While The Duke was a supporter of the ideas of the French Revolution, and even voted, as a member of the Assembly, for the execution of his own cousin, Louis XVI, it did not save him.
Ενώ ο Δούκας υποστήριζε τις ιδέες της Γαλλικής Επανάστασης, και ενώ ψήφισε, ως μέλος της Εθνοσυνέλευσης, υπέρ της εκτέλεσης του ξαδέλφου του, Λουδοβίκου ΙΣΤ΄, εν τέλει δεν σωθηκε.