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6 Great Personalities of the French Revolution. Some of the great personalities of the French Revolution are as follows: 1. Mirabeau: It is desirable to refer to the important personalities of the French Revolution before the rise of Napoleon, and the first in the list is the name of Mirabeau. The son of a cruel father, he died at the age of 42 after many ups and downs in his life.

He was a man of “instincts and insights”. He had “a brain and heart of fire”. Image Source: i.ytimg.com/vi/lTTvKwCylFY/maxresdefault.jpg However, he was a practical, clear-headed and far-sighted statesman. It is stated that when he died in 1791, the funeral procession was three leagues long and the representatives of the king and the prominent members of Jacobin club followed his procession. Mirabeau had travelled a lot in his youth and thereby acquired a lot of experience. Although Mirabeau belonged to the nobility, he was elected to the Third Estate when elections for the Estates-General were held in 1789. He hated the very idea of a constitutional head. 2. Life Of Marie Antoinette | Fablicious. Marie Antoinette – A scandalous party queen – and also an extrovert social butterfly, a mother and a queen of fashion who loved enjoying life to the fullest I wanted to write about Marie Antoinette now that it’s Halloween very soon. You can get inspiration from this a rticle to arranging The Halloween Masquerade Ball of The Decade… (Just copy her style, taste, passions and attitude…) She was known of her extravagant and very luxurious lifestyle, extrovert personality (she loved hanging out with her friends and having parties, while her husband, the king, did not so much), and, her love for fashion, enjoyments, indulgences, luxuries, parties and fun.

Marie Antoinette, who was born in November 2, 1755, was an Archduchess of Austria from 1755 to 1770 (this is the title she was born into), a Dauphine of France from 1770 to 1774 and the last Queen of France and of Navarre from 1774 to 1792. The royal couple lived in the magnificent palace of Versailles, outside Paris. In The Beginning So, in 178. Marie Antoinette. The French Revolution: Crash Course World History #29. French Revolution (Part 1) | European History. Alpha History: Because the Past Matters. The French Revolution: Crash Course World History #29. The French Revolution (Bad Romance by Lady Gaga) Pint Size History French Revolution. Horrible Histories French Revolution Report. The French Revolution for Dummies.