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Pierre Roger Ducos (17471816), better known as Roger Ducos, was a French political figure during the Revolution and First Empire, a member of the National Convention, and of the Directory. Year 1747 ( MDCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an The Empire of the French (1804-1814 also known as the Empire of France, Greater French Empire, First French Empire, French Empire, or During the French Revolution, the National Convention or Convention, in France, comprised the Constitutional and legislative assembly The Executive Directory ( Directoire exécutif) was a body of 5 single-male Directors that held executive power in France following

In the Revolution

Born in Dax in the Landes department of Aquitaine in France, he was elected deputy to the Convention by the département of the Landes. Dax is a commune of Aquitaine in southwestern France, Sous-préfecture of the Landes département Landes ( Occitan: Lanas) is a département in southern France. Aquitaine (Aquitània Akitania archaic Guyenne / Guienne (Occitan Guiana) is one of the 26 Regions of France, in the south-western part of This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Landes ( Occitan: Lanas) is a département in southern France. He sat in The Plain (the party which had no clear attitude, and served to sway the vote). He voted for the death of King Louis XVI, without appeal or delay, but was not prominent in the Convention afterwards. List of Queens and Empresses of France Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below Louis XVI ( 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) Louis-Auguste de France, ruled as King of France and Navarre In Law, an appeal is a process for requesting a formal change to an official decision

Ducos was a member of the Council of Five Hundred, over which he presided on the 18th of Fructidor Coup (1797). The Council of Five Hundred ( Conseil des Cinq-Cents) or simply the Five Hundred was the Lower house of the legislature of France The Executive Directory ( Directoire exécutif) was a body of 5 single-male Directors that held executive power in France following Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common At the end of his term, he became a justice of the peace, but after Barthélemy Catherine Joubert's coup d'etat (the 30 Prairial of the year VIII - June 18, 1799), he was named a member of the executive Directory, thanks to the influence of Paul Barras, who counted on Ducos as his partisan. A Justice of the Peace ( JP) is a Puisne Judicial officer appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace Barthélemy Catherine Joubert ( April 14, 1769 &mdash August 15, 1799) was a French general The Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII ( Coup d'État du 30 prairial an VII) also known as the Revenge of the Councils ( revanche des conseils Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Paul François Jean Nicolas vicomte de Barras ( June 30, 1755 &mdash January 29, 1829) was a French politician of the

Consulate, Empire, and exile

On November 9, 1799, Ducos accepted the coup d'état of Napoleon Bonaparte (the 18 Brumaire), and was one of the three Provisional Consuls (with Napoleon and Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès), becoming vice-president of the Senate with the arrival of a stable Consulate formula. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. 18 Brumaire, the coup of 18 Brumaire or sometimes simply Brumaire refers to the Coup d'état by which General Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew The Consulate was the government of France between the fall of the Directory in the coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799 until the start of the The Senate (Sénat is the Upper house of the Parliament of France, presided over by a president.

He was many times honored under the Empire, but in 1814 he abandoned Napoleon, and voted for his deposition. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He sought to gain the favor of the government of the Restoration, but in 1816 was exiled on the basis of the law regarding the regicides. Following the ousting of Napoleon I of France in 1814 the Allies restored the Bourbon Dynasty to the French throne Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The broad definition of regicide is the deliberate killing of a Monarch, or the person responsible for it He died in March 1816 near Ulm, from a carriage accident. Ulm (ˈʊlm is a City in the German Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube.

References

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