Aldebert de Chambrun (1872–1962)

Aldebert de Chambrun (1872-1962) was a French general and a member of the Pineton de Chambrun aristocratic family.

Aldebert de Chambrun
de Chambrun in 1937
Born(1872-07-23)July 23, 1872
Washington, D.C.
DiedApril 22, 1962(1962-04-22) (aged 89)
Paris
AllegianceFrance
RankGénéral de corps d'armée
Battles/warsWorld War I Rif War
AwardsGrand officier de la Légion d'honneur
Croix de guerre 1914-1918
Army Distinguished Service Medal
Prix Halphen
Prix Marcelin-Guérin
Alma materÉcole Militaire
Spouse(s)Clara Longworth de Chambrun
ChildrenRené de Chambrun
RelationsCharles-Adolphe de Chambrun (father)
Marie Henriette Hélène Marthe Tircuy de Corcelle (mother)
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)

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

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