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Lettres de Cachet, or arbitrary arrest …
Years: 1787 - 1787
November
Lettres de Cachet, or arbitrary arrest warrants, follow on the 20th for d'Orleans and two others.
They are taken into custody and held under comfortable conditions away from Paris; d'Orleans on his country estate.
Parlement begins a debate on the legality of Lettres de Cachet.
The men being held become a cause célèbre.
They are taken into custody and held under comfortable conditions away from Paris; d'Orleans on his country estate.
Parlement begins a debate on the legality of Lettres de Cachet.
The men being held become a cause célèbre.
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- Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette
- Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Count of Mirabeau
- Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
- Louis XVI of France
- Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne
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Years: 1787 - 1787
November
Locations
People
- Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette
- Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Count of Mirabeau
- Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
- Louis XVI of France
- Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne
Groups
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions