MaratJean-Paul Marat, one of the most radical leaders of the French Revolution, added to the violence of the period by demanding death for all opponents of the revolution. In September 1792, he was elected to the National Convention, a body that was writing a new constitution for France. He joined a group called the Jacobins, who demanded that King Louis XVI be executed. Marat soon became the main target of moderate members of the convention, known as Girondists. In July 1793, Marat was stabbed to death by Charlotte Corday, an aristocrat who supported the Girondists.