Theroigne de mericourt wikipedia search
Girondins et montagnards!
Theroigne de mericourt wikipedia search
Theroigne de Mericourt
French Revolution organizer ()
Theroigne de Mericourt | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anne-Josèphe Terwagne ()13 August Marcourt, Rendeux, Belgium |
| Died | 8 June () (aged&#;54) Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, orator, revolutionary |
Anne-Josèphe Théroigne de Méricourt (born Anne-Josèphe Terwagne; 13 August – 8 June ) was a Belgian singer, orator and organizer in the French Revolution.
She was born at Marcourt, in Prince-Bishopric of Liège[1] (from which comes the appellation "de Méricourt"), a small town in the modern Belgian province of Luxembourg. She was active in the French Revolution and worked within the Austrian Low Countries to also foster revolution.
She was held in an Austrian prison from to for being an agent provocateur in Belgium. She was a cofounder of a Parisian revolutionary club and had warrants for her arrest issued in France for her alleged participation in the October Days uprising.
She is