Louis-Gustav Dulce , Count de Ponteculan ( fr. Louis-Gustave Doulcet, comte de Pontécoulant ; November 17, 1764 , Caen (Normandy) - April 3, 1853 , Paris ) - French politician.
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In honor of his son, the astronomer Ponteculan (1795–1874), one of the lunar craters was named.
Content
- 1 Biography and activities
- 2 Family life
- 3 Editions
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography and Activities
He was a lieutenant of the guard when the revolution broke out; became her ardent supporter. Elected as a member of the National Convention , at first he sided with the Montagnards , but in the process of Louis XVI voted for exile and for the postponement of the execution of the sentence and then joined the Girondins ; however, he was not included in the list of disgraced deputies (May 31, 1793), despite Couton's proposal; signed a protest against the events of May 31 . [2]
On October 30, outlawed, Ponteculan sought refuge in Zurich , where he earned his living as carpentry . In December 1794 he returned to France. Elected to the council of five hundred , Ponteculan defended the freedom of the press there ; after the conspiracy was discovered , Babeuf tried to prevent the reaction. His opposition to the coup of 18 fructidor led to a new exile, from which he returned only 18 brumaire . [2]
In the final days of the Convention, Ponteculan patronized Bonaparte. Having achieved power, Napoleon appointed him first as prefect , then senator . Raised by Louis XVIII to the peers of France , he joined the liberal party. [2]
Died in Paris, buried in Pere Lachaise cemetery , section 60.
Family life
In the fall of 1793, Ponteculan was hiding from the persecution of the Montagnards from the owner of the largest printing house in Paris, the widow of Maria Anna Elizabeth Lejay (1765-1844), who was said to be the mistress of Count Mirabeau . Upon his return to France in December 1794, Ponteculan married his savior. In this marriage the sons of Louis Adolph (1794–1882) and Philip Gustav (1795–1874) were born. Having become Countess de Ponteculan, Maria Anna wrote about her husband in one private letter: “Unfortunately, there is a big bad boy next to me who wears a beard like a fireman. But in any case, know that I got married very young. ” [3]
Editions
Left the Memoirs published in Paris in four volumes: Pontecoulant comte de. Souvenirs historiques et parlamentaires. T. 1-4. Paris, 1861-1865. The first volume describes in detail how in July 1793 Charlotte Corde called him to her defenders at the trial in the Revolutionary Tribunal and why Ponteculan did not act in that capacity.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Sycomore / Assemblée nationale
- ↑ 1 2 3 Ponteculan, Louis-Gustav // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ Au bocage normand: ancienne revue Au pays virois fondée en 1913. P. 183.
Links
- Ponteculan, Louis Gustav // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.