Bendiktas Klimantis: Difference between revisions

Jump to navigation Jump to search
mNo edit summary
mNo edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Region icon Kylaris}}
{{WIP}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name        = <small>President of Aucuria</small><br>
|name        = Bendiktas Klimantis
Bendiktas Klimantis
|image        = Jean-Jacques Rousseau (painted portrait).jpg
|image        = Jean-Jacques Rousseau (painted portrait).jpg
|imagesize    = 200px
|imagesize    = 200px
Line 8: Line 9:
|term_start1  = May 1, 1792
|term_start1  = May 1, 1792
|term_end1    = May 1, 1802
|term_end1    = May 1, 1802
|predecessor1  = ''Position created''<br><small>[[tbd rename]] (as [[Monarchy of Aucuria|King]])</small>
|predecessor1  = ''Position created''<br><small>[[tbd rename]] (as [[Rudolphine Aucuria|Governor]])</small>
|successor1    = [[Juozapas Kairys]]
|successor1    = [[Juozapas Kairys]]
|office2      = [[File:RepAucuriaFlag.png|22px]] 1st President of the [[Aucurian Revolutionary Congress]]
|vicepresident2      =
|term_start2  = March 8, 1790
|term_end2    = May 1, 1792
|predecessor2  = ''Position created''
|successor2    = ''Position abolished''
|birth_date  = Bendiktas Vergilijus Klimantis<br>June 28, 1742
|birth_date  = Bendiktas Vergilijus Klimantis<br>June 28, 1742
|birth_place  = [[Mariunis]], [[Aucuria]]
|birth_place  = tbd
|death_date  = July 2, 1820 (age 78)
|death_date  = July 2, 1810 (age 68)
|death_place  = [[Kalnaspilis]], [[Aucuria]]
|death_place  = [[Kalnaspilis]], [[Aucuria]]
|alma_mater  = [[Kalnaspilis University]]
|alma_mater  = tbd
|nationality  = [[Aucurian people|Aucurian]]
|nationality  = Aucurian
|profession  = Lawyer, politician
|profession  = Lawyer, philosopher, politician
|party        = [[tbd rename Party]]
|party        = [[Federalist Party (Aucuria)|Federalist Party]]
|religion    = [[Miskism]]
|spouse      = Klaudija Butkevičiute
|spouse      = Klaudija Butkevičiute
|children    = Augustas Klimantis<br>Galerija Klimantaitė<br>Emilijus Klimantis<br>Lucijus Klimantis<br>Beatričė Klimantaitė
|children    = Augustas Klimantis<br>Galerija Klimantaitė<br>Emilijus Klimantis<br>Lucijus Klimantis<br>Beatričė Klimantaitė
}}
}}
'''Bendiktas Klimantis''' (June 28, 1742 – July 2, 1820) was an [[Aucuria|Aucurian]] lawyer, writer, philosopher, politician, and [[Founding Fathers of the Aucurian Republic|founding father]] who served as the leader of the [[Aucurian Revolutionary Congress]] and as the first [[President of Aucuria]]. A notable [[Syncary|syncarist]], Klimantis penned multiple political and philosophical texts advocating {{wp|republicanism}}, {{wp|constitutionalism}}, and {{wp|liberalism}}, and was one of the authors of the [[Constitution of Aucuria]].
'''Bendiktas Klimantis''' (June 28, 1742 – July 2, 1810) was an [[Aucuria|Aucurian]] lawyer, philosopher, and politician who served as the first [[President of Aucuria]]...
 
Born into a ''[[Social classes in medieval Aucuria|miestininkai]]'' family in [[Mariunis]], Klimantis was exposed to syncarist ideals from an early age. He graduated from [[Kalnaspilis University]] with a degree in law in 1763. In 1767, he began publishing political and philosophical treatises under the {{wp|pseudonym}} "Tiberijus"; after publishing an essay arguing for the abolition of the [[Monarchy of Aucuria|Aucurian monarchy]] in 1775, however, his identity was uncovered and he was jailed for three years. Following his imprisonment, he traveled to [[Conitia]]; he also ceased using a pseudonym and began to publish works under his own name. He returned to Aucuria in 1784.
 
Following the [[Kalnaspilis bread riot of 1790|First Battle of Kalnaspilis]], Klimantis became an outspoken supporter of the Aucurian revolutionary movement, and in March 1790 he was elected as the president of the [[Aucurian Revolutionary Congress]]. Klimantis functioned as the political head of the revolutionary forces, ordered the drafting of the [[Declaration of the Rights of the People]], and oversaw the administration of territories controlled by revolutionary forces. After the end of the war, he was a primary author of the [[Constitution of Aucuria]], alongside [[Klemensas Brazauskas]] and [[Izoakas Poškus]].
 
