Charlotte Corday

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Charlotte Corday was a French Revolutionary figure best known for assassinating the radical leader Jean-Paul Marat in 1793, an act immortalized in Jacques-Louis David’s painting "The Death of Marat."

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Charlotte Corday canonical 16
Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d’Armont 1
de Corday 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Revolutionary figure
assassin
person
birthDate 1768-07-27
birthPlace Normandy, France
linked to: Normandy

Saint-Saturnin, Calvados, France
causeOfDeath execution by guillotine
convictedOf murder of Jean-Paul Marat
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfAssassination 1793-07-13
deathDate 1793-07-17
deathPlace Paris, France
linked to: Paris
depictedBy Jacques-Louis David
depictedIn The Death of Marat
education Abbaye-aux-Dames convent school in Caen
era 18th century
ethnicGroup French
executionLocation Place de la Révolution, Paris
executionMethod guillotine
familyName de Corday d’Armont
linked to: Charlotte Corday
fullName Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d’Armont
linked to: Charlotte Corday
gender female
givenName Charlotte
hasOccupation political activist
hasRelative Charlotte-Marie Jacqueline Gaultier de Mesnival (mother)
François de Corday (father)
historicalPeriod Reign of Terror
inspiredWork The Death of Marat
knownForQuote "I killed one man to save a hundred thousand."
languageSpoken French
mannerOfDeath capital punishment
methodOfKilling stabbing
movement French Revolution
nobleTitle minor Norman nobility
notableFor assassination of Jean-Paul Marat
role in the French Revolution
opposedTo Jacobins
linked to: Jacobin Club

radical phase of the French Revolution
placeOfAssassination Paris, France
linked to: Paris
placeOfBurial Cimetière de la Madeleine
politicalAlignment Girondin sympathizer
portrayedAs classical heroine
political assassin
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Caen, France
linked to: Caen
trialLocation Revolutionary Tribunal, Paris
victimOfAssassination Jean-Paul Marat
weaponUsed knife

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The Death of Marat depicts Charlotte Corday
The Death of Marat significantFigure Charlotte Corday
Jean-Paul Marat killedBy Charlotte Corday
Charlotte Corday fullName Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d’Armont
linked to: Charlotte Corday
Charlotte Corday familyName de Corday d’Armont
linked to: Charlotte Corday
murder of Jean-Paul Marat hasPerpetrator Charlotte Corday
Madeleine Cemetery, Paris burialOf Charlotte Corday
Revolutionary Tribunal notableVictim Charlotte Corday
La Force prison notablePrisoner Charlotte Corday
Conciergerie notablePrisoner Charlotte Corday
Hôtel de la Force notablePrisoner Charlotte Corday
Cimetière de la Madeleine buriedPerson Charlotte Corday
François de Corday (father) familyName de Corday
linked to: Charlotte Corday
François de Corday (father) child Charlotte Corday
François de Corday (father) relative Charlotte Corday
Charlotte-Marie Jacqueline Gaultier de Mesnival motherOf Charlotte Corday
Charlotte-Marie Jacqueline Gaultier de Mesnival notableRelative Charlotte Corday