93,821 profiles ranked live

Back to the boardThe board

Charles-André Merda

✓ Source-basedfalling

French baron

FranceLived 1770 to 1812 · aged 42
Compare
Fame48.6
Momentum3.4
Languages8
In century#17,379

Général de brigade Charles André Merda, baron Meda was a French soldier. A National Guardsman in the Parisian National Guard from September 1789, then a gendarme from 1794, he participated in the arrest of Maximilien de Robespierre on the night of 9/10 Thermidor Year II and claimed to have fired the pistol shot which...

Photos 1

Arrest of Robespierre and his followers. At the centre of the image, gendarme Merda fires at Robespierre. (Colour engraving by Jean-Joseph-François Tassaert after the painting by Fulchran-Jean Harriet - Musée Carnavalet).Arrest of Robespierre and his followers. At the centre of the image, gendarme Merda fires at Robespierre. (Colour engraving by Jean-Joseph-François Tassaert after the painting by Fulchran-Jean Harriet - Musée Carnavalet).

Awards 1

Officer of the Legion of Honour

About this person

Général de brigade Charles André Merda, baron Meda was a French soldier. A National Guardsman in the Parisian National Guard from September 1789, then a gendarme from 1794, he participated in the arrest of Maximilien de Robespierre on the night of 9/10 Thermidor Year II and claimed to have fired the pistol shot which broke Robespierre's jaw and hit Couthon's helper in his leg.

Country
France
Type
Other
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1770 to 1812 · aged 42
Written about in
8 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.