Foullon, Joseph-François, Baron of Doué, otherwise known as Foullon de Doué

Minister of the Ancien Régime, 1715 - 1789

Louis-Bénigne-François Bertier de Sauvigny (1737-1789), Intendant of Paris, in a Cabriolet, Arriving through the Saint-Martin Gate, on July 22, 1789; the People Showing Him the Head of Joseph François Foullon aka Foulon de Doué, Baron of Doué (1715-1789) Thrust on a Pike

Foullon, Joseph-François, Baron of Doué, otherwise known as Foullon de Doué: Named superintendent of Finances instead of the popular Necker on July 11, 1789, Foullon de Doué was accused by revolutionaries of preparing a general suppression and starving the people. Taking refuge in the Castle of Sartines, the former Ministry of the Navy in Viry-Châtillon, he was forcefully brought back to Paris and hung on July 22, 1789, a week after the storming of the Bastille.

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