Marc-David Alba also known as Marc-David Lasource (; 22 January 1763 – 31 October 1793) was a French statesman during the

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, and a supporter of the

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faction during the

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Biography

Born in Anglès, in the Department of Tarn in southwest France. A

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, he studied theology at the seminary of

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, Switzerland and received a certificate of consecration on 18 June 1784. He went on to hold the position of secretary at the provincial synod of Haut-Languedoc (1 May 1788) and served as a Protestant minister at

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Elected (30 August 1791) as a representative of the Department of Tarn to the Legislative Assembly (1791–1792). He was appointed a member of the Extraordinary Commission of Twelve (12 August 1792 - 21 September 1792) Alba was elected (3 September 1792) to the

(1792–1793) once again as a deputy for Tarn, and he developed ties with the

faction. He nevertheless voted for the death sentence in the

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. He was sent on a

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, a city recently conquered by the French armies, and called its unification with France. He also served as a member of the

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(24 January 1793 - April 1793) and as President of the National Convention (18 April 1793 - 2 May 1793). He made many powerful enemies, including

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, whom he accused of complicity in the treason of General Dumouriez (1 Apr 1793). With the fall of the

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he was proscribed (2 June 1793) and removed from the Convention, and ultimately condemned to death by the revolutionary tribunal (30 October 1793); guillotined (31 October 1793).

Note on his name

In some sources, his first name is recorded as Marie-David; La Source (Lasource) is a

nom de guerre A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name ( orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individu ...

adopted by Alba as a Protestant priest prosecuted by official authorities.

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and

Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne (; 14 November 1743 – 5 December 1793) was a leader of the French Protestants and a moderate French revolutionary. Biography Jean-Paul Rabaut was born in 1743 in Nîmes, in the department of Gard, the son of Paul ...

changed their names under similar circumstance.

External links

Biography of Lasource
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