Maurice Duplay

On the evening of 17 July, after the Champ de Mars massacre, the authorities ordered numerous arrests.

Robespierre, who attended the Jacobin club, did not dare to go back to the rue Saintonge where he lodged, and so asked Laurent Lecointre if he knew a patriot near the Tuileries who could put him up for the night.

After a few days Robespierre decided to move in, although he lived there in the backyard so that he was constantly exposed to the sound of working.

[3][4][5] The men in the family (Maurice, his son and nephew) were all actively involved in official duties thanks to Robespierre's patronage.

In September 1792 his younger sister and brother joined him and lived in the front house, but Charlotte insisted moving to 5 Rue Saint-Florentin because of his increased prestige and her tensions with Madame Duplay.