Historical Figures

Clermont-Tonnerre Stanislas Marie Adelaide de(1757 - 1792)

Member of a large Dauphiné family, one of whose members was Marshal of France during the battle of Fontenoy. He is a friend of Rousseau and of the encyclopaedists. Deputy to the nobility, he is the leader of the deputies who join the Tiers. He is in favor of a bicameral monarchy like in England. He gets the king to vote for the veto, and therefore becomes despised. On August 10, he was massacred by the sans-culottes.