Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just

French revolutionary

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1745

Place of Birth: Vaux-le-Pénil, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 14-Jun-1794

Profession: politician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just

  • Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just (28 March 1745 – 14 June 1794) was a French nobleman and an elected representative of the Second Estate during the French Revolution.
  • He was a politically liberal deputy to the Estates-General of 1789 and worked for the cause of constitutional monarchy.
  • In 1789, Fréteau de Saint-Just served two terms as President of the National Constituent Assembly.As the Revolution became more radical, Fréteau de Saint-Just became politically marginalized, and by 1792 he had retired from national politics completely.
  • Nonetheless, his aristocratic background drew increasing ire from militant revolutionaries until he was finally arrested and executed at the guillotine in 1794 during the Reign of Terror.

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