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Daendels Downfall as Governor-General

Hii everyone!! ✨️ As I promised, I'll be explaining on why Daendels was replaced as a governor-general of the Dutch East Indies. It's going to be a bit complicated n long but I'll try my best to summarize them ^^

In an article I've read, when Daendels ruled the Dutch East Indies, many Dutch people despise his action as it was heavily inspired by the French Empire style. Before Daendels arrival, the Dutch ppl had divided powers among themselves and basically did some corruption to enrich themselves aswell. Ever since he came, they all lost many of their income n those who disagree with his way of ruling etc, will be sent back to their homeland by boat.

Those who got sent back complained abt Daendels to the minister of Holland at that time, Van Der Heim. The thing was, Van Der Heim also hated Daendels. So he used this opportunity to bring him down. Van Der Heim started a campaign to remove Daendels from the position of governor-general. He believed that Daendels should be replaced by Jan Willem Janssens.

"Jan Willem was shy of a good job. Although he realized that he might not have been the most capable person for the Indies, he really wanted to tackle something new"

Van Der Heim n Janssens are friends and Janssens himself was able to make a good first impression on everyone. The example can be seen bellow.

"At that time he was part of the Dutch segation that came to inform Napoleon in Rambouillet of Louis's 'decision' to resign. On the spot, he had a long meeting with Napoleon about Indies affairs on August 16, in which he – apparently successfully – conveyed the last gossip about Daendels."

The worst part was that Van Der Heim said to have stopped paying Dutch salary (maybe like a subsidies?) To Aleida, Daendels wife, while he was ruling in the Dutch East Indies.

"On July 31, in a new letter to the emperor, he wrote: "Daendels is a bad man, but we have his wife and his children". It does say something about the level of Lebrun, or about the culture of the French empire at that time, to immediately see the family of the governor-general of the Indies as a hostage."

Why would Lebrun (Friend of Van Der Heim I believe. I kinda forgot 😔) held Daendels family hostage?? I still don't understand this part to be honest. But it doesn't end here. Van Der Heim also wrote a critic report about Daendels.

"One of his biggest aproaches against Daendels was that he had wrongly reported that it was quiet in Bantam (Banten)."

"Another accusation was that Daendels brigadier, Sandol Roy had been deposed on Java."

Actually, talking abt Sandol Roy, he was a commander-in-chief of the Batavian army in Dutch East Indies. He was actually planning to arrested Daendels when he arrived in the Indies, but I think before he can do that, Daendels sent him back to homeland for being too old in the army? (istg I read this somewhere but I forgot 🫠)

Back to Lebrun, on August 20 1810, he wrote the most horrible things abt Daendels to Napoleon. Lebrun also agreed to replace Daendels. He wrote this to Napoleon.

“There is a French officer here, a brigadier general, a brother of Rouget de Lille, the author I believe of the Marseillaise. He was supposed to go to Batavia with Daendels, but was captured during the crossing. I believe he can be trusted.”

Napoleon responded w this.

“I don't know who Rouget de Lille's brother is. I think I'm going to send a Dutchman.”

September 6 : “Because of the language I want to send – from Saint Malo – Dutch troops, a small battalion with four companies of 120 men each. Find good officers for me. Send me Daendels' correspondence.”

At this point, I feel like Napoleon had been influenced by those ppl that Daendels is bad. Not long after this Napoleon sent Denis Decres, a French minister to Holland. According to him, Daendels must be replaced immediately.

And finally at November 16, 1810, Napoleon made his decision to send Janssens to Java, his salary (500.000 francs) were 3 times higher than Daendels. At November 24, 1810, Decres officially wrote a resignation letter to Daendels on behalf of Napoleon.

“The Emperor has informed himself of your correspondence, especially your letters to the king. The king had an unpleasant feeling left by your letter of November 30 last year. The poor state of your health was the reason for him to send you a successor. He thought it was good for you to give you some peace after a few years in the bad climate of Java.”

Decres was js yapping reasons imo as I never found any evidence so far abt Daendels complaining being ill or anything but anway-

On May 16 1811, Daendels handed his stuff to Janssens who had js arrived in the Dutch East Indies. While all this were happening, Napoleon was informed on how they (I assumed are soldiers) saw that Daendels had served the French well.

“The French flag flies everywhere in this colony. Daendels has implemented the change with caution and wisdom”

“I have seen the most beautiful country in the world. No one in Europe has any idea about this. Daendels has achieved great things in a short time. In times of war, he was completely on his own. He restored authority, built up an army without help from abroad and built major roads so that communication, transport of troops and ammunition is possible from one end of the island to the other [more than 1000 kilometers].”

“When we arrived in this country, we found the French flag on all the forts. General Daendels had made everyone swear the oath of allegiance to the emperor and that went very solemnly. You cannot imagine how active this general is and what he has done for the service of the colony."

When Daendels returned back to France on November 1811, he met Decres. After having an interview w him, Decres told Napoleon that they had made a mistake for replacing Daendels as he had done much better than they had heard/assumed. Not long after this, Janssens in the Indies had failed to protect the attack of the British and Dutch East Indies was later ruled by Raffles.

