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Maximilien Marie Isidore Robespierre

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Robespierre, Maximilien Marie Isidore (mäksēmēlyăNˈ märēˈ ēzēdôrˈ rôbĕspyĕrˈ) [key], 1758–94, one of the leading figures of the French Revolution.

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