of 1815. The body had 629 members who were to serve five-year terms...
during the Hundred Days
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days, sometimes known as the Hundred Days of Napoleon or Napoleon's Hundred Days for specificity, marked the period between Emperor Napoleon I of France's return from exile on Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815...
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Life
Procureur-général syndic for the département of Le Gers, he was elected as a deputy to the Convention for the Gers département, 5 September 1792. He became one of the most ardent MontagnardMontagnard
The French term Montagnard, meaning "People from the mountain" refers to an indigenous people group generally from the Central Highlands of Vietnam. It includes individuals from multiple tribal groups, including the Bahnar, Jarai, Koho, Mnong and E De peoples...
deputies and one of the most influential men in the Assembly. During the trial of Louis XVI
Trial of Louis XVI
The trial of Louis XVI was a key event of the French Revolution. It involved the trial of the former French king Louis XVI before the National Convention and led to his execution.- 10–11 December 1792 :The trial began on Camel 10 December...
he voted in favour of the king's culpability, against the ratification of the court's decision by the people, in favour of the death penalty and against postponement. He justified his decision in favour of the death penalty for the king by saying "I've consulted the law; it tells me that all conspirators deserve death. The same law also tells me that the same penalty must apply to the same crimes: I vote for death". On 13 April 1793 he voted against the trial of 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...
and on 28 May that year voted against the decision of the decree which had broken up the Commission of Twelve
Commission of Twelve
During the French Revolution, the Extraordinary Commission of Twelve was a commission of the French National Convention charged with finding and trying conspirators...
on 27 May.
President of the club des Jacobins, he became a member of the comité des pétitions, the Comité d'alinéation and the Committee of Public Safety
Committee of Public Safety
The Committee of Public Safety , created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror , a stage of the French Revolution...
. He condemned his colleague Asselin for giving refuge to the marquise Luppé de Chauny (who had been condemned to death). An opponent of Robespierre, he fought to take over his position. After 9 thermidor he took on the defence of Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne
Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne
Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne , also known as Jean Nicolas, was a French personality of the Revolutionary period. Though not one of the most well known figures of the French Revolution, Jacques Nicolas Billaud Varenne was an instrumental figure of the period known as the Reign of Terror...
and Bertrand Barère and opposed the trial of former members of the Committee of Public Safety. He was implicated in the Revolt of 1 prairial year III
Revolt of 1 prairial year III
The revolt of 1 prairial year III was a Jacobin popular revolt in Paris on 20 May 1795 against the Thermidorian National Convention, then presided over by François-Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas...
(20 May 1795) and condemned to deportation before being given an amnesty.
Elected to the Chambre des représentants for Gers during the Hundred Days, the law of 12 January 1816 after the Second 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...
condemned Barran to exile as a regicide and he spent the rest of his life in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
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