René Sieyès

René Sieyès
Portrait of René Sieyès
1st President of the Union of Chenes
In office July 15, 1813 – July 15, 1817
Vice President	Assaminasqua
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Assaminasqua
2nd General Statesman of Chenes
In office July 15, 1817 – August 8, 1820
President	Assaminasqua
Preceded by	Emmanuel Barthélemy
Succeeded by	Jeanne Reno
3rd Statesman of the Foreign Ministry
In office June 2, 1821 – April 21, 1825
President	Charles Phélypeaux
Preceded by	Vincent Lainel
Succeeded by	Isidore Mendès
10th Statesman of Ville de Augusta
In office June 2, 1797 – April 21, 1802
Preceded by	Vincent Lainel
Succeeded by	Isidore Mendès
Personal details
Born	(1775-06-24)June 24, 1775 Vignobles, Pais-de-Vignobles
Died	October 18, 1831(1831-10-18) (aged 56) Ville de Amiens
Resting place	Ville de Noveau Reims, Amiens
Political party	Commerçant
Parents	Charles Sieyes (father) Amelia Sieyes (mother)
Occupation	Politician Statesman

René Sieyès (June 24, 1775 - October 18, 1831) was a Chênique statesman, diplomat, writer and an Hommes d'État d'Augusta who served as the first President of Chenes from XXXX to YYYY. He also served as the second general statesman under Assaminasqua and the third statesman of foreign ministry under Charles Phélypeaux. He rose to fame in Ville de Augusta as the writer of the political pamphlet, Paroles du Chêne. He would later be leader of the Chênique Delegation at the Augusta Assembly that would sign the Augusta Preliminary Acts and the Treaty of Oaks. René was a proponent of Audonic-Alnobak integration and the unification of Chenique trading posts.

René was born in the trading village of Vignobles in what is the state of Quénnebec to a local beaver pelt merchant. As one of several sons, he often traveled with his family across several trading posts on the way to Ville de Augusta and back in an attempt to peddle beaver pelts. René would often remark on his dissatisfaction of the development of local trading posts, most of which would be abandoned or only develop to a single family unit. When René reached 16, he abandoned his merchant upbringing and settled in Ville de Augusta. He served as the tenth Statesman of Ville de Augusta. At the time, Ville de Augusta was one of the three cities with a form of recognizable government, the other two being Vignobles and Sainte Joséphine.

René, as the primary legislator of Ville de Augusta, began working with other former Statesmen of Ville de Augusta for the proposal of an expansion of the city-state. During this time, he befriended Emmanuel Barthélemy, the ninth Statesman and the founder of the Mint of Augusta. Rene and the other ten statesmen would later write the Lettres des Commerçants, which proposed Ville de Augusta unify with the very friendly Alnobak and outlying trading posts, alongside Vignobles and Sainte Joséphine. The Tsalagi were also given an invitation to represent themselves on the insistence of Emmanuel.

During the provisional government of the Union of Chenes, René created the Société des Commerçants, forming the First Party System. His term as president was marked with the Penobscot Renewal Era and the Vigsnoble Rebellion. He promoted the Penobscot Renewal Era that overall improved Alnobak tribal infrastructure and inroads between different towns. Typically travels from Vignobles, Sainte Josephine, Penobscot and Ville de Augusta would be tiresome and dangerous. The Renewal Period served to improve safety for Chenique and Alnobaks. The Vignobles Rebellion was a rebellion by Chenique Supremacists that objected to the union. René, due to his fierce integrationalist policy, put down the rebellion as quick as possible with aid from the Alnobak population in Maliseet

The War of Arossagunticook-Étienne occurred during his term as Statesman of Foreign Ministry and was seen as one of his biggest issues at the time. He was unable to move the Tsalagi to move against their aligned minor tribes such as the Kituwah Tribe and the Watauga Tribe. In the aftermath of the war, he did not declare the Tsalagi enemies as he fear it would encourage potential uprisings in retaliation of the war. He called for the meeting of the Arossagunticook Assembly with Alnobak and Tsalagi delegates, in an effort to demonstrate the Alnobak involvement in the government and the wish to include the Tsalagi in the Union of Chenes. While he was unable to convince a union, he managed to get the Accord of Arossagunticook-Étienne that declared the Tsalagi and Chenes to be in a perpetual state of neutrality between each other.

René would retire at the end of his term and would retire in Ville de Amiens. Unlike many politicians, René never married or had children. It is speculated that he was romantically involved with Emmanuel Barthélemy, as well as an Alnobak tribesman named Wawanolett. He died on October 18, 1831 in Ville de Amiens. He is considered to be one of the most important figures in Chenique history, advocating for neutrality and unity amongst the Chenique, Alnobak and Tsalagi.