Bernard René Jourdan, marquis de Launay, 1740–1789. French governor of the Bastille and commander of its garrison.

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Bernard René Jourdan, marquis de Launay, 1740–1789. French governor of the Bastille and commander of its garrison when it was stormed on the 14 July 1789, during the French Revolution. From a contemporary print.

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