Jacques de Flesselles

Jacques de Flesselles was born in Paris in 1730 of a family of middle-class origins, which had recently achieved nobility status.

Three months later he faced a chaotic situation as widespread disturbances broke out and the withdrawal of the French Royal Army garrison left a vacuum of authority in central Paris.

On 13 July 1789, de Flesselles received demands for weapons to equip a citizens' militia being organized to restore order.

[2] Immediately following the storming of the Bastille on 14 July, de Flesselles found himself accused of royalist sympathies by an infuriated throng surrounding the Paris City Hall.

De Flesselles was shot dead by an unknown shooter on the steps of the City Hall while trying to justify his actions, and his body was decapitated.