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Joseph Fouché
Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d'Otrante, 1st Comte Fouché (21 May 1759 – 25 December 1820) was a French statesman and Minister of Police under First Consul Bonaparte, who later became Emperor Napoleon. He was particularly known for his ferocity with which he suppressed the Lyon insurrection during the Revolution in 1793 and for being minister of police under the Directory, the Consulate, and the Empire. In English texts, his title is often translated as Duke of Otranto.
Youth.
Fouché was born in Le
, Stefan. "Joseph Fouche The Portrait Of A Politician" (1930) online
- a main source for this article
- The Fouché Memoirs (not genuine, but they were apparently compiled, at least in part, from notes written by Fouché)
- Heraldica.org (Napoleonic heraldry)
External links.
- Medusa's Head: The Rise and Survival of Joseph Fouché, Inventor of the Modern Police State, a book website