Eric+-+French+Emigres

__ Who were the French Emigres? __

The French Emigres were usually nobles (aristocratic ones) who left their country before their Revolution (1789) even started. In spite of that, even royalties such as Comte d'Artois (King's youngest brother) left to become emigrants because King Louis XVI was afraid for them to get assassinated. The emigres did not want to see all the violence within France, so they left their country and went to bordering countries, which were the countries of the King's brother (France, Germany, Scotland, England). In 1791 the Assembly finally considered legislation against emigres, but the King vetoed against this because they did not want to them threatened with their lives.

Even so, the nobles would then start an army of their own; some from the French army that also left France, troops raised by the noblemen and the noblemen themselves. This would help by threatening France to create a rain of bloodshed if they did not stop the Revolution. In here, they would try to start a counterrevolution by getting those bordering countries against French. The revolt however was not successful because their army was very weak, and they were all lead to execution (all 600 emigres). Each emigre had a specific date which they must have had to return by or they would be treated as traitors and therefore get executed and get all their belongings taken away.

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__**Citations:**__ "émigré." //The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia.// © 1994, 2000-2006, on Infoplease. © 2000–2007 Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease. 01 Dec. 2011 .

. "French Revolution." //The french revolution: An overview//. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Dec 2011. .

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