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Jacques Joseph Viennet
Jacques Joseph Viennet (14 April 1734 in Béziers – 12 August 1824 in Béziers) was a French politician and a member of the National Convention in 1792.
Life.
His family was Italian in origin, dating back to a lieutenant of Desiderius, king of the Lombards. Aged 18, he was bestowed a canonry in the chapter of Capestang, but renounced it two years later for a military career, joining the régiment des dragons du Languedoc as an officer. He was involved in the Hanover
on impopularity. He said "I have counted up to 500 epigrams a year against me; anyone who escapes college to join a soap-opera thinks I should have his first kick". His name was like a red rag to a bull to Republicans and Romantics, but he avenged himself on his worst enemies by fables or epithets against them.
Biography.
Biography Family.
Viennet was born in Béziers. He was the son of National Convention-member Jacques Joseph Viennet and nephew of the priest Louis Esprit Viennet