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Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, (born March 9, 1749, Bignon, near Nemours, France—died April 2, 1791, Paris), French politician and orator, one of the greatest figures in the National Assembly that governed France during the early phases of the French Revolution.

Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, aussi orthographié Riquetti, « comte » de Mirabeau, plus communément appelé Mirabeau, né le 9 mars 1749 à Bignon-Mirabeau et mort le 2 avril 1791 à Paris, est un écrivain, diplomate, journaliste et homme politique français, figure de la Révolution.

Joseph Boze (Public Domain) Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (l. 1749-1791) was a French orator and nobleman who rose to prominence as a leader during the early stages of the French Revolution (1789-1799). From the disgraced and scandalized son of a distinguished marquis, Mirabeau's oratory skills would carry him to a new reputation ...

For the full article, see Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau. Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, count de Mirabeau , orig. Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti , (born March 9, 1749, Bignon, near Nemours, France—died April 2, 1791, Paris), French politician and orator.

Table of Contents. Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau - French Revolution, Intrigue, Statesman: From November 1789, notwithstanding his oratorical triumphs of January–April 1790 in the cause of the Revolution, Mirabeau was a prey to despondency and aimlessness until his friend Auguste, prince d’Arenberg, comte de La Marck—with the ...

Honore Mirabeau was born Gabriel Riqueti in 1749, to a wealthy commercial family in central France. His father was Victor de Riqueti, a noted economist who emphasised the importance of agriculture and landed nobility to France’s national prosperity.

Comte de Mirabeau. The French statesman and author Honoré Gabriel Victor de Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791), was a key leader of the French Revolution in its first years. He sought an alliance of the Crown and the Third Estate against his own class, the nobility.

Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Count of Mirabeau was a French writer, orator, statesman and a prominent figure of the early stages of the French Revolution. A member of the nobility, Mirabeau had been involved in numerous scandals that had left his reputation in ruins.