Historical Figures

Corday Charlotte de Corday dArmont, known as Charlotte (1768 - 1793)

Coming from a pious and royalist family Charlotte Corday, Republican and friend of the Girondins of Caen, stabs Marat, the July 13, 1793, responsible for the fall of the Girondins. Her trial quickly conducted, Charlotte Corday was executed on July 17, showing calm and great courage. Charlotte Corday is a direct descendant of the poet Corneille