Jean Pierre de Batz, Baron de Sainte-Croix | |
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 Jean Pierre de Batz | |
| Born | 26 January 1754 |
| Died | 10 January 1822 (aged 67) |
| Occupation(s) | French royalist and businessman |
Jean Pierre de Batz, Baron de Sainte-Croix, known as the Baron de Batz[1] or de Bance,[2] (26 January 1754 – 10 January 1822), was a French royalist and businessman. He is best known for his efforts, often daring and often placing him at personal risk, to save King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette, He was born in Goutz-les-Tartas (Gers), and died in Chadieu, near Vic-le-Comte (Puy-de-Dôme).
His life and actions in the service of the French monarchy inspired several popular novelists, including Baroness Orczy (Eldorado, 1913), Rafael Sabatini (Scaramouche, 1921) and more recently Juliette Benzoni (Le Jeu de l'amour et de la mort series, 1999–2000).
- ^ Jean Pierre de Batz
- ^ "Histoire de la Convention Nationale, d'après elle-meme: précédée d'un tableau de la France monarchique avant la révolution", Volume 6 1835 by Léonard Gallois on page 294