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==Life== |
==Life== |
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− | Known as '''Barrel Mirabeau''' (''Mirabeau-Tonneau'') because of his voluminous taste for drink, he was sent to the army in |
+ | Known as '''Barrel Mirabeau''' (''Mirabeau-Tonneau'') because of his voluminous taste for drink, he was sent to the army in Malta in 1776, and spent part of his two years there in prison for insulting a religious procession. |
He served as a colonel, commanding the [[Touraine Regiment]] under the [[comte de Rochambeau]] in the [[American Revolution]].{{sfn|Wilson|Fiske|1900}} |
He served as a colonel, commanding the [[Touraine Regiment]] under the [[comte de Rochambeau]] in the [[American Revolution]].{{sfn|Wilson|Fiske|1900}} |
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During the war, he was in several sea-fights with the English and witnessed the [[Siege of Yorktown|Battle of Yorktown]] in 1781.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} |
During the war, he was in several sea-fights with the English and witnessed the [[Siege of Yorktown|Battle of Yorktown]] in 1781.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} |
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In the following year, he had two narrow escapes from drowning. With his debts paid up by his father, he was elected by the noblesse of [[Limoges]] a deputy to the [[French States-General|States General]]. |
In the following year, he had two narrow escapes from drowning. With his debts paid up by his father, he was elected by the noblesse of [[Limoges]] a deputy to the [[French States-General|States General]]. |
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Unlike his brother, he opposed the [[French Revolution]]. |
Unlike his brother, he opposed the [[French Revolution]]. |
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− | He was a violent conservative and opposed everything that threatened the old régime. and in 1790 left |
+ | He was a violent conservative and opposed everything that threatened the old régime. and in 1790 left France to join the royalist counter-revolutionary forces in Germany. |
− | He was not very successful in his efforts to form a regiment from French exiles and deserters, and died of a stroke in |
+ | He was not very successful in his efforts to form a regiment from French exiles and deserters, and died of a stroke in Freiburg two years later.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} |
He once famously wrote that, {{quote|Other states possess an army; [[Prussia]] is an army which possesses a state.}} |
He once famously wrote that, {{quote|Other states possess an army; [[Prussia]] is an army which possesses a state.}} |
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− | He shared fully in the eccentric family pride; and boasted of his brother's genius even when bitterly opposing him. He emigrated about 1790 and raised a legion which was to bear his name; but his insolence alienated the German princes and his command was taken from him. He died in August 1792 of [[apoplexy]] or from a [[duel]] in |
+ | He shared fully in the eccentric family pride; and boasted of his brother's genius even when bitterly opposing him. He emigrated about 1790 and raised a legion which was to bear his name; but his insolence alienated the German princes and his command was taken from him. He died in August 1792 of [[apoplexy]] or from a [[duel]] in Freiburg im Breisgau. He wrote some verse as well as various pamphlets.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} |
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*[http://www.historicum.net/themen/franzoesische-revolution/biographien/art/Mirabeau_A_B/html/artikel/605/ca/30f330bac0/ Kurzbiogramm Mirabeau-Tonneau] - Biography of "Barrel Mirabeau" in German |
*[http://www.historicum.net/themen/franzoesische-revolution/biographien/art/Mirabeau_A_B/html/artikel/605/ca/30f330bac0/ Kurzbiogramm Mirabeau-Tonneau] - Biography of "Barrel Mirabeau" in German |
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Revision as of 00:53, 22 January 2020
André Boniface Louis Riqueti, Vicomte de Mirabeau (30 November 1754 – 15 September 1792), brother of the orator Honoré Mirabeau, was one of the reactionary leaders at the opening of the French Revolution.
Life
Known as Barrel Mirabeau (Mirabeau-Tonneau) because of his voluminous taste for drink, he was sent to the army in Malta in 1776, and spent part of his two years there in prison for insulting a religious procession. He served as a colonel, commanding the Touraine Regiment under the comte de Rochambeau in the American Revolution.[1] During the war, he was in several sea-fights with the English and witnessed the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.[2]
In the following year, he had two narrow escapes from drowning. With his debts paid up by his father, he was elected by the noblesse of Limoges a deputy to the States General. Unlike his brother, he opposed the French Revolution. He was a violent conservative and opposed everything that threatened the old régime. and in 1790 left France to join the royalist counter-revolutionary forces in Germany. He was not very successful in his efforts to form a regiment from French exiles and deserters, and died of a stroke in Freiburg two years later.[2]
He once famously wrote that,
Other states possess an army; Prussia is an army which possesses a state.
He shared fully in the eccentric family pride; and boasted of his brother's genius even when bitterly opposing him. He emigrated about 1790 and raised a legion which was to bear his name; but his insolence alienated the German princes and his command was taken from him. He died in August 1792 of apoplexy or from a duel in Freiburg im Breisgau. He wrote some verse as well as various pamphlets.[2]
Notes
References
- Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1900) "Mirabeau, Boniface Riquetti, Vicomte de" Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography New York: D. Appleton
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. "[[Wikisource:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Mirabeau, André Boniface Louis Riqueti, Vicomte de|]]" Encyclopædia Britannica Cambridge University Press
External links
- Kurzbiogramm Mirabeau-Tonneau - Biography of "Barrel Mirabeau" in German
The original article can be found at André Boniface Louis Riqueti de Mirabeau and the edit history here.