Mirabeau, Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, count de
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born March 9, 1749, Bignon, near Nemours, France
died April 2, 1791, Paris
French politician and orator.
Son of the economist Victor Riqueti (1715–89), he suffered his father's disfavour; often imprisoned for intrigues and wild behaviour (1774–80), he wrote several essays on prison life. In 1789 he was elected to the
Estates General from the Third Estate. A skilled orator, he was popular with the people and was influential in the early years of the
French Revolution. He advocated a constitutional monarchy and tried to mediate between the absolute monarchists and the revolutionaries. He was elected president of the National Assembly in 1791, but he died shortly thereafter.
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