Jean-Baptiste Michonis (1735 – 17 June 1794) was a personality of the French Revolution. Originally a producer of lemonade, he became a member of the Commune de Paris, inspector of prisons and chief of police. He participated in the "complot de l'œillet", a failed attempt to rescue Marie-Antoinette organised by Jean, Baron de Batz, and for this was guillotined in what is now the Place de la Nation. He was buried in the cimetière de Picpus.[1][2][3]
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- ^ Will Bashor (1 December 2016). Marie Antoinette's Darkest Days: Prisoner No. 280 in the Conciergerie. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 97–. ISBN 978-1-4422-5500-5.
- ^ John Hardman (10 September 2019). Marie-Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen. Yale University Press. pp. 297–. ISBN 978-0-300-24308-6.
- ^ Ian Dunlop (1 January 1993). Marie-Antoinette: A Portrait. Sinclair-Stevenson. ISBN 978-1-85619-261-3.