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Aldebert de Chambrun (1872–1962)

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For the French politician, see Aldebert de Chambