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Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont (27 July 1768 – 17 July 1793), known simply as Charlotte Corday (French: [kɔʁdɛ]), was a figure of the French Revolution who assassinated revolutionary and Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat on 13 July 1793. Born in Normandy to a minor aristocratic family, Corday was a resident of Caen and a sympathizer of the Girondins, a moderate faction of French revolutionaries in opposition to the Jacobins. She held Jean-Paul Marat responsible for the September Massacres of 1792 and, believing that the Revolution was in jeopardy due to the more radical course the Jacobins had taken, decided to assassinate Marat.[2] On 13 July 1793, having traveled to Paris and obtained an audience with Marat, Corday fatally stabbed him with a knife while he was taking a medicinal bath. Marat's assassination was memorialized in the painting The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David. Corday was immediately arrested, found guilty by the Revolutionary Tribunal and on 17 July 1793, f

Charlotte Corday - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia French assassin (1768–1793) For other uses, see Charlotte Corday (disambiguation) . Charlotte Corday Charlotte Corday, painted at her request by Jean-Jacques Hauer , a few hours before her execution Born Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont 27 July 1768 Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries , Normandy, France [ 1 ] Died 17 July 1793 (1793-07-17) (aged 24) Paris, France Cause of death Execution by guillotine Known for Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat Parents Jacques François de Corday, seigneur d

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