Voltaire

François-Marie Arouet (1694 – 1778), commonly known as Voltaire, was a French writer, historian and philosopher of the Enlightenment. He was famous for his attacks on , as well as his advocacy of freedom of religion and expression and separation of church and state.
==Biography==
At a young age, Voltaire was already popular within Parisian society. He wrote several works, including the tragedy .Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Hérode et Mariamne fails to impress In 1725, he quarreled with the nobleman Chevalier de Rohan over an actress. As Voltaire left the Hôtel de Sully, he was attacked by Rohan's servants, whose master had him imprisoned in the Bastille. Voltaire was eventually cleared, and received an annuity of 1200 livres.Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Hôtel de Sully During the Bastille, he wrote about the case of the mysterious "man in the iron mask", calling the Bastille "a palace of revenge.Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook – Historic Personage Sheets Following the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, Voltaire wrote a long poem on the tragedy.Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Database: Lisbon
Despite proclaiming the church to be a masterpiece,Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Église St. Gervais-St. Protais / Place d'Orme Voltaire was a critic of organized religion, as well as fellow philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Madame Tussaud During his career, Voltaire was a guest of the Café de la RégenceProject Widow – Historical Facts: Thinking man's café and a patron of the Café Procope.Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Café Procope
He also crossed paths with the Italian adventurer and author Giacomo Casanova.Who's In Your Blood? – Iceland, Northern and Eastern Europe: Giacomo Casanova
==Legacy==
In 1778, Marie Tussaud created her first wax figures of Voltaire and Rousseau.
Following Voltaire's death, his ideas and writings became an inspiration for the revolutionaries of the French Revolution, including Maximilien de Robespierre.Assassin's Creed: Unity His remains were placed in the Panthéon.Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Panthéon During the revolution, the Parisian Rite of the Templar Order took an interest in Voltaire's remains, and attempted to move them from the Panthéon to their headquarters at the Temple. However, the local Assassins killed the Templars' grave robber.Assassin's Creed: Unity companion app – Pantheon: Fall Down Dead
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Rogue 
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*Assassin's Creed: Unity 
*Assassin's Creed: Unity companion app 
*Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook 
*Who's In Your Blood? 
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