Pierre Quétineau

Who was Pierre Quétineau?

Pierre Quétineau was général en chef of the armée de l'Ouest during the French Revolution.

In command in the Vendée at the time of the uprising there, he was attacked by superior forces at the town of Bressuire and retreated to Thouars. The Royalist rebels took the town and took him prisoner. However, despite being told by the Royalist generals that the National Convention would not forgive his defeat and despite their trying to hold onto him, Pierre Quétineau left to rejoin his army. He was judged by the Revolutionary Tribunal, condemned to death, and guillotined on 17 March 1794. His wife, Jeanne Latreille, appeared at the trial of Jacques René Hébert and the Hébertistes, and was also later guillotined.