Jacques-François-Xavier de Whyte
Jacques-François-Xavier de Whyte, comte de Malleville (1730 – 1790s), born James Francis Xavier Whyte, was an Irish nobleman and former officer of the French Army imprisoned in the Bastille from 1784 to 1789.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Having been declared insane, Whyte was initially imprisoned within Château de Vincennes, before being relocated to the Bastille in Paris on 29 February 1784.[1] He grew a long beard and believed himself to be Julius Caesar. When Arno was brought in the fortress, he casually overheard Whyte quoting the famous opening line of Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico: Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.[2]
On 14 July 1789, the Storming of the Bastille took place, and Whyte was freed by the protesters. Within a week however, he was sent to the Charenton insane asylum.[3]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Unity
- Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook (mentioned only)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ LE REGISTRE D'ÉCROU DE LA BASTILLE DE 1782 À 1789 (in French). The Project Gutenberg. Retrieved on 6 March 2025.
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Imprisoned
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook – Historic Personage Sheets