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The Girondins (US: /(d) ʒ ɪ ˈ r ɒ n d ɪ n z /, [6] French: [ʒiʁɔ̃dɛ̃] ⓘ), also called Girondists, were a political group during the French Revolution. From 1791 to 1793, the Girondins were active in the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention .
The Girondins were a moderate political faction created during the Legislative Assembly period. [17] They were the political opponents of the more radical representatives within the Mountain. The Girondins had wanted to avoid the execution of Louis XVI and supported a constitution that would have allowed a popular vote to overturn legislation. [17]
The Mountain: Armand Gensonné (1758–1793) 7 March 1793 21 March 1793 14 days Girondins: Jean Debry (1760–1834) 21 March 1793 4 April 1793 14 days The Plain: Jean-François-Bertrand Delmas (1751–1798) 4 April 1793 [Notes 1] 18 April 1793 14 days The Mountain: Marc David Alba Lasource (1763–1793) 18 April 1793 2 May 1793 14 days Girondins
During the government of the Legislative Assembly (October 1791–September 1792), the Girondins had dominated French politics. [2]After the insurrection of 10 August and the start of the newly elected National Convention in September 1792, the Girondin faction (c. 150) was larger than the Montagnards (c. 120), the other main faction of the convention.
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Of the three groups the Mountain was the most cohesive and the Plain was the least cohesive. Over 94% of The Mountain voted similarly on core issues, comparatively the Girondins and the Plain were much more divided with only 70% of Girondins voting similarly on the same issues and only 58% of the Plain voting similarly on the same issues. [10]
With the republican army advancing and the Girondins destroyed, the left-wing Montagnards, led by the Jacobins and Robespierre, controlled the Convention. In these circumstances, on the first day of Ventôse in Year II of the Revolution (19 February 1794), Saint-Just was elected President of the National Convention for the next two weeks. [71]
The Mountain was not even very homogenous in their political views: what united them was their aversion to the Girondins. [ 16 ] The Legislative Assembly , governing France from October 1791 until September 1792, was dominated by men like Brissot, Isnard and Roland: Girondins.