See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

COMTE DE ARMAND See also:

• GUY, THOMAS (1644–1724)

GUY See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

SIMON DE COETNEMPREN See also:

• COMTE DE ARMAND GUY SIMON DE COETNEMPREN KERSAINT (1742-1793)

KERSAINT (1742-1793)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French sailor and politician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the 29th of See also:

• JULY

July 1742 . He came of an old See also:

• FAMILY

family, his See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• GUY, THOMAS (1644–1724)

Guy See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois de Coetnempren, See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

comte de See also:

• KERSAINT, ARMAND GUY SIMON DE COETNEMPREN, COMTE DE (1742-1793)

Kersaint, being a distinguished See also:

• NAVAL

naval officer . He entered the See also:

• NAVY

navy in 1755, and in 1957, while serving on his father's See also:

• SHIP

ship, was promoted to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• ENSIGN (through the Fr. enseigne from the Latin plural insignia)

ensign for his bravery in See also:

• ACTION

action . By 1782 he was a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain, and in this See also:

• YEAR

year took See also:

• PART

part in an expedition to See also:

• GUIANA (Guyana, Guayana')

Guiana . At that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the See also:

• OFFICERS

officers of the French navy were divided into two parties—the reds or nobles, and the blues or roturiers . At the outbreak of the Revolution, Kersaint, in spite of his high See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth, took the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the latter . He adopted the new ideas, and in a pamphlet entitled Le Bon See also:

• SENS

Sens attacked feudal privileges; he also submitted to the Constituent See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly a See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme for the reorganization of the navy, but it was not accepted . On the 4th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1791 Kersaint was appointed See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator of the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

Seine by the electoral assembly of Paris . He was also elected as a depute suppleant to the Legislative Assembly, and was called upon to sit in it in See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of a See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy who had resigned . From this time onward his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief aim was the realization of the navy scheme which he had vainly submitted to the Constituent Assembly . He soon saw that this would be impossible unless there were a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general reform of all institutions, and therefore gave his support to the policy of the advanced party in the Assembly, denouncing the conduct of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XVI., and on the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1792 voting in favour of his deposition . Shortly after, he was sent on a See also:

• MISSION

mission to the armee du Centre, visiting in this way See also:

• SOISSONS

Soissons, See also:

• REIMS
• REIMS (RHEIMS)

Reims, See also:

• SEDAN

Sedan and the See also:

• ARDENNES

Ardennes .

While thus occupied he was arrested by the See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality of Sedan; he was set See also:

• FREE

free after a few days' detention . He took an active part in one of the last debates of the Legislative Assembly, in which it was decided to publish a Bulletin officiel, a See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report continued by the next Assembly, and known by the name of the Bulletin de la See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

Convention Nationale . Kersaint was sent as a deputy to the Convention by the department of Seine-et-See also:

• OISE

Oise in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1792, and on the 1st of January 1793 was appointed See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral . He continued to devote himself to questions concerning the navy and See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence, prepared a report on the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• SYSTEM

system and the navy, and caused a See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree to be passed for the formation of a See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of general defence, which after many modifications was to become the famous Committee of Public Safety . He had also had a decree passed concerning the navy on the 11th of January 1793 . He had, however, entered the ranks of the Girondins, and had voted in the trial of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king against the See also:

• DEATH

death See also:

• PENALTY (Lat. poena, punishment)

penalty and in favour of the See also:

• APPEAL

appeal to the See also:

• PEOPLE

people . He resigned his seat in the Convention on the loth of January . After the death of the king his opposition became more marked; he denounced the September massacres, but when called upon to justify his attitude confined himself to attacking See also:

• MARAT, JEAN PAUL (1743-1793)

Marat, who was at the time all-powerful . His See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends tried in vain to obtain his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment as minister759 of the marine; and he failed to obtain even a See also:

• POST

post as officer . He was arrested on the 23rd of September at Ville d'Avray, near Paris, and taken before the Revolutionary Tribunal, where he was accused of having conspired for the restoration of the See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy, and of having insulted national See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation by resigning his position in the legislature . He was executed on the 4th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1793 . His See also:

• BROTHER

brother, Guy See also:

• PIERRE

PIERRE (1747-1822), also served in the navy, and took part in the See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence .

He did not accept the principles of the Revolution, but emigrated . He was restored to his rank in the navy in 1803, and died in 1822, after having been prefet maritime of See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp, and See also:

• PREFECT (prefet)

prefect of the department of Meurthe . See Kersaint's own See also:

• WORKS

works, Le Bon Sens (1789) ; the See also:

• RUBICON

Rubicon (1789) ; Considerations sur la force publique et l'institution See also:

• DES

des gardes nationales (1789); Lelire a See also:

• MIRABEAU, ANDRE BONIFACE LOUIS RIQUETI, VICOMTE DE (1754-1792)
• MIRABEAU, HONORS GABRIEL RIQUETI, COMTE DE (1749-1791)
• MIRABEAU, VICTOR RIQUETI, MARQUIS DE (1715-1789)

Mirabeau (1991); Moyens presentes a l'Assemblee nationale pour retablir la paix et l'ordre dans See also:

• LES

les colonies; also E . See also:

• CHEVALIER, ALBERT (1861– )
• CHEVALIER, MICHEL (1806-1879)
• CHEVALIER, ULYSSE (1841– )

Chevalier, Histoire de la Marine francaise sous la premiere Republique ; E . Charavay, L'Assemblee electorate de Paris en 1790 et 1791 (Paris, 1890) ; and Agenor See also:

• BARDOUX

Bardoux, La Duchesse de Duras (Paris, 1898), the beginning of which deals with Kersaint, whose daughter married Amedee de Duras . (R .