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| birth = 24 May 1743<br />{{Wiki|Boudry}}, {{Wiki|Principality of Neuchâtel}}, [[Prussia]]
| birth = 24 May 1743<br />{{Wiki|Boudry}}, {{Wiki|Principality of Neuchâtel}}, [[Prussia]]
| death = 13 July 1793 (age 50)<br />[[Paris]], [[Kingdom of France]]
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'''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 physician, political theorist, and scientist, as well as a radical journalist and politician during the [[French Revolution]].


Marat signed a letter which authorized a violent [[gang]] to rob graves in [[Île de la Cité]]. However, the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] stole the letter, eliminating the gang's activities.<ref name="Unity">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Marat's Missive]]
==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 the 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>


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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>


In 1793, [[Charlotte Corday]] assassinated Marat while he took a medicinal bath. Arno Dorian investigated the circumstances of his death.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat]]</ref>
On 13 July 1793, Marat was assassinated inside his own home by [[Charlotte Corday]], a Girondist symphatizer, while he took a medicinal bath. Corday was granted an audience with Marat after pretending to bring a list of Girondists conspiring against him, and stabbed him to death with a knife she had purchased from a local [[merchant]].<ref name="ACU">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat]]</ref>


In 2012, [[Clay Kaczmarek]] included Marat in one of the [[glyphs]] inside the [[Animus]] for [[Desmond Miles]] to find.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #7: "Keep on Seeking, and You Will Find"</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==
In 2012, the Assassin [[Clay Kaczmarek]] included Marat in one of the [[glyphs]] hidden inside the [[Animus]] for his successor, [[Desmond Miles]], to find.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #7: "Keep on Seeking, and You Will Find"</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Jacques-Louis David - La Mort de Marat.jpg|''{{wiki|The Death of Marat}}'',by [[Jacques-Louis David]]
Jacques-Louis David - La Mort de Marat.jpg|''{{wiki|The Death of Marat}}'' by Jacques-Louis David
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Revision as of 05:45, 5 May 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.

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 the purge of the moderate Girondists, which led to concerns that Marat's radical views would start a civil war in France.[1]

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.[2]

On 13 July 1793, Marat was assassinated inside his own home by Charlotte Corday, a Girondist symphatizer, while he took a medicinal bath. Corday was granted an audience with Marat after pretending to bring a list of Girondists conspiring against him, and stabbed him to death with a knife she had purchased from a local merchant.[3]

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,[3] immortalizing Marat as a Jacobin martyr.[4]

Legacy

In 2012, the Assassin Clay Kaczmarek included Marat in one of the glyphs hidden inside the Animus for his successor, Desmond Miles, to find.[5]

Gallery

Appearances

References

  1. Assassin's Creed: UnityDatabase: Jean-Paul Marat
  2. Assassin's Creed: UnityMarat's Missive
  3. 3.0 3.1 Assassin's Creed: UnityThe Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat
  4. Project Widow – "Marat the martyr"
  5. Assassin's Creed IIGlyph #7: "Keep on Seeking, and You Will Find"