For the French politician, see Aldebert de Chambrun (1821-1899).
Aldebert de Chambrun | |
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Aldebert de Chambrun in 1937 | |
Born |
Jacques-Aldebert Pineton de Chambrun July 23, 1872 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Died |
April 22, 1962 Paris, France | (aged 89)
Alma mater | École Militaire |
Occupation | General |
Spouse(s) | Clara Longworth de Chambrun |
Children | René de Chambrun |
Parents |
Charles-Adolphe de Chambrun Marie Henriette Hélène Marthe Tircuy de Corcelle |
Relatives |
Francisque de Corcelle (maternal grandfather) Pierre de Chambrun (brother) Charles de Chambrun (brother) Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (brother-in-law) Nicholas Longworth II (father-in-law) Nicholas Longworth (brother-in-law) |
Aldebert de Chambrun (1872-1962) was a French general.
Early life[]
Aldebert de Chambrun was born on July 23, 1872 in Washington, D.C..[1] He graduated from the École Militaire in 1904.[1]
Career[]
De Chambrun was as an artillery general in the French Army.[1] He served in the Rif War in Morocco under Hubert Lyautey from the 1920s.[1] He served in Bordeaux from 1932 to 1934.[1]
De Chambrun was appointed as the governor-general of the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1941.[2]
Personal life and death[]
De Chambrun married Clara Longworth de Chambrun.[2] They had a son, René de Chambrun, who married Josée Laval, the daughter of Vichy France Prime Minister Pierre Laval.[2] De Chambrun died on April 22, 1962 in Paris, France.[1]
Works[]
- de Chambrun, Aldebert; de Marenches, Charles-Constant-Marie (1919). L'Armée américaine dans le conflit européen. Paris: Payot. OCLC 458081272.
- de Chambrun, Aldebert (1930). Brazza. Paris: Plon. OCLC 3430855.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Aldebert de Chambrun (1872-1962)". http://data.bnf.fr/12936493/aldebert_de_chambrun/. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kershaw, Alex (2015). Avenue of spies : a true story of terror, espionage, and one American family's heroic resistance in Nazi-occupied France. New York: Crown Publishers. p. 57. ISBN 9780804140034. OCLC 910239494. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IjtEBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=general+%22Aldebert+de+Chambrun%22&source=bl&ots=yJohEANI__&sig=Po2fUASOn68uGkSCbiWcU1URQy4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_zfHM7a3OAhVILMAKHYZvAmcQ6AEIXjAI#v=onepage&q=general%20%22Aldebert%20de%20Chambrun%22&f=false.
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