Aldebert de Chambrun (1872–1962) was a French general and a member of the
Pineton de Chambrun aristocratic family.
Early life
Aldebert de Chambrun was born on July 23, 1872, in
Washington, D.C.
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He graduated from the
École Militaire
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* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
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in 1904.
Career
De Chambrun was as an artillery general in the
French Army
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.
He served in the
Rif War
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Led by Abd el-Krim, the Riffians at first inflicted several ...
in
Morocco
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under
Hubert Lyautey
Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (17 November 1854 – 27 July 1934) was a French Army general and colonial administrator.
After serving in Indochina and Madagascar, he became the first French Resident-General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925. In earl ...
from the 1920s.
He served in
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...
from 1932 to 1934.
De Chambrun was appointed as the governor-general of the
American Hospital of Paris
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in
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine (; 'Neuilly-on-Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is an urban Communes of France, commune in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department just west of Paris in France. Immediately adjacent to the city, north of the ...
in 1941.
Personal life and death
De Chambrun married
Clara Longworth de Chambrun.
They had a son,
René de Chambrun
Count René Aldebert Pineton de Chambrun (; 23 August 1906 – 19 May 2002) was a French-American aristocrat, lawyer, businessman and author. He practised law at the Court of Appeals of Paris and the New York State Bar Association. He was the a ...
, who married Josée Laval, the daughter of Vichy France Prime Minister
Pierre Laval
Pierre Jean Marie Laval (; 28 June 1883 – 15 October 1945) was a French politician. He served as Prime Minister of France three times: 1931–1932 and 1935–1936 during the Third Republic (France), Third Republic, and 1942–1944 during Vich ...
.
De Chambrun died on April 22, 1962, in Paris, France.
Works
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References
1872 births
1962 deaths
Military personnel from Washington, D.C.
Military personnel from Paris
French generals
French non-fiction writers
Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)
Foreign recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
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