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How did Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand return to France after the Reign of Terror?
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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent
French diplomat Talleyrand, portrait by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1817.
Following the fall of Maximilien Robespierre in July 1794, Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand petitioned the National Convention to have his name removed from the list of émigrés. He argued that he had originally departed France using an official passport.1
His request was granted, and he returned to Paris in September 1796. Upon his return, he immediately assumed his seat in the Institut National, to which he had been elected during his absence.1