Benjamin Constant
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Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque, or simply Benjamin Constant, was a Swiss political thinker, activist and writer on political theory and religion.
Portrait by Hercule de Roche, c. 1820
Charlotte von Hardenberg, Constant's second, "secret" wife
Madame Récamier (1777–1849) by Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard Juliette Récamier was a friend and intellectual correspondent of Constant
Jouxtens-Mézery, Grosse Grange
French Consulate
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The Consulate was the top-level government of France from the fall of the Directory in the coup of 18 Brumaire on 10 November 1799 until the start of the French Empire on 18 May 1804. By extension, the term The Consulate also refers to this period of French history.
Portrait of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Image: Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, by Jacques Louis David
Image: Adu C 233 Ducos (R., 1747 1816)
Image: Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès