Antoine-François Bertrand de Molleville, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French politician
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Place of Birth: Toulouse, Occitania, France
About Antoine-François Bertrand de Molleville
- Comte Antoine-François Bertrand de Molleville (25 October 1744, Toulouse – 19 October 1818, Paris) was a French politician. He was considered a fiery partisan of royalty, and surnamed the enfant terrible of the monarchy.
- He was first conseiller to the Parlement de Toulouse in 1766, then maîtres des requêtes in 1774 and finally Intendant de Bretagne, in 1784.
- Bertrand de Molleville was then charged in 1788 with the difficult task of dissolving the Parliament of Brittany.
- Favourable to the gathering of the estates general in 1789, he advised Louis XVI after the dissolution of the Assemblée.
- Made ministre de la Marine et des Colonies from 1790 to 1792, he organised the mass emigration of officers.
- Due to numerous denunciations, he retired from his functions and became chief of the royal secret police.
- Before and after the 10 August 1792, he tried to organise an escape for the king, but he was eventually forced to resolve to flee to England himself.
- Despite his dedication and his friendship for, he was one of his most untalented servants.
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