Charlotte Corday

Charlotte Corday was a French Royalist and aristocrat who is best remembered for assassinating Jean-Paul Marat. She makes a brief appearance in The French Revolution part 2.

Biography
Corday was born Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont on July 27, 1768 in Ligneries to Jacques François de Corday, d'Armont and Charlotte Marie Jacqueline Gaultier de Mesnival into an aristocratic family. In the French Revolution, Corday sided with the Royalists who were loyal to the King, as she was from an aristocratic family belonging to the first and second classes.

During the Revolution, she lived in Caen, and like many other residents of the area, was horrified to see that the radicalization and violence was rapidly increasing. By assassinating Jean-Paul Marat, she believed she could bring peace back to France. She was quickly arrested and executed via guillotine. Her hopes of restoring peace died with her.

Appearances

 * The French Revolution (Part 2)

Trivia

 * She requested a picture to be painted mere hours before her execution.