Mirabeau wine
Mirabeau contribution in french revolution!
Honoré Mirabeau
Born at Bignon[?], near Nemours[?].
Mirabeau cause of death
The family of Riquet, or Riqueti, originally of the little town of Digne[?], won wealth as merchants at Marseille, and in Jean Riqueti bought the château and seigniory of Mirabeau, which had belonged to the great Provençal family of Barras.
In Honoré Riqueti obtained the title of marquis de Mirabeau.
His son Jean Antoine served with distinction through all the later campaigns of the reign of Louis XIV, and especially distinguished himself in at the battle of Cassano[?], where he was so severely wounded in the neck that he had ever after to wear a silver stock; yet he never rose above the rank of colonel, owing to an eccentric habit of speaking unpleasant truths to his superiors.
On retiring from the service he married Francoise de Castellane, and left at his death, in , three sons--Victor marquis de