French Revolution-Antoine Merlin de Thionville dit Merlin de Thionville pour le distinguer de Merlin de Douai n? ? Thionville le 13 septembre 1762 et mort ? Paris le 14 septembre 1833 fut d?put? de la Moselle ? la Convention nationale and pressed for the execution of Louis XVI but a mission to the army prevented his attending the trial. He displayed great bravery in the defence of Mainz. He took part in the Thermidorian Reaction which followed the fall of Robespierre sat in the Council of Five Hundred under the Directory and at the coup d'?tat of the 18th Fructidor. C'est l'un des plus fameux repr?sentants en mission de la Convention