Feuillants

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faction of the French Revolution political group

The Feuillants were a moderate political group during the French Revolution that supported a constitutional monarchy and opposed the more radical Jacobins.

Aliases (1)

Feuillants Club ×1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	faction of the French Revolution → political group →
activeInPeriod	French Revolution →
alternativeName	Feuillant Club → Society of the Friends of the Constitution sitting at the Feuillants →
basedIn	Paris →
country	France →
dateOfFormation	1791 →
declineCausedBy	fall of the monarchy in 1792 → rise of republican movement →
dissolvedIn	1792 →
formedFrom	split in the Jacobin Club →
hadMember	Adrien Duport → Alexandre de Lameth → Antoine Barnave → Charles de Lameth → Jean Sylvain Bailly → La Fayette →
hadPoliticalOrientation	anti-radical → anti-republican →
ideology	constitutional monarchism →
language	French →
metAt	Feuillants Club →
namedAfter	Couvent des Feuillants →
opposed	September Massacres → insurrection of 10 August 1792 → radical democratic reforms → republicanism →
opposedTo	Jacobins →
parliamentarySupportBase	Legislative Assembly →
politicalPosition	moderate →
representedInterestOf	constitutional monarchist nobles → moderate bourgeoisie →
supported	1791 French Constitution → King Louis XVI remaining as constitutional monarch → constitutional monarchy → limited suffrage → property-based franchise →
usedAsMeetingPlace	former Feuillant monastery in Paris →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Legislative Assembly →	hasPoliticalGroup
French Revolution →	majorFaction
Antoine Barnave →	memberOf
Feuillants ("Feuillants Club") →	metAt
Jacobin Club →	opposedGroup
Legislative Assembly (France) →	politicalFaction