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Lucile Desmoulins
When the trial against Danton and his friends threatened to fail, the committees needed a pretext to deprive the accused of the right to speak. They found it. It was the wife of Camille Desmoulins who wanted to save her husband's life. From this, a conspiracy of the prisons
was constructed – and the frightened deputies of the Convention raised their hands for a new law that made conviction without further defense possible. The rest of the trial proceeded without the accused. Danton and Camille Desmoulins were executed. Lucile Desmoulins faced the guillotine a few days later – to confirm afterwards the alleged conspiracy. Send me to my husband.
were her last words. The two-year-old son of Lucile and Camille became an orphan that day.
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1770 - 1794
- January 18, 1770 · Anne-Lucile-Philippe Laridon-Duplessis is born in Paris. Her parents belong to the wealthy, enlightened bourgeoisie.
- 1787 · Lucile falls in love with Camille Desmoulins. However, her father refuses the marriage because of the uncertain future of the as yet unsuccessful young lawyer.
- December 29, 1790 · Marriage to Camille Desmoulins, who has already made a name for himself in the Revolution. Among the witnesses are Brissot, Mirabeau and Robespierre.
- June 6, 1792 · Birth of their son Horace Camille.
- March 31, 1794 · Camille Desmoulins is arrested.
- April 4, 1794 · While the trial of her husband is still underway, Lucile Desmoulins is arrested. Horace is placed in the care of Lucile's grandmother.
- April 5, 1794 · Camille Desmoulins is executed.
- April 10, 1794 · Beginning of the trial against Lucile Desmoulins and other accused in the
conspiracy of the prisons
, including Françoise Hébert. Lucile and Françoise, widows of politically opposed husbands, become friends. - April 13, 1794 · Execution at the Place de la Révolution in Paris.
Quotes
I was born to love and to be unhappy.
Lucile Desmoulins, 1788
My bound hands embrace you, and my severed head still rests its dying eyes upon you.
From the last letter of Camille to Lucile
I am going to join the one I adored.
Lucile on the day before her execution
Le Moniteur
Tridi, 23 Germinal, l'an 2 de la République Française une et indivisible
(April 12, 1794)
Lucile, Horace, and Camille Desmoulins
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