That's all for now ^^ I'm sorry if there is misinformation due to translation 🙏 Feel free to correct me or if u know more, pls do tell me 🫶 This topic to me kinda made me feel angry at Napoleon for js believing those ppl so easily without thinking twice 😮‍💨 The fact that Janssens ended up js giving away Dutch East Indies so easily to the British was the worst part. If Daendels replacement were at least the same level as him then maybe it would be a different story but- 😭😭 I feel bad for Daendels at this part 😕 Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this n if y'all have any questions, feel free to ask🫡 I'll try to answer them. Thank you guys for reading this n have a great day!! 🌙

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"La Bête et la Belle" théâtre immersif - d'après un conte de Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1740), reprit ensuite par Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1756) - au Grand Hôtel des Rêves dans l'ancien "Hôtel Le Brun" construit par l'architecte Germain Boffrand pour Charles II Le Brun (1700-01) sur des terres ayant appartenu à son oncle peintre Charles Le Brun (1651), y vécurent ensuite le peintre Antoine Watteau (1718-19), le biologiste Buffon du Jardin des Plantes à proximité (1766), mais également la peintre Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1805), Paris, octobre 2024.

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Danièle Lebrun as Josephine in Joséphine ou la Comédie des ambitions (1979)

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Het 'Empire' dat snel vergeten werd

Toen keizer Napoleon in 1811 Amsterdam – na Parijs en Rome de derde hoofdstad van het Franse ‘Empire’ – bezocht, trof hij het stadsbestuur in een nogal klagerige stemming aan. Emmanuel de las Cases, secretaris van Napoleon tijdens diens latere ballingschap op St.Helena, heeft verslag gedaan van de toespraak die de keizer hield, ter opmontering: “Men zegt dat u ontevreden bent: maar waarom?…

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Vivien Mistral by Patryck Lebrun

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red + art

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Vortex (2021) dir. Gaspar Noé

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Paris Olympics: guys in glasses doing sporty things.

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✨nerds✨ in Olympics Paris 2024 (so far, that i watch):

1. Stephen Nedoroscik - Men's Artistic Gymnastics

2. Félix Lebrun - Men's Table Tennis

3. Baptiste Addis - Men's Individual Archery

i mean- look at himmm

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Elisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun French 1755-1842 “Portrait of Natalia Zakharovna Kolycheva” 1799 Oil on canvas

Photo is taken by: @robertpuffjr

Born into an artistic family, Vigée-Lebrun took drawing lessons from her father and began working as a professional artist as a teenager.

She became Queen Marie Antoinette’s official portrait painter, and in 1783 she was admitted into the French Royal Academy.

Forced into exile at the onset of the French Revolution, Vigée-Lebrun continued to be a sought-after portraitist.

While living in Russia, she painted this striking portrait of Natalia Zakharovna Kolycheva, a member of the nobility.

The artist presented her sitter as a refined and educated woman: she reads a French play and wears fashionable clothing, gold jewelry, and a classicizing hair accessory.

The artist was both celebrated and criticized for idealizing her sitters through the supple brushwork, rich hues, and soft lighting so skillfully demonstrated here.

(This writeup is taken from the description at Museum.)

Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA

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La Mode nationale, no. 61, 25 juin 1887, Paris. No. 22. — Toilette de campagne. Modèle de la Maison Lebrun-Vidal et Ce, 104, rue de Richelieu. Bibliothèque nationale de France

No. 22. — Toilette de campagne en foulard bleu à pois blancs. La jupe, toute ronde, est plissée à larges plis couchés tout autour. Elle est à demi recouverte par une draperie, également plissée, retombant en pointe sur un côté, faisant pouf derrière, et sur l'autre côté, formant une petite draperie panier, rattaché sur la jupe par un flot de ruban. Corsage très court, garni de revers de foulard bleu uni, ouvrant sur un gilet de satin blanc, surmonté lui-même par un empiècement de foulard bleu. Manches plates, col et parements en foulard uni.

No. 22. — Country ensemble in blue foulard with white polka dots. The skirt, very round, is pleated with large pleats all around. It is half covered by a drapery, also pleated, falling in a point on one side, making a pouf behind, and on the other side, forming a small basket drapery, attached to the skirt by a stream of ribbon. Very short bodice, trimmed with plain blue foulard lapels, opening onto a white satin vest, itself topped by a blue foulard yoke. Flat sleeves, plain foulard collar and facings.

Métrage: 20 mètres foulard à pois, 1 mètre foulard uni.

Chapeau de paille blanche, à bords complètement relevés, garni sur le devant par une touffe de plumes d'autruche.

White straw hat, with completely raised brims, trimmed on the front with a tuft of ostrich feathers.

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"La Bête et la Belle" théâtre immersif - d'après un conte de Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1740), reprit ensuite par Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1756) - au Grand Hôtel des Rêves dans l'ancien "Hôtel Le Brun" construit par l'architecte Germain Boffrand pour Charles II Le Brun (1700-01) sur des terres ayant appartenu à son oncle peintre Charles Le Brun (1651), y vécurent ensuite le peintre Antoine Watteau (1718-19), le biologiste Buffon du Jardin des Plantes à proximité (1766), mais également la peintre Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1805), Paris, octobre 2024.

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Bon Matin🆕️🎸🎹🗣🥁

Magdelaine 🎶 Octobre

Avec Danièle Lebrun, Francis Cabrel, Chien noir, Charles Baudelaire

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Arthur Tamas by Patryck Lebrun

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Annie Lebrun, surréalisme, littérature, féminisme et érotisme, une grande dame de la littérature vient de disparaître à 81 ans.

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A pastel of Yolande Gabrielle Martine (1749-93), duchesse de Polignac by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun.