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'.
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.
War in the Vendée
…overran the town of Machecoul on 11 March, and several hundred Republican citizens were massacred. A large band of peasants under the leadership of Jacques Cathelineau and Jean-Nicolas Stofflet seized Saint-Florent-le-Vieil on 12 March. By mid-March, a minor revolt against conscription had turned into full-fledged…
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