New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-05
4 REPUBLIC1N SON OF LOUIS ".

From Notes and Queries.
very curious and lttle-known fact in French his.
tory Is the presence at the execution Oh Louis NJ OF
Republic. In 1853 there in Paris pretty girl
who had served a model to the painter Boneher ana
whose innOc"nt looking face has doubtless been Gd-
mircd in his pictures hundreds of fines by those who
were not acquainted either with the romance or the
shame attaching TO 1t. This gil. whose name was
NJ rl OF Morply there is some doubt as TO the cor
rect f2rmwa' one OF The many yctm o. o louis a XV
longer reign over the faded Nbcrtne than some OF her
companions. In Gay. i7jl she became the mother
to the Comtc de Dcaufranchct d'Ayat The child was
entered as one OF the hlnGs pages on June ~, LII
by the name Of Louis Charles Antone Bcaufranchet
d'AYat. He entered the army. and when the Revom-
ton broke ont 5e was captain OF Ga N Ills ser
motion; he took part under Kellermann in the battle
Of Vamy. Where his share of the first victory Of
coalition was brilliant. when the campaign of the
East. and North w. ended he was appointed
T waIii Of PARIS he was present in that capacity
March Gl l3o3 at 6ne q, execution ,S fttS %
Louis Teaufranchet d'Ayat The Republican son of
roll Of the drains attributed 70 Sanere, and certainly
witnessed the bchcadng OF his nephew. lie did good
lcutles and while very badly supplied by the central
authority in Paris with men and munitions. AT
rontenay the RovaSt5 and gained decided anvan.:
had burned the official records. and preparing to
page the treasure chests when General Beaufranchet
dAyat rallied sixteen OF tue National Guard ana win
this tiny force charged with such mpemosity as TO
turn defeat into victory. IL Is thought that TINS
brilliant exploit saved Beaufanchet d'Ayat from the
fate Of his predecessor De Marco. who was deprived
NJ his command imprisoned and condemned by the
Revolutionary Tribunal. In 1903, however, he was
ordered 10 his military functions and 10 leave
France Why Apparently because royal blood,
even when 1t did not flow in the legitimate line, was
hateful to the authorities. In r remOnstrance which
he made Reaufianchet asks, "Is II my fault that I
am born OF class which truly has not deserved well
Of the French people p Efforts were made - remedy the
Injustice. II was shown that he did not rightly be-
long to the class OF eniTe mobiles. that he was
stanch Republican. and had rendered conspicuous
services ~ me regime. In these documents we
read OF mother HIS wife and his children, hut there
Is no mention Of his father real or putatlve. His
perseverance was finally rewarded. and in i70s he OBJ
tanned in fullcieHy through the pressure put on by
DcsaiN, whose military education he had aided-a pen
sion spending To his services In the army Of tho
Republic. He became member Of the Corps Legs
lnt I'm 1908. and died in 1912. such Is the curious
biography recorded by ". Ch l.. CasSin I'm the Revue
Hlcuc september ~, 1890.
Certainly Bcaufranchct d'Ayat had reason to deeSt
the royal house Of France which hac made a victim OF
his mother She barely sixteen when her son
born aud when she discarded by Lonis Ky her
Younger sister selected follow her I'm the In
famous Pare aux Cerfs. such were the morals Of the
" Most Christian King" M wonder that corruption
by the blood letting at the Revolution