George Washington's chopping of the cherry tree to the Holocaust of Adolf Hitler, historical figures are remembered for their actions as heroic or demonic. Maximilien-Francois-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre, the chief architect of the Reign of Terror and a bloodthirsty revolutionary democrat, was one such man that is now known as the incorruptible leader. Robespierre played a vital role in the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution. The Reign of Terror was a filtration to purge the streets of France of the enemies of the Republic, as Robespierre claimed. Instead, the Reign proved none other than a ruthless mass murder of the enemies of the Republic that was enjoyed as entertainment by the Republicans.
Maximilien Robespierre was born in Arras, a small provincial capital of Artois in France, on May 6, 1758. Jacqueline-Marguerite Carraut, daughter of a brewer and mother of Robespierre, died giving birth to her fifth child. Robespierre's father, Maximilien-Barthelemy Francois, then left his four children (one having died at child birth) under the care of relatives, leaving Robespierre almost an orphan at the age of eight.
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