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Also Known As Maximilien-François-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre
Born May 6, 1758 • Arras • France
Died July 28, 1794 (aged 36) • Paris • France
Title / Office National Convention (1792-1794) • Third Estate (1789-1789)
Political Affiliation Jacobin Club • Montagnard
Role In French Revolution • Reign of Terror

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Eighteenth-century painted portrait of Maximilien de Robespierre wearing a brown striped coat, high collar, and white cravat, set against a plain background.
Painting by Auguste Couder showing a large assembly of men in formal attire gathered in a grand hall for the Opening of the States-General on May 5, 1789, at Versailles.
Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre
Louis XVI: Execution by guillotine
Maximilien Robespierre
Georges Danton
Engraving depicting the dramatic arrest of Maximilien Robespierre during the French Revolution, with armed guards seizing him in a crowded, torch-lit chamber.
Engraving of Maximilien Robespierre being positioned at the guillotine by two men, with a crowd and Parisian buildings in the background, titled "The Death of Robespierre."
Engraved portrait of Maximilien Robespierre, shown from the shoulders up with curled hair, a high-collared coat, and a cravat, against a dark background.
Engraving of a Revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror, with judges at a table, armed guards, and citizens, some pointing and gesturing in a crowded courtroom.
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