Alexandre Gonsse de Rougeville

A painting of Rougeville

Alexandre Gonsse de Rougeville (1761–1814) was a French counter-revolutionary. He was later immortalized by Alexandre Dumas under the name of Chevalier de Maison Rouge. He started the Carnation Plot, and later escaped.


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