Abancourt

Abancourt, CHARLES XAVIER JOSEPH D', a French minister during the Revolution, born at Douai in 1758. A nephew of Calonne, and a revolutionist, he advanced rapidly in the army, and became minister of war in June 1792. Two months later he was denounced as a foe to freedom, was carried to the tribunal at Orleans, and was being conveyed back to Paris when he was murdered by the mob at Versailles, 9th September 1792.