Portrait Of Michel Philippe Freteau Deputy Of The Bailiwick Of Melun French Revolution Truth

Michel Philippe Freteau: deputy of the bailiwick of Melun, elected president, October 10 and December 5; drawn from life; Verité sculptor Author: Vérité, Jean-Baptiste (1756-1837). Engraver Publisher: In Paris, at the author's, rue des Cordeliers...House of the Indian merchant, n°19 Date of publication: 1789 Subject: Fréteau de Saint-Just, Emmanuel-Marie-Michel-Philippe (1745-1794) Engraving from the revolutionary period. Emmanuel-Marie-Michel-Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just, born in Vaux-le-Pénil on March 28, 1745 and died guillotined in Paris on June 14, 1794, is a French politician. Lord of Vaux-le-Pénil and Saint-Liesne, he was elected on March 20, 1789, deputy of the nobility of the bailiwicks of Melun and Moret-sur-Loing to the Estates General. At Versailles, he quickly joined those among the liberal nobles who wished to challenge absolutism and unite the three orders in a National Assembly. In the debates, he intervened a lot: Mirabeau nicknamed him "the gossip Fréteau". He was elected twice president of the Assembly. A convinced supporter of the constitutional monarchy, he proposed to give the king the title of "king of the French". After August 10, 1792, in disagreement with the new direction taken by the Revolution, he retired to his land of Vaux-le-Pénil, acquired by his grandfather Héracle Fréteau de Saint-Just in 1728, and on which his father had built the castle that exists today. He continued to participate actively in the life of his commune. Suspected, he was arrested during the Terror. Acquitted a first time, partly thanks to the favorable testimonies of his fellow citizens, he was nevertheless kept prisoner at the Conciergerie and then accused of plotting against the security of the State. All right of defense was denied to him and he was guillotined at the Barrière du Trône on 26 Prairial Year II (June 14, 1794). Contemporary frame in oil-gilded wood.