Éléonore Duplay

Éléonore Duplay, called Cornélie (* 1768 in Paris, † July 26, 1832 ibid ) is a historical person associated with the French Revolution. Supposedly she was the fiancee of the politician Maximilien de Robespierre.

Life

Éléonore was the eldest daughter of five children of Maurice Duplay master carpenter (1736-1820) and his wife Françoise- Éléonore Vaugeois. In the family it was Cornélie by Cornelia, called mother of the Gracchi. During the French Revolution Éléonore studied painting under Jean -Baptiste Regnault at the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres.

According to her younger sister Élisabeth Le Bas, married to Philippe -François -Joseph Le Bas, Maximilien de Robespierre Éléonore was promised. Éléonore shared Robespierre 's political views. On 9 Thermidor (July 27, 1794) Robespierre was arrested by the National Convention. Among those arrested were also Éléonore, Élisabeth and whose six -week-old son. Robespierre was executed on the following day. The women were released on December 8, 1794, as these have been proven not a crime. After the execution of Robespierre wore Éléonore for the rest of her life mourning and was known as la Veuve Robespierre ( Robespierre 's widow ).

Éléonore Duplay died on July 26, 1832 in Paris and was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris.

Others

The figure of the Éléonore Duplay appears among others in the films of Andrzej Wajda Danton and the French Revolution by Robert Enrico. It also plays a role in the theater play Robespierre by Romain Rolland.