Jean Adrien Bigonnet (1755–1832) was a French revolutionist and republican who became a member of the

Council of Five Hundred The Council of Five Hundred () was the lower house of the legislature of the French First Republic under the Constitution of the Year III. It operated from 31 October 1795 to 9 November 1799 during the French Directory, Directory () period of t ...

(1795–1799). Bigonnet was a Representative during the

Hundred Days The Hundred Days ( ), also known as the War of the Seventh Coalition (), marked the period between Napoleon's return from eleven months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris on20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII o ...

and played a notable part in the abdication of Napoleon in 1815, by pointing out in the legislator during the debate on Napoleon's abdication that the Coalition were in arms to secure the

Treaty of Paris (1814) The Treaty of Paris, signed on 30 May 1814, ended the war between France and the Sixth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars, following an armistice signed on 23 April between Charles, Count of Artois, and the allies. The treaty set the bord ...

. The

said that Napoleon and his family were excluded from the throne of France, so persuading the legislator that if Napoleon's young son (

Napoleon II Napoleon II (Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte; 20 March 181122 July 1832) was the disputed Emperor of the French for a few weeks in 1815. He was the son of Emperor Napoleon I and Empress Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, Marie Louise, d ...

) was to be head of state on the abdication of Napoleon then the Coalition would continue the war.

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* * 1755 births 1832 deaths People from Mâcon Politicians from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté French republicans Members of the Council of Five Hundred Members of the Chamber of Representatives (France) French revolutionaries {{France-politician-stub