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{{Character Infobox | {{Character Infobox | ||
| image = ACUDB - Jean-Paul Marat.png | | image = ACUDB - Jean-Paul Marat.png | ||
| birth = 24 May 1743<br | | birth = 24 May 1743<br>{{Wiki|Boudry}}, {{Wiki|Principality of Neuchâtel}}, [[Prussia]] | ||
| death = 13 July 1793 {{c|aged 50}}<br | | death = 13 July 1793 {{c|aged 50}}<br>[[Paris]], [[France|French Republic]] | ||
| species = [[Human]] | | species = [[Human]] | ||
| affiliates = | | affiliates = | ||
| database = [[Database: Jean-Paul Marat|Jean-Paul Marat]] | | database = [[Database: Jean-Paul Marat|Jean-Paul Marat]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Jean-Paul Marat''' (1743 – 1793) was a physician, political theorist, and scientist, as well as a radical journalist and politician during the [[French Revolution]]. | '''Jean-Paul Marat''' (1743 – 1793) was a [[Doctor|physician]], political theorist, and scientist, as well as a radical journalist and politician during the [[French Revolution]].<ref>{{WP}}</ref> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
During the revolution, Marat published the newspaper ''L'Ami du peuple'' ("Friend of the People"), which brought him much notoriety as an influential supporter of the sans-culottes and the radical [[Jacobins]]. He advocated for | During the revolution, Marat published the newspaper ''{{Wiki|L'Ami du peuple}}'' ("Friend of the People"), which brought him much notoriety as an influential supporter of the ''[[sans-culottes]]'' and the radical [[Jacobins]]. He advocated for a purge of the moderate [[Girondists]], which led to concerns that Marat's radical views would start a civil war in [[France]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Jean-Paul Marat]]</ref> | ||
At some point in the 1790s, Marat signed a letter which authorized a violent [[gang]] to rob the graves on [[Île de la Cité]]. However, the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] stole the letter, ending the gang's criminal activities.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Marat's Missive]]</ref> | At some point in the 1790s, Marat signed a letter which authorized a violent [[gang]] to rob the graves on [[Île de la Cité]]. However, the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] stole the letter, ending the gang's criminal activities.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Marat's Missive]]</ref> | ||
On 13 July 1793, | On 13 July 1793, the Girondist sympathizer [[Charlotte Corday]] assassinated Marat inside his own home while he took a medicinal bath. Marat had granted an audience with Corday after she pretended to bring a list of Girondists conspiring against him, only for her to fatally stab him with a knife she had purchased from a local [[merchant]].<ref name="ACU">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat]]</ref> Arno Dorian later investigated the circumstances of Marat's murder, ultimately identifying Corday as the culprit. After Marat's death, the painter [[Jacques-Louis David]] made a posthumous portrait of him,<ref name="ACU" /> immortalizing Marat as a Jacobin martyr.<ref>''[[Project Widow]]'' – "Marat the martyr"</ref> | ||
Arno Dorian later investigated the circumstances of Marat's murder, ultimately identifying Corday as the culprit. After Marat's death, the painter [[Jacques-Louis David]] made a posthumous portrait of him,<ref name="ACU"/> immortalizing Marat as a Jacobin martyr.<ref>''[[Project Widow]]'' – "Marat the martyr"</ref> | |||
==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
In 2012, the Assassin [[Clay Kaczmarek]] included Marat in | In 2012, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Clay Kaczmarek]] included Jacques-Louis' painting of Marat in a [[glyphs|glyph]] he had hidden for [[Desmond Miles]] to find inside the [[Animus|Animus 2.0]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #7: "Keep on Seeking, and You Will Find"</ref> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{ | *''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{1st}} {{Io|paint}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' | ||
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
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{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marat, Jean-Paul}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Marat, Jean-Paul}} | ||
[[Category:1743 births]] | [[Category:1743 births]] | ||
[[Category:1793 deaths]] | [[Category:1793 deaths]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:41, 13 July 2026
Jean-Paul Marat (1743 – 1793) was a physician, political theorist, and scientist, as well as a radical journalist and politician during the French Revolution.[1]
Biography[edit | edit source]
During the revolution, Marat published the newspaper L'Ami du peuple ("Friend of the People"), which brought him much notoriety as an influential supporter of the sans-culottes and the radical Jacobins. He advocated for a purge of the moderate Girondists, which led to concerns that Marat's radical views would start a civil war in France.[2]
At some point in the 1790s, Marat signed a letter which authorized a violent gang to rob the graves on Île de la Cité. However, the French Assassin Arno Dorian stole the letter, ending the gang's criminal activities.[3]
On 13 July 1793, the Girondist sympathizer Charlotte Corday assassinated Marat inside his own home while he took a medicinal bath. Marat had granted an audience with Corday after she pretended to bring a list of Girondists conspiring against him, only for her to fatally stab him with a knife she had purchased from a local merchant.[4] Arno Dorian later investigated the circumstances of Marat's murder, ultimately identifying Corday as the culprit. After Marat's death, the painter Jacques-Louis David made a posthumous portrait of him,[4] immortalizing Marat as a Jacobin martyr.[5]
Legacy[edit | edit source]
In 2012, the Assassin Clay Kaczmarek included Jacques-Louis' painting of Marat in a glyph he had hidden for Desmond Miles to find inside the Animus 2.0.[6]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed II (first appearance) (painting only)
- Assassin's Creed: Unity
- Echoes of History (mentioned only)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑
Jean-Paul Marat on Wikipedia
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Jean-Paul Marat
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Marat's Missive
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Assassin's Creed: Unity – The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat
- ↑ Project Widow – "Marat the martyr"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #7: "Keep on Seeking, and You Will Find"