Antoine Louis Albitte
Antoine Louis Albitte (30 December 1761, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime – 23 December 1812, Rossienie) was a French Revolutionary politician. He was deputy for Seine-Inférieure in the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention, where he was known as "Albitte the elder" to distinguish him from his brother Jean-Louis Albitte - he sat there from pluviôse, Year II. He also fought as an officer in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars - he died of cold, fatigue and hunger on the retreat from Russia after three days of suffering.
Antoine Louis Albitte | |
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| Born | Antoine Louis Albitte 30 December 1761 Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France |
| Died | 23 December 1812 (aged 50) Rossienie, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | French Revolutionary politician and army officer |
| Employer(s) | Legislative Assembly and the National Convention |
| Parent(s) | François-Antoine Albitte and Marie Barbe Bourdon |
Life
Born into a merchant family in Dieppe, as the son of François-Antoine Albitte "former guard of the king" and Marie Barbe Bourdon. His first cousin was Pierre Nicolas Étienne Langlois (1756-1819), who would be deputy for Seine-Inférieure in the Legislative Assembly. He was the illicit lover in an affair of Mrs. Ducastel, whose husband was also a legislature deputy. He studied at the town's Oratorian college before studying law in Rouen, where he became a lawyer.[1] He set up home in Dieppe[2] and became a freemason
References
- Françoise Brunel (2005), pp. 13–14.
- Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny (1889), pp. 32–33.
Sources
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- Françoise Brunel, « Albitte Antoine-Louis », dans Soboul, Albert (2005). Dictionnaire historique de la Révolution française. Presses universitaires de France. p. 13-14.
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- Adolphe Robert et Gaston Cougny (1889). Dictionnaire des parlementaires français de 1789 à 1889. Vol. I. Paris: Edgar Bourloton. pp. 32–33.
- Jean Tulard, Jean-François Fayard et Alfred Fierro (1998). Histoire et dictionnaire de la Révolution française. éditions Robert Laffont. p. 513.
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