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==Biography==
==Biography==
In 1757, Tavernier plotted with [[Robert-François Damiens]] to assassinate King [[Louis XV of France]]. Damiens failed to kill Louis and was executed, while Tavernier was imprisoned in the Bastille and declared insane.<ref name="AE">''[[Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment - Employee Handbook]]'' – {{Cite|28 June 2022. Sections needed}}</ref>
In 1757, Tavernier plotted with [[Robert-François Damiens]] to assassinate King [[Louis XV of France]]. Damiens failed to kill Louis and was promtly executed by {{Wiki|dismemberment}},<ref>{{WP|Robert-François Damiens}}</ref> while Tavernier was imprisoned in the Bastille and declared insane.<ref name="AE">''[[Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment - Employee Handbook]]'' – [[Historic Personage Sheets]]: "Bastille"</ref> On 14 July 1789, rioting [[Paris]]ians forcibly [[Storming of the Bastille|stormed]] the Bastille. While Tavernier insisted that he see Damiens, unaware his accomplice had been dead for over 30 years, the [[Soldier|guards]] locked him inside his cell.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Imprisoned]]</ref> The rioters eventually freed Tavernier, but he was recaptured<ref name="AE" /> and transferred to the {{Wiki|Charenton (asylum)|Charenton insane asylum}}.<ref>{{WP|Bastille}}</ref>


On 14 July 1789, rioting [[Paris]]ians forcibly [[Storming of the Bastille|stormed]] the Bastille. While Tavernier insisted that he see Damiens, the [[Soldier|guards]] locked him inside his cell.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Imprisoned]]</ref> The rioters eventually freed Tavernier, however he was soon transferred to the {{Wiki|Charenton (asylum)|Charenton insane asylum}}.<ref name="AE"/>
==Appearances==
*''[[Project Widow]]'' {{1stm}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook]]'' {{Mo}}


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:50, 22 September 2023

"Let me out of here! Hold on, Damiens! I'm coming! Death to the tyrant!"
―Auguste Tavernier calling out to Robert-François Damiens, 1789.[src]-[m]
Auguste Tavernier

Auguste-Claude Tavernier (born 1725) was a French anti-royalist and a prisoner of the Bastille from 1757 to 1789.

Biography

In 1757, Tavernier plotted with Robert-François Damiens to assassinate King Louis XV of France. Damiens failed to kill Louis and was promtly executed by dismemberment,[1] while Tavernier was imprisoned in the Bastille and declared insane.[2] On 14 July 1789, rioting Parisians forcibly stormed the Bastille. While Tavernier insisted that he see Damiens, unaware his accomplice had been dead for over 30 years, the guards locked him inside his cell.[3] The rioters eventually freed Tavernier, but he was recaptured[2] and transferred to the Charenton insane asylum.[4]

Appearances

References

  1. ↑ Robert-François Damiens on Wikipedia
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment - Employee Handbook – Historic Personage Sheets: "Bastille"
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Imprisoned
  4. ↑ Bastille on Wikipedia
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