Feuillant faction

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The Feuillant faction was a moderate political group during the French Revolution that sought to preserve a constitutional monarchy and oppose the more radical Jacobins.

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Feuillant faction canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Revolutionary political group ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
activeInPeriod French Revolution ⓘ
basedIn Paris ⓘ
conflictWith Cordeliers Club ⓘ
Parisian popular movement ⓘ
consideredByOpponents counter-revolutionary ⓘ
country France ⓘ
declineCause fall of the monarchy on 10 August 1792 ⓘ
growing radicalization of the French Revolution ⓘ
disbandedAfter insurrection of 10 August 1792 ⓘ
historicalSignificance represented moderate constitutional monarchist current during the French Revolution ⓘ
ideology constitutional monarchism ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legislativeBodyActiveIn Legislative Assembly of France ⓘ
metAt Feuillant Club ⓘ
namedAfter Couvent des Feuillants ⓘ
notableMember Adrien Duport ⓘ
Alexandre de Lameth ⓘ
Antoine Barnave ⓘ
Jean Sylvain Bailly ⓘ
linked to: Jean-Sylvain Bailly

Marquis de Lafayette ⓘ
opposedFormOfGovernment radical democracy ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
opposedTo Jacobin Club ⓘ
radical Jacobins ⓘ
politicalGoal defense of property rights ⓘ
stabilization of the Revolution ⓘ
politicalPosition moderate ⓘ
positionOnKing sought to maintain Louis XVI on the throne with limited powers ⓘ
positionOnWar generally supportive of war to defend the Revolution under the monarchy ⓘ
precededBy Constitutional monarchist wing of the Jacobin Club ⓘ
linked to: Girondins
region France ⓘ
socialBase bourgeoisie ⓘ
moderate nobles ⓘ
professional classes ⓘ
soughtTo limit the power of radical popular movements ⓘ
preserve the monarchy under a constitution ⓘ
supportedDocument French Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
supportedFormOfGovernment constitutional monarchy ⓘ
supportedMonarch Louis XVI of France ⓘ
timeframe circa 1791–1792 ⓘ

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Charles de Lameth → memberOf → Feuillant faction ⓘ