Editing Guillaume Brune (section)

== Early life ==
Brune was born in [[Brive-la-Gaillarde|Brives]] (now called Brive-la-Gaillarde) in the province of [[Limousin]], the son of Étienne Brune, a lawyer, and Jeanne Vielbains.<ref name=Vigier>{{Cite book |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k63674056 |language=fr |title=Précis historique de la campagne faite en 1807 dans la Poméranie suédoise |author=Vigier, Jacques de |year=1825 |location=[[Limoges]] |page=95}}</ref> He moved to Paris in 1785, studied law,<ref name=Vigier/> and became a political journalist. He embraced the ideas of the [[French Revolution]], and soon after its outbreak enlisted in the Parisian [[National Guard (France)|National Guard]] and joined the [[Cordeliers]],<ref name=Vigier/> eventually becoming a friend of [[Georges Danton]].