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|birth = Jean-Baptiste Dubois<br>1 January 1753<br>{{Wiki|Auneau|Auneau}}, [[France|Kingdom of France]] | |||
|death = 10 January 1832 (aged 79)<br>{{Wiki|Batignolles|Batignolles}}, French Republic | |||
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{{Quote|Looks like another scam auction. I'm going to foul their little game. Care to watch?|Dossonville to [[Arno Dorian]]|Assassin's Creed Unity}} | |||
'''Jean-Baptiste Dubois''' (1 January 1753 – 10 January 1832), known as '''Dossonville''', was a ''gendarme'' and agent provocateur during the [[French Revolution]]. | |||
== Biography == | |||
Dossonville was born Jean-Baptiste Dubois in {{Wiki|Auneau|Auneau}}, roughly 30 kilometres south-west of [[Paris]]. He initially worked as ''valet de chambre'' and secretary to Charles-Marie d'Irrumberry, comte de Salaberry. He later married and established himself in Paris, where he owned and operated a café and began to pay attention to the local political landscape. In November 1791, he was elected to be a peace officer in the district of Bonne-Nouvelle, and escorted the then-mayor [[Jean Sylvain Bailly]] during the {{Wiki|Champs de Mars Massacre|Champs de Mars Massacre}}. | |||
During the revolution, Dossonville targeted the [[Bande noire]], a black market gang which acquired property through fake auctions. During one of these auctions, the poet and Bande noire member [[Fabre d'Églantine]] was meant to purchase an old church from a corrupt auctioneer. | During the revolution, Dossonville targeted the [[Bande noire]], a black market gang which acquired property through fake auctions. During one of these auctions, the poet and Bande noire member [[Fabre d'Églantine]] was meant to purchase an old church from a corrupt auctioneer. | ||
Dossonville decided to disrupt the auction, bringing the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] with him. As d´Églantine bid two hundred livres, Dossonville outbid him by increasingly larger amounts. When Dossonville accused the auctioneer of corruption, the former was attacked by the guards. However, Dossonville and Arno were able to kill them, ending the auction and keeping d'Églantine from purchasing the church. | Dossonville decided to disrupt the auction, bringing the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] with him. As d´Églantine bid two hundred livres, Dossonville outbid him by increasingly larger amounts. When Dossonville accused the auctioneer of corruption, the former was attacked by the guards. However, Dossonville and Arno were able to kill them, ending the auction and keeping d'Églantine from purchasing the church. | ||
He was later arrested on 22 August 1792 and accused of assisting Louis-David Collenot d'Angremont, the head of the Military Bureau of the [[National Guard (France)|National Guard]], who had been executed only the day before for working against the revolutionaries. Dossonville claimed it was only to gather more information on counter-revolutionaries and was released after nearly a week in prison at the {{Wiki|Prison de l'Abbaye|prison de l'Abbaye}}. | |||
He continued to operate as something of a double-agent throughout the revolution and found himself in and out of prison for years afterwards. He was again arrested in 1804 after he was proven to have ties with the royalist general Jean-Charles Pichegru. Though he denounced the plot to [[Napoleon Bonaparte]], he was disbarred and discredited and later fell into alcoholism. Though he would later receive a commission on [[Île de la Cité|Île Saint Louis]], he was retired in 1830 and died shortly after in the commune of {{Wiki|Batignolles|Batignolles}}. | |||
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Revision as of 04:22, 20 November 2017
- "Looks like another scam auction. I'm going to foul their little game. Care to watch?"
- ―Dossonville to Arno Dorian[src]
Jean-Baptiste Dubois (1 January 1753 – 10 January 1832), known as Dossonville, was a gendarme and agent provocateur during the French Revolution.
Biography
Dossonville was born Jean-Baptiste Dubois in Auneau, roughly 30 kilometres south-west of Paris. He initially worked as valet de chambre and secretary to Charles-Marie d'Irrumberry, comte de Salaberry. He later married and established himself in Paris, where he owned and operated a café and began to pay attention to the local political landscape. In November 1791, he was elected to be a peace officer in the district of Bonne-Nouvelle, and escorted the then-mayor Jean Sylvain Bailly during the Champs de Mars Massacre.
During the revolution, Dossonville targeted the Bande noire, a black market gang which acquired property through fake auctions. During one of these auctions, the poet and Bande noire member Fabre d'Églantine was meant to purchase an old church from a corrupt auctioneer.
Dossonville decided to disrupt the auction, bringing the Assassin Arno Dorian with him. As d´Églantine bid two hundred livres, Dossonville outbid him by increasingly larger amounts. When Dossonville accused the auctioneer of corruption, the former was attacked by the guards. However, Dossonville and Arno were able to kill them, ending the auction and keeping d'Églantine from purchasing the church.
He was later arrested on 22 August 1792 and accused of assisting Louis-David Collenot d'Angremont, the head of the Military Bureau of the National Guard, who had been executed only the day before for working against the revolutionaries. Dossonville claimed it was only to gather more information on counter-revolutionaries and was released after nearly a week in prison at the prison de l'Abbaye.
He continued to operate as something of a double-agent throughout the revolution and found himself in and out of prison for years afterwards. He was again arrested in 1804 after he was proven to have ties with the royalist general Jean-Charles Pichegru. Though he denounced the plot to Napoleon Bonaparte, he was disbarred and discredited and later fell into alcoholism. Though he would later receive a commission on Île Saint Louis, he was retired in 1830 and died shortly after in the commune of Batignolles.
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