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 The grave of Victor Noir at Père Lachaise, Paris. Picture by Androom (28 Aug 2001) |
Noir, Victor |
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BORN 27 Jul 1848, Attigny, Vosges - DIED 10 Jan 1870, Paris: 59, rue d'Auteuil BIRTH NAME Salmon, Yvan CAUSE OF DEATH shot to death GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Père Lachaise, Rue du Repos 16 (division 92, ligne 01, K, 23) |
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Son of a Jewish cobbler. He used Victor Noir as his pen name and he went to Paris to become a journalist for "La Marseillaise", edited by Paschal Grousset. Noir had the reputation of a playboy. In 1869 there was a dispute between two Corsican newspapers, concentrating on Napoleon I. Grousset supported the party that spoke against Napoleon I and Pierre Bonaparte, a nephew of emperor Napoleon III, challenged him to a duel. When Noir went to Pierre Bonaparte to negotiate the terms of the duel he was shot by Bonaparte. The shot killed him. Bonaparte claimed that Noir had struck him first, before he drew his gun and shot at him. The court accepted Bonaparte's version of the story and he was acquitted. This caused a public outrage and 100.000 people followed the funeral procession to Neuilly, where he was buried. After the Third Republic was established in 1891, Noir's body was transferred to the more fashionable Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. The statue of his grave by Jules Dalou shows him as if he had just been shot. The protuberance in his trousers is touched by many people who seem to believe they can enhance their fertility by doing so. Related persons • was killed by Bonaparte, Pierre Napoleon Events |
| 10/1/1870 | Pierre Bonaparte Napoleon kills Victor Noir. Newspaper writers Victor Noir and Ulrich Fonvielle visited Pierre at his country estate in Auteuil. They were angry about an article he had written about Pascal Grousset (who, as a notorious Communard, was sentenced to imprisonment in September 1871). During the ensuing argument, Noir punched Bonaparte, who then shot his attacker dead with a revolver. The High Court in Tours would acquit Bonaparte. [Bonaparte, Pierre Napoleon] |
| 21/3/1870 | Start of the trial against Pierre Bonaparte in Tours. Bonaparte had killed the journalist Pierre Noir but he was acquitted. He was, however, ordered to pay damages to Noir's family. The trial lasted until March 27th. [Bonaparte, Pierre Napoleon] |
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The grave of Victor Noir at Père Lachaise, Paris. Picture by Androom (28 Aug 2001) |
Sources • Culbertson, Judi & Tom Randall, Permanent Parisians, Robson Books, London, 1991 • Vincent, Benjamin, Haydn's Dictionary of Dates, and Universal Information, Ward, Lock & Co, London, 1906 • Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (editie 1909), 1909 • Victor Noir - Wikipedia (EN) |
