List of People Associated With The French Revolution - B

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François-Noël Babeuf Proto-socialist, guillotined in 1797 after an attempted coup d'etat. Jean Sylvain Bailly President of the Third Estate who administered the Tennis Court Oath; made Mayor of Paris after the storming of the Bastille; guillotined during the Reign of Terror. Antoine Barnave Constitutional monarchist and Feuillant; guillotined. Paul Nicolas, vicomte de Barras A Montagnard, then Thermidorian; ultimately the Directory régime's executive leader. Madame du Barry Mistress of King Louis XV and famous victim of the guillotine during the Reign of Terror. François-Marie, marquis de Barthélemy Briefly a Director; exiled to French Guiana; returned to France during the Empire. Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte General, Ambassador to Vienna and Minister of War; later King of Sweden and Norway. Joséphine de Beauharnais Empress; wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. Louis Alexandre Berthier General; effectively Napoleon Bonaparte's chief of staff. Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne Committee of Public Safety member; survived 9 Thermidor; later deported to French Guiana. Joseph Bonaparte Eldest Bonaparte brother; supported his brother Napoleon; later made King of Naples and then Spain. Lucien Bonaparte Younger brother of Napoleon; President of the Assembly during the Directory; later fell out with Napoleon. Napoleon Bonaparte General; seized power as First Consul in the 18 Brumaire coup. Made virtual dictator as Consul for Life in 1802. Declared Emperor of the French in 1804. Founded the First French Empire. Louis Antoine de Bourbon, duc d'Enghien Prince of the Blood; son of the Duc de Bourbon; kidnapped and executed by Napoleon. Louis François de Bourbon Prince of the Blood; briefly emigrated from 1789–1790, but returned to France; expelled by Directory; died in exile. Louis Henri, duc de Bourbon Prince of the Blood, son of the Prince de Condé and father of the Duc d'Enghien; emigrated. Louis Joseph de Bourbon Prince of the Blood; composed the Brunswick Manifesto. Louis de Breteuil Royalist; briefly supplanted Necker in the royal cabinet. Cardinal Étienne Charles de Brienne Royalist; President of the Royal Council of Finances shortly before the Revolution. Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville Girondist (Brissotin); guillotined. Guillaume Marie Anne Brune Political journalist; Jacobin; friend of Georges Danton; appointed a general, then Marshal of France; murdered by royalists during the White Terror. Edmund Burke English philosopher and politician; author of famous 1790 polemic against the Revolution.