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Maurice Duplay
Maurice Duplay
(1736,
Saint-Didier-La Seauve
- 1820, Paris) was a French carpentry contractor and revolutionary in the
French Revolution
. In September 1793 he became a member of the
Revolutionary Tribunal
. He was landlord to
Maximilien de Robespierre
,
Charlotte Robespierre
,
Augustin Robespierre
and
Georges Couthon
.
On the evening of 17 July, after the
Champ de Mars massacre
, the authorities ordered numerous arrests. Robespierre, who attended the Jacobin club, did not dare to go back to the rue Saintonge where he lodged, and so asked
Laurent Lecointre
if he knew a patriot near the Tuileries who could put him up for the night. Lecointre suggested Duplay's house and took him there.
[1]
Maurice Duplay, a cabinetmaker and ardent admirer lived at 398
Rue Saint-Honore
near the
Tuileries
. After a few days Robespierre decided to move in, although he lived there in the backyard so that he was constantly exposed to the sound of working.
[2]
He was motivated by a desire to live closer to the Assembly and the meeting place of the Jacobins in the
Rue Saint-Jacques
.
According to his friend, the surgeon
Joseph Souberbielle
,
Joachim Vilate
, and Duplay's daughter Elisabeth, Robespierre became engaged to Duplay's eldest daughter
Eleonore
, but his sister
Charlotte Robespierre
vigorously denied this. Also Augustin refused to marry her.
[3]
The men in the family (Maurice, his son and nephew) were all actively involved in official duties thanks to Robespierre's patronage.
On 29 October 1793 Duplay became a member of the
Revolutionary Tribunal
.
In September 1792 his younger sister and brother joined him and lived in the front house, but Charlotte insisted moving to 5
Rue Saint-Florentin
because of his increased prestige and her tensions with Madame Duplay.
[7]
Augustin moved out from the Duplays when he was sent on a mission to the Midi in August 1793. When he returned on 19 December Augustin decided not to move in with Charlotte; they were no longer on speaking terms.
[8]
On 19 February 1794, Maximilien decided therefore to return to the Duplays.
Courtyard of the house of Maurice Duplay, Robespierre's landlord. Robespierre's residence was on the second floor.
On
9 Thermidor
members of the family Duplay were arrested and at four taken to
Sainte-Pelagie Prison
.
[9]
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