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Born Jacques CATHELINEAU
French Vendéan insurrection leader during the French Revolution
Born on January 05, 1759 in Pin-en-Mauges, France , France
Died on July 14, 1793 in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, France
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In the first years of the Revolution, Cathelineau joined the numbers of Vendean peasants disgusted by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, the draft laws, and the execution of King Louis XVI of France. He collected an army of peasants and waged a private war against the government of the First French Republic.
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Republican propagandists and their modern sympathizers have alleged that the revolt was provoked by the exhortations of Roman Catholic priests and Royalist émigrés.
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