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The Birth of Robespierre

May 6th, 1758

Unforgettably described by Carlyle as 'the Sea-Green Incorruptible', Maximilien-Frangois-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre was born in the town of Arras in north-eastern France, the eldest child of a lawyer. The 'de' in his name he would eventually drop. There is talk of Irish ancestry far back, but his family had long been French. The new arrival was born only four months after his parents' wedding and there were later two sisters, Charlotte and Henriette, and a younger brother, Augustin.

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