La Muette in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Châteaubriand
— Histoire de Paris —
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, June 25, 2023
1. Châteaubriand Marker
En 1791, Armand de Châteaubriand, cousin de l'écrivain, ardent royaliste, avait émigré à Jersey. En 1808, en plein épanouissement du Premier Empire, il décide de revenir en France en conspirateur, afin d'activer le retour des Bourbon. Il reçoit le conseil de repartir et s'embarque à nouveau, avec du courrier compromettant, sur un bateau rejeté sur la côte. Reconnu et arrêté, il est condamné à mort par une Commission militaire le 25 février 1809, et fusillé le 31 mars suivant dans la plaine de Grenelle avec ses deux complices. Le lieu du supplice, contre le mur des Fermiers Généraux, n'est pas connu avec exactitude mais se situe vraisemblablement près de la barrière de Grenelle. Châteaubriand, qui avait essayé en vain de sauver son cousin, décrit la scène dans les "Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe": "Le jour de l'exécution, je voulus accompagner mon camarade (d'enfance) sur son dernier. champ de bataille; je ne trouvai point de voiture, je courus à pied à la plaine de Grenelle. J'arrivai, tout en sueur, une seconde trop tard: Armand était fusillé contre le mur d'enceinte de Paris. Sa tête était brisée... Je suivis
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In 1791, Armand de Châteaubriand, cousin of the writer, an ardent royalist, had emigrated to Jersey. In 1808, in the full bloom of the First Empire, he decided to return to France as a conspirator, in order to precipitate the return of the Bourbons. He was advised to leave and so embarked again, with compromising mail, on a boat that then washed up on the coast. Recognized and arrested, he was sentenced to death by a military commission on February 25, 1809, and shot on the following March 31 at the Plain of Grenelle with his two accomplices. The place of execution, against the wall of the Fermiers Généraux, is not known exactly but is probably located near the Grenelle barrier. Châteaubriand, who had tried in vain to save his cousin, described the scene in "Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe": "On the day of the execution, I wanted to accompany my (childhood) comrade to his last field of battle; I could find no coach, so I ran on foot to the Plain of Grenelle. I arrived, all sweaty, a second too late: Armand was shot against the wall surrounding Paris. His head was broken. I followed the cart which took the body of Armand and his two companions to the Vaugirard cemetery."
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Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, June 25, 2023
2. Châteaubriand Marker - wide view
Location. 48° 51.313′ N, 2° 17.356′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in La Muette. Marker is at the intersection of Quai Jacques Chirac and Rue de la Fédération, on the left when traveling east on Quai Jacques Chirac. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Paris, Île-de-France 75015, France. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Promenade d’Australie (1941) (a few steps from this marker); Bir Hakeim Memorial (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Paul Morand (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Marie Louise Monnet, Germaine and Madeleine Tambour Memorial (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Le Drapeau Tricolore (approx. half a kilometer away); Bureau de Gustave Eiffel (approx. half a kilometer away); La Premiere Liaison Radioelectrique (approx. half a kilometer away); Dr. Suzanne Noël (approx. 0.7 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.
Also see . . . Armand de Chateaubriand (Wikipedia, in French). A short biography, with only a bit more information than what is presented on the marker. (Submitted on July 14, 2023.)
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, June 25, 2023
3. Châteaubriand Marker - wider view, looking north across Quai Jacques Chirac
Credits. This page was last revised on July 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 14, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 62 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 14, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
