Honore Gabriel Victor Riquetti Graf von Mirabeau - after an anonymous French miniature in 1789. Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau (March 9, 1749 - April 2, 1791) was a French writer, popular orator and statesman. During the French Revolution, he was a moderate, favoring a constitutional monarchy built on the model of Great Britain. He unsuccessfully conducted secret negotiations with the French monarchy in an effort to reconcile it with the Revolution.
Honore Gabriel Victor Riquetti Graf von Mirabeau - after an anonymous French miniature in 1789. Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau (March 9, 1749 - April 2, 1791) was a French writer, popular orator and statesman. During the French Revolution, he was a moderate, favoring a constitutional monarchy built on the model of Great Britain. He unsuccessfully conducted secret negotiations with the French monarchy in an effort to reconcile it with the Revolution.