Déroulède, Paul

Déroulède, Paul

(born Sept. 2, 1846, Paris, France—died Jan. 30, 1914, Nice) French politician and poet. An ardent nationalist and advocate of revenge against Germany, he helped found the revanchist Ligue des Patriotes (League of Patriots), supported Georges Boulanger, and campaigned against Alfred Dreyfus. After trying to overthrow the government in 1899, he was exiled in 1900 but allowed to return in 1905. His patriotic poems include the collection Chants du soldat (1872).

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Déroulède, Paul 

Born Sept. 2, 1846, in Paris; died Jan. 30, 1914, in Nice. French literary figure and politician.

A participant in the suppression of the Paris Commune of 1871, Déroulède was an organizer and leader of the chauvinistic League of Patriots (1882-89). He was a Boulangist propagandist and an active opponent of Dreyfus. In 1889 and 1898 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. On Feb. 23, 1899, the day of the funeral of the president of France, F. Faure, Dérouléde unsuccessfully attempted an antirepublican coup d’etat with the aid of a reactionary military clique. In 1900 he was banished from France, but he was amnestied in 1905.