What is Charlotte Corday's full name?
Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont
Charlotte Corday date of birth:
July 27, 1768
How old was Charlotte Corday when died?
24
Where was Charlotte Corday born?
Orne, France
When did Charlotte Corday die?
July 17, 1793
Where did Charlotte Corday die?
Paris, France
Why did Charlotte Corday die?
Executed
What is Charlotte Corday nationality?
French
Charlotte Corday claim to fame:
Murdered Jean-Paul Marat
Short Biography
Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont (27 July 1768 – 17 July 1793), known to history as Charlotte Corday, was a figure of the French Revolution. In 1793, she was executed under the guillotine for the assassination of Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat, who was partly responsible for the Reign of Terror. His murder was memorialized in a celebrated painting by Jacques-Louis David which shows Marat after Corday had stabbed him to death in his bathtub. In 1847, writer Alphonse de Lamartine gave Corday the posthumous nickname l'ange de l'assassinat (the Angel of Assassination).