Jourdan Marquis de Launay, Bernard René

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Presumed portrait of de Launay (Source: Wikimedia)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_pr%C3%A9sum%C3%A9_de_Bernard_Jourdan,_marquis_de_Launay_(1740-14_juillet_1789),_gouverneur_de_la_Bastille_01_(cropped).jpg

Basic data

  1. April 8, 1740 in Paris
  2. †
    July 14, 1789 in Paris
  3. Militär
  4. Paris

Iconography

Presumed portrait of de Launay (Source: Wikimedia)
Anonymous painting of the storming of the Bastille. De Launay is shown on the right being led away from the building by pro-revolutionary soldiers. (Source: Wikimedia)
1789 engraving of the beheaded Mayor of Paris Flesselles and de Launay. The caption reads "This is how we get revenge on traitors". (Source: Wikimedia)

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Biographical information from the WeGA

Letzter Kommandant der Bastille in Paris; wurde bei der Erstürmung der Bastille ermordet.

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