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Younger Brother Augustin: Ominous threats appeared in his oration, which for a time held the Convention terror stricken and caused it to vote his proposal. Quickly, however, he was assailed by various orators, and the Convention reconsidered its action. In the session of the following day, July 27, the fateful 9th Thermidor, the intrigues of his associates on the committee, the fear of his intended victims, and the resentment of the Dantonists, who had not forgotten the death of their leader, combined to bring about Robespierre's downfall. Orders were issued for his arrest and for that of Louis de Saint-Just, Georges Couthon, Philippe Lebas, and his younger brother Augustin Robespierre.
Problems do not occur singly. For example, Georgie, eight years old and the younger of two brothers, was a persistent feeding problem. His mother continually tried to force him to eat when his desire for food was low. As a result, eating became an emotional situation. He was retarded in speech and reading, and appeared to enjoy the power over adults that he gained from his failure to talk and read like other children. He may also have sensed his older brother's hostility and have been afraid to succeed in school, lest he increase his brother's hostility toward him. He was restless and nervous. He was disobedient.
ROBERT I (called THE DEVIL, duke of Xormandy: d. Nicaea, Asia Minor, July 22, 1035. Father of William the Conqueror and younger son of Duke Richard II, he succeeded his brother Richard III, whom he was accused of poisoning, in 1028. After stamping out an uprising of vassals led by his uncle Robert, archbishop of Rouen and count of Evreux, he re-established his brother-in-law Baldwin IV as count of Flanders in 1030, and a year later, upon making an alliance with Henry I of France, received the French part of the district of Vexin. |
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