Edmond-Charles Genêt, also known as Citizen Genêt, was the French envoy to the United States appointed by the Girondins during the French Revolution. His actions on arriving in the United States led to a major political and international incident, which was termed the Citizen Genêt affair. Because of his actions, President George Washington asked the French government to recall him. The Montagnards, having risen to power at the same time, replaced Genêt and issued a warrant for his arrest. Fearing for his life, Genêt asked for asylum in America, which was granted by Washington. Genêt stayed in the United States until his death. Historian Carol Berkin argues that the Genêt affair bolstered popular respect for the president and strengthened his role in dealing with foreign affairs.
Portrait by Ezra Ames, between 1809 and 1810
President's House, Philadelphia. Washington confronted Genêt in the presidential mansion in Philadelphia, then the national capital.
Edmond Charles Clinton Genet on September 4, 1916. He was in the midst of his six-month training to become a fighter pilot
Cornelia Clinton Genêt
Michel Ney, 1st Prince de la Moskowa, 1st Duke of Elchingen was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
Portrait by François Gérard, 1805
Ney's birthplace in Saarlouis
Michel Ney as a sous-lieutenant in the 4th Hussars in 1792 by Adolphe Brune, 1834
Ney at the Battle of Eylau