Jacques Cathelineau
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Jacques Cathelineau was a French Vendéan insurrectionist leader during the Revolution. He was known among his followers as the Saint of Anjou.
Portrait of Jacques Cathelineau by Girodet, 1816
Engraving of Jacques Cathelineau
The Vendeans ask Cathelineau to lead the uprising, by Jules Gabriel Hubert-Sauzeau, 1900
Catholic and Royal Armies
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The Catholic and Royal Armies is the name given to the royalist armies in western France composed of insurgents during the War in the Vendée and the Chouannerie, who opposed the French Revolution, and
Jacques Cathelineau
…him. As the War in the Vendée grew in success, Cathelineau joined forces with other counterrevolutionary leaders and was made generalissimo of the Catholic and Royal Army. He inspired his troops by fighting alongside them on the front lines, which proved to be his downfall. In the summer of 1793, while he and his men…
Chouan emblem
Portrait of Henri de la Rochejaquelein by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1816
Charles de Bonchamps