Georges Cadoudal
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Georges Cadoudal, sometimes called simply Georges, was a Breton counter-revolutionary and leader of the Chouannerie during the French Revolution. He was posthumously named a Marshal of France in 1814
Portrait by Joseph Ducreux, c. 1800
Portrait by Amable-Paul Coutan, 1827
War in the Vendée
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The War in the Vendée was a counter-revolutionary insurrection that took place in the Vendée region of France from 1793 to 1796, during the French Revolution. The Vendée is a coastal region, located i
Henri de La Rochejaquelein at the Battle of Cholet in 1793, by Paul-Émile Boutigny
The massacre of 150 to 200 Vendean Republicans by Vendean Royalists in Machecoul was the starting event of the War in the Vendée.
Vendean rebel. Painting by Julien Le Blant
Sacred Heart patch of the Vendean royalist insurgents. The French motto 'Dieu, le Roi' means 'God, the King'.