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Robespierre, Maximilien de

Robes pierre, Maximilien de |ˈrōbzˌpi (ə )r, -ˌpye (ə )r ˈroʊbspiɛr | (1758 –94 ), French revolutionary; full name Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre. As leader of the radical Jacobins in the National Assembly, he backed the execution of Louis XVI, implemented a purge of the Girondists, and initiated the Terror. The following year, however, he fell from favor and was guillotined.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Robespierre, Maximilien de

Robespierre, Maximilien de |ˈrəʊbzpjɛː, French ʀɔbɛspjɛʀ | (1758 –94 ), French revolutionary; full name Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre. As leader of the radical Jacobins in the National Assembly he backed the execution of Louis XVI, implemented a purge of the Girondists, and initiated the Terror, but the following year he fell from favour and was guillotined.

 

Duden Dictionary

Robespierre

Ro bes pi erre Eigenname |…bɛsˈpi̯ɛːɐ̯ |Führer in der Französischen Revolution