The 9 September massacres were two series of massacres of prisoners at
Versailles
The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, ...
on 9 September 1792 during the
French Revolution
The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in coup of 18 Brumaire, November 1799. Many of its ...
. They occurred in the context of the
September Massacres
The September Massacres were a series of killings of prisoners in Paris that occurred in 1792, from Sunday, 2 September until Thursday, 6 September, during the French Revolution. Between 1,176 and 1,614 people were killed by '' fédérés'', gu ...
.
Claude Fournier was accused of complicity in them. Those killed included
Charles d'Abancourt,
Claude Antoine de Valdec de Lessart
Antoine Claude Nicolas Valdec de Lessart (25 January 1741, Château de Mongenan, Portets, near Bordeaux – 9 September 1792, Versailles (city), Versailles ) was a French politician. He was the illegitimate son of the Baron de Gasq, Président ...
and
Louis Hercule Timoléon de Cossé-Brissac
Louis Hercule Timoléon de Cossé-Brissac, Duke of Brissac (14 February 1734, Paris – 9 September 1792, Versailles), was a French military commander and peer of France. He was the second son and eventual heir of Jean Paul Timoléon de Cossé ...
.
Context
The prisoners of Orléans
The prisoners of Versailles
The following evening, the assassins returned to the écuries de la Reine, now known as the prison of Versailles, to carry out a second massacre of 30 inmates.
External links
Diagnopsy : Les massacres de septembreQuid: see the chapter ''Constitution du 3-9-1791. Haute Cour nationale''
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1792 events of the French Revolution
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