Augustin Robespierre

Augustin Robespierre was a French revolutionary politician and younger brother of Maximilien Robespierre. Arrested during the Thermidorian Reaction, he was executed in 1794.

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Maximilien Robespierre: A French revolutionary lawyer and politician who became a leading figure in the Committee of Public Safety. Augustin’s elder brother, political ally, and the central figure in the Thermidorian overthrow.
Arras: A city in northern France and the historic capital of Artois. Augustin’s hometown, where he began his legal and political life.
Thermidorian Reaction: The political backlash that followed the fall of Maximilien Robespierre in July 1794. It brought Augustin’s arrest and the collapse of the Robespierre faction.
Guillotine: A device that executes people by dropping a weighted blade onto the neck. The guillotine was the instrument of Augustin’s execution in Paris.
Bertrand Barère: A French revolutionary politician who served on the Committee of Public Safety. A fellow Convention deputy whose political position shifted during the crisis that ended the brothers’ power.
Estates of Artois: A provincial assembly representing the three estates of Artois under the French monarchy. Augustin entered public life in the political institutions of his native province.
Fall of Maximilien Robespierre: The overthrow and arrest of Maximilien Robespierre on 9 Thermidor, Year II, in the French Revolutionary calendar. Augustin joined his brother in opposing the Convention’s action before both were captured.
Reign of Terror: A period of state repression and mass executions in France, chiefly from 1793 to 1794. Augustin’s fate came at the end of the political violence associated with the Terror.
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just: A French revolutionary politician and associate of Maximilien Robespierre, executed in 1794. Saint-Just was executed alongside the Robespierre brothers after the Thermidorian coup.
French Revolution: A period of political and social upheaval in France beginning in 1789 and ending in 1799. The Revolution transformed Augustin from a local politician into a national deputy.