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5 Surprising Facts about Robespierre
5 Surprising Facts about Robespierre
1. Robespierre did not agree with the death penalty
2. Robespierre was never officially head of state
3. He let his best friend Camille Desmoulins be guillotined
4. Robespierre wanted to start a cult
5. Robespierre became the scapegoat for his colleagues
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Desmoulins was a lawyer sharing the advanced ideals of Robespierre. They studied together in a very prestigious school and college, which is today the high-school Louis-Le-Grand. Desmoulins chose Robespierre as his best man when he got married and as the godfather of his son. They were as close as friends can be. Desmoulins was a very influential and skilled journalist who was read in the whole country. His ideas were similar to those of Robespierre for a long time and he shared some responsibility in the elimination of the Girondins and the death of the king Louis the XVI. However, in march 1794, along with Danton, the rival of Robespierre within the Montagnards, he asks for the end of the Terror and the overuse of the guillotine. Along with his partner they had the nickname of “Indulgents”. But Robespierre and his followers believed that it was too soon to abolish this state of exception. Robespierre warned Desmoulins several times and ask him to stop, meanwhile their friendship was disappearing because of this political opposition.