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Theroigne de Mericourt

1762 - 1817

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Anne-Josèphe Théroigne de Méricourt (born Anne-Josèphe Terwagne; 13 August 1762 – 8 June 1817) was a Belgian singer, orator and organizer in the French Revolution. She was born at Marcourt, in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (from which comes the appellation "de Méricourt"), a small town in the modern Belgian province of Luxembourg. She was active in the French Revolution and worked within the Austrian Low Countries to also foster revolution. She was held in an Austrian prison from 1791 to 1792 for being an agent provocateur in Belgium. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theroigne de Mericourt is the 5,114th most popular politician (up from 5,814th in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 198th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Belgian Politician.

Theroigne de Mericourt was a French Revolutionary, and she is most famous for being a part of the Society of the Friends of Truth, which was an organization that advocated for radical social and political change.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Theroigne de Mericourt ranks 5,114 out of 19,576. Before her are Yakov Yurovsky, Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, Emperor Keitai, Emperor Tenmu, and Sviatoslav II of Kiev. After her are Georgy Pyatakov, Choe Yong-rim, Tecumseh, Dürrüşehvar Sultan, George Akropolites, and Ludovico Manin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1762, Theroigne de Mericourt ranks 9. Before her are Constanze Mozart, André Chénier, Pierre André Latreille, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria. After her are Jacques Balmat, Gia Long, Spencer Perceval, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and James Hoban. Among people deceased in 1817, Theroigne de Mericourt ranks 17. Before her are Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Duke Louis of Württemberg, Abraham Gottlob Werner, Nakşidil Sultan, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, and Fyodor Ushakov. After her are William Bligh, Jean-André Deluc, Ibrahim Bey, Usman dan Fodio, Étienne Méhul, and Andrea Appiani.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Theroigne de Mericourt ranks 175 out of 1,190. Before her are Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872), Auguste Perret (1874), Roger De Vlaeminck (1947), Leo Tindemans (1922), Toots Thielemans (1922), and Georges Rodenbach (1855). After her are Gudula (646), Maerten de Vos (1532), Queen Mathilde of Belgium (1973), Eric Walter Elst (1936), Paul Otlet (1868), and Louis, Prince Napoléon (1914).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Theroigne de Mericourt ranks 53. Before her are Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), Blanche of Namur (1320), John I, Duke of Brabant (1252), Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962), Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872), and Leo Tindemans (1922). After her are Queen Mathilde of Belgium (1973), Louis, Prince Napoléon (1914), Henri, Count of Paris (1933), Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne (1735), Henri de Baillet-Latour (1876), and Paul van Zeeland (1893).

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