Cadoudal, Georges (zhôrzh käd
däl`), 1771–1804, French royalist conspirator. A commander of the Chouans Chouans (sh`ənz, Fr. shwäN) [Norman Fr.
..... Click the link for more information. , he led the counterrevolutionists in the Vendée Vendée (väNdā`), department (1990 pop. 509,356), W France, on the Bay of Biscay, in Poitou .
..... Click the link for more information. . He fled to England in 1801 after the failure of an attempted assassination of Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1803 he returned as the leader of another conspiracy against Napoleon. Generals Charles Pichegru Pichegru, Charles (shärl pēshgrü`), 1761–1804, French general in the French Revolutionary Wars .
..... Click the link for more information. and Jean Victor Moreau Moreau, Jean Victor (zhäN vēktôr` môrō`), 1763–1813, French general in the French Revolutionary Wars .
..... Click the link for more information. were implicated in the plot. Insurrections were planned in Paris and in the provinces, but the conspiracy was uncovered by Joseph Fouché Fouché, Joseph (zhôzĕf` fshā`), b. 1759 or 1763, d.
..... Click the link for more information. , the minister of police, and Cadoudal was executed. The conspiracy, exaggerated in report, was used as a pretext to transform the Consulate into Napoleon's empire.
däl`), 1771–1804, French royalist conspirator. A commander of the Chouans Chouans (sh`ənz, Fr. shwäN) [Norman Fr...... Click the link for more information. , he led the counterrevolutionists in the Vendée Vendée (väNdā`), department (1990 pop. 509,356), W France, on the Bay of Biscay, in Poitou .
..... Click the link for more information. . He fled to England in 1801 after the failure of an attempted assassination of Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1803 he returned as the leader of another conspiracy against Napoleon. Generals Charles Pichegru Pichegru, Charles (shärl pēshgrü`), 1761–1804, French general in the French Revolutionary Wars .
..... Click the link for more information. and Jean Victor Moreau Moreau, Jean Victor (zhäN vēktôr` môrō`), 1763–1813, French general in the French Revolutionary Wars .
..... Click the link for more information. were implicated in the plot. Insurrections were planned in Paris and in the provinces, but the conspiracy was uncovered by Joseph Fouché Fouché, Joseph (zhôzĕf` f
shā`), b. 1759 or 1763, d...... Click the link for more information. , the minister of police, and Cadoudal was executed. The conspiracy, exaggerated in report, was used as a pretext to transform the Consulate into Napoleon's empire.
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