About Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède
Lived 1760 – 1793 (aged 32). Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède was a French politician and wholesaler.
Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède (; – ) was a French Girondin politician.
Boyer-Fonfrède was a deputy to the National Convention from his native city, Bordeaux. In 1792, he voted for the death of Louis XVI. He denounced the September Massacres and accused Jean-Paul Marat. He was tried, condemned, and guillotined in Paris with the leading Girondin deputies on 31 October 1793.
His son Henri Fonfrède (1788–1841) made his name as a publicist defending liberal ideas in Bordeaux's main newspaper under the Bourbon Restoration.
In literature Boyer-Fonfrède, together with his best friend, fellow deputy Jean-François Ducos, appears in a supporting role in the historical mystery novel Palace of Justice (2010) by Susanne Alleyn.
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French politician (1760-1793)
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Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède was born on 5 December 1760 in Bordeaux.
When did Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède die?
Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède died on 31 October 1793 in Paris.
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Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède was a politician and wholesaler.
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Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède was French.
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