Bernard René Jourdan, marquis de Launay was a French Royal Army officer who served as the governor of the Bastille. He was the son of a previous governor, and commander of the Bastille's garrison when
Presumed portrait of de Launay
Anonymous painting of the storming of the Bastille. De Launay is shown on the right being led away from the building by pro-revolutionary soldiers.
1789 engraving of the beheaded Mayor of Paris Flesselles and de Launay. The caption reads "This is how we get revenge on traitors".
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Jacques de Flesselles was a French official and one of the early victims of the French Revolution.
Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay
…Launay is described graphically in Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities (Book II, Chapter 21) and also in Hilary Mantel's A Place of Greater Safety. Jacques de Flesselles In alphabetical order…
Portrait of Jacques de Flesselles by Donat Nonnotte (Musée Carnavalet)