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|image = | | image = ACU Fabre d'Églantine.png | ||
|birth = 28 July 1750<br>{{Wiki|Carcassonne}}, [[ | | birth = 28 July 1750<br />{{Wiki|Carcassonne}}, [[Kingdom of France]] | ||
|death = 5 April 1794 | | death = 5 April 1794 {{c|aged 43}}<br />[[Paris]], [[France|French Republic]] | ||
|affiliates = {{Wiki|Cordeliers}}<br>[[National Convention]]<br>[[Jacobins]] | | affiliates = {{Wiki|Cordeliers}}<br />[[National Convention]]<br />[[Jacobins]]<br />[[Bande noire]] | ||
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'''Philippe François Nazaire Fabre d'Églantine''' ( | | database = [[Database: Fabre d'Églantine|Fabre d'Églantine]] | ||
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'''Philippe François Nazaire Fabre d'Églantine''' (1750 – 1794), commonly known as '''Fabre d'Églantine''', was a [[France|French]] actor, dramatist, poet, and politician of the [[French Revolution]]. | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
D'Églantine produced numerous poems. At a young age, he won the ''lys d'argent'', silver | ===Early life=== | ||
D'Églantine produced numerous poems. At a young age, he won the ''lys d'argent'', silver lily, second prize in a poetry competition. However, he took on the name ''Églantine'' from the name of the first prize, the ''églantine d'or'', the golden wild rose, which he claimed to have won. He soon became a traveling singer under the name Fabre d'Églantine, and wrote the famous song ''{{Wiki|Il pleut, il pleut, bergère}}'', meaning "it rains, it rains, shepherdess".<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Fabre d'Églantine]]</ref> | |||
The revolution became his claim to fame. | ===French Revolution=== | ||
The revolution became his claim to fame. Although King [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]]'s letter of remission saved him from debtor's prison, d'Églantine began rioting against the [[monarchy]] at the outbreak of the revolution, becoming involved in shady dealings with [[Jean-Paul Marat]] and [[Georges Danton]] and joining the [[Jacobins|Jacobin Club]] while writing popular plays. In order to maintain his luxurious lifestyle, he offered his services to the monarchy, accepting three million [[livre]]s in exchange for creating a [[royalist]] faction within the Jacobins.<ref name="Database" /> | |||
Around this time, d'Églantine | Around this time, d'Églantine also became a member of the ''[[Bande noire]]'', a black market [[gang]] which acquired buildings through fake auctions. During one of these auctions to buy a church, d'Églantine made a bid of 200 livres. However, the ''gendarme'' [[Jean-Baptiste Dossonville]], who intended to disrupt the auction, outbid him by increasingly larger amounts. After Dossonville accused the auctioneer of corruption, guards attacked the ''gendarme'' himself. He fought them off with the aid of the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] and put an end to the auction.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[La Bande Noire]]</ref> | ||
After | After Danton became Minister of Justice in 1792, he hired d'Églantine as his secretary. [[Maximilien de Robespierre]] soon blamed him for interfering with army supplies and having made a vast profit by ordering thousands of pairs of [[boot]]s for the troops, which were never delivered. D'Églantine came up with names for months of the {{Wiki|French Republican calendar|revolutionary calendar}}, and was among those blamed for the [[September Massacres]]. After becoming involved in the fraudulent affairs of the {{Wiki|Louis XIV's East India Company|French East India Company}}, he was targeted by Robespierre as a way to eliminate his rival Danton.<ref name="Database" /> | ||
===Death=== | |||
On 5 April 1794, d'Églantine was [[guillotine]]d along with Danton, [[Camille Desmoulins]], [[Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles]], and {{Wiki|Pierre Philippeaux}}. Robespierre came to describe d'Églantine as "Talented, but with no soul. Skilled in the art of depicting men, even more skillful in deceiving them". The historian {{Wiki|Jean Tulard}} called him a "lazy, unstable, handsome hunk".<ref name="Database" /> | |||
==Appearances== | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:37, 4 May 2026
Philippe François Nazaire Fabre d'Églantine (1750 – 1794), commonly known as Fabre d'Églantine, was a French actor, dramatist, poet, and politician of the French Revolution.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Early life[edit | edit source]
D'Églantine produced numerous poems. At a young age, he won the lys d'argent, silver lily, second prize in a poetry competition. However, he took on the name Églantine from the name of the first prize, the églantine d'or, the golden wild rose, which he claimed to have won. He soon became a traveling singer under the name Fabre d'Églantine, and wrote the famous song Il pleut, il pleut, bergère, meaning "it rains, it rains, shepherdess".[1]
French Revolution[edit | edit source]
The revolution became his claim to fame. Although King Louis XVI's letter of remission saved him from debtor's prison, d'Églantine began rioting against the monarchy at the outbreak of the revolution, becoming involved in shady dealings with Jean-Paul Marat and Georges Danton and joining the Jacobin Club while writing popular plays. In order to maintain his luxurious lifestyle, he offered his services to the monarchy, accepting three million livres in exchange for creating a royalist faction within the Jacobins.[1]
Around this time, d'Églantine also became a member of the Bande noire, a black market gang which acquired buildings through fake auctions. During one of these auctions to buy a church, d'Églantine made a bid of 200 livres. However, the gendarme Jean-Baptiste Dossonville, who intended to disrupt the auction, outbid him by increasingly larger amounts. After Dossonville accused the auctioneer of corruption, guards attacked the gendarme himself. He fought them off with the aid of the French Assassin Arno Dorian and put an end to the auction.[2]
After Danton became Minister of Justice in 1792, he hired d'Églantine as his secretary. Maximilien de Robespierre soon blamed him for interfering with army supplies and having made a vast profit by ordering thousands of pairs of boots for the troops, which were never delivered. D'Églantine came up with names for months of the revolutionary calendar, and was among those blamed for the September Massacres. After becoming involved in the fraudulent affairs of the French East India Company, he was targeted by Robespierre as a way to eliminate his rival Danton.[1]
Death[edit | edit source]
On 5 April 1794, d'Églantine was guillotined along with Danton, Camille Desmoulins, Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, and Pierre Philippeaux. Robespierre came to describe d'Églantine as "Talented, but with no soul. Skilled in the art of depicting men, even more skillful in deceiving them". The historian Jean Tulard called him a "lazy, unstable, handsome hunk".[1]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Fabre d'Églantine
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – La Bande Noire