Louis René Quentin de Richebourg de Champcenetz (1759, in Paris – 23 July 1794, Paris) was a French journalist guillotined for his writings.
Life Louis-René Quentin de Richebourg, known as the Chevalier de Champcenetz, was a younger son of Jean-Louis Quentin de Richebourg, the elder Marquis de Champcenetz, governor of the Tuileries Palace at the time of the French Revolution. He has frequently been confused with his elder brother Louis-Pierre, the younger Marquis.John Chu, "Un Aller-Retour pour Knole: Thomas Gainsborough's Portrait of Louis-Pierre, Marquis de Champcenetz," National Trust Historic Houses and Collections Annual (2016), pp. 53–9.
During the Revolution, at the urging of friends concerned for his safety, he retired briefly to Meaux, but soon returned to Paris. He was tried by Fouquier-Tinville and executed in July 1794.Remy de Gourmont, "Un Collaborateur de Rivarol: Champcenetz," Promenades Littéraires, vol. 3, 2nd ed. (Paris: Mercure de France, 1924), pp. 166–87.
Work He collaborated with Rivarol and others on satirical papers including the Actes des Apôtres (1789–91), Petit Almanach de nos Grands Hommes (1788) and the Petit Dictionnaire des Grands Hommes de la Révolution (1790).
Writings Les Gobbe-Mouches (Au Palais Royal, 1788).Full text at archive.org (accessed 21 May 2025). Petit traité de l'amour des femmes pour lets sots (A Bagatelle, 1788).Full text at archive.org (accessed 21 May 2025). Réponse aux lettres sur le caractère et les ouvrages de J. J. Rousseau: Bagatelle que vingt libraires ont refusé de faire imprimer [in response to Mme. de Staël] (A Genève, 1789).Full text at archive.org (accessed 21 May 2025).
Sources Jean Chrétien Ferdinand Hoefer, Nouvelle Biographie générale, t. 9, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1854, p. 187–188 Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des littératures, Paris, Hachette, 1876, p. 1190
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