Klimantis was [[1792 Aucurian presidential election|elected president]] under the new constitution in 1792. As President, he pursued the nation's shipping and trade interests, encouraged the construction of public works, offered tacit support to the revolutionary movement in [[Aininian Revolution|Ainin]], approved the first two [[Amendments to the Constitution of Aucuria|amendments]] to the Aucurian constitution, and set enduring precedents for the office of [[President of Aucuria]]. He was [[1797 Aucurian presidential election|reelected]] in 1797, but served only two terms before retiring. He was succeeded by his longtime friend and political ally [[Juozapas Kairys]].
 
After leaving the presidency, Klimantis resumed writing, corresponding with republican thinkers and leaders from across [[West Borea]] and [[Conitia]] while continuing to write political treatises, a history of the Aucurian Revolution, and his [[Recollections of Bendiktas Klimantis|personal memoirs]]. The last of his works to be published in his lifetime, praising the [[Liberal Revolution]] in Montecara, was published in March 1820. He died four months later.
 
A prominent spokesperson for {{wp|Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment}} values, including {{wp|popular sovereignty}}, {{wp|republicanism}}, and {{wp|civil rights}}, Klimantis is lauded as the "Father of the Republic" within Aucuria as a result of his political leadership during the [[Aucurian Revolution]] and the early years of the [[Aucuria|Aucurian Republic]], and he is widely respected as a philosopher and politician in much of the {{wp|Liberalism|liberal}} world. His legacy has been critiqued by leading illiberal figures in [[Borea (Esquarium)|Borea]], and his handling of [[Atlia|Atlian]] requests for political equality has been criticized, particularly following the 1952 [[Velvet Revolution]]. Despite this, many scholars and historians have praised him highly for his public achievements, and he remains overwhelmingly popular in the Aucurian cultural consciousness.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==


[[File:Guildhalls in Vilnius.JPG|165px|right|thumb|The house where Klimantis was born in [[Mariunis]].]]
==Early career==
 
==Career==
 
===Early career===
 
===As Tiberijus===
 
===Incarceration===
 
===In Conitia===


[[File:Allan Ramsay - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778) - Google Art Project.jpg|175px|left|thumb|''[[Bendiktas Klimantis in Borean Dress]]'', by [[Pietro Brucàt]].]]
==Aucurian Revolution==


===Return to Aucuria===
==Presidency==
 
===Aucurian Revolution===
 
===Presidency===


==Later life==
==Later life==
Line 67: Line 37:


==Philosophy==
==Philosophy==
[[File:Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Stipple engraving by J. L. Darcis aft Wellcome V0005119.jpg|145px|right|thumb|Klimantis depicted in {{wp|toga|Latin dress}}.]]


===Theory of human nature===
===Theory of human nature===
Line 81: Line 49:


[[File:Rousseau 1878 28sz Vasarnapi Ujsag.jpg|135px|left|thumb|An 1871 engraving of Klimantis.]]
[[File:Rousseau 1878 28sz Vasarnapi Ujsag.jpg|135px|left|thumb|An 1871 engraving of Klimantis.]]
===Criticism===


==Works==
==Works==


[[Category:Aucuria]]
[[Category:Aucuria]]

Revision as of 13:02, 14 February 2022

Template:Region icon Kylaris

Bendiktas Klimantis
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (painted portrait).jpg
RepAucuriaFlag.png 1st President of the Aucurian Republic
In office
May 1, 1792 – May 1, 1802
Preceded byPosition created
tbd rename (as Governor)
Succeeded byJuozapas Kairys
Personal details
BornBendiktas Vergilijus Klimantis
June 28, 1742
tbd
DiedJuly 2, 1810 (age 68)
Kalnaspilis, Aucuria
NationalityAucurian
Political partyFederalist Party
SpouseKlaudija Butkevičiute
ChildrenAugustas Klimantis
Galerija Klimantaitė
Emilijus Klimantis
Lucijus Klimantis
Beatričė Klimantaitė
Alma matertbd
ProfessionLawyer, philosopher, politician

Bendiktas Klimantis (June 28, 1742 – July 2, 1810) was an Aucurian lawyer, philosopher, and politician who served as the first President of Aucuria...

Early life and education

Early career

Aucurian Revolution

Presidency

Later life

Death

Philosophy

Theory of human nature

Political theory

Religious views

Views on ethnicity

Legacy

An 1871 engraving of Klimantis.

Works

Retrieved from "https://iiwiki.us/mediawiki/index.php?title=Bendiktas_Klimantis&oldid=461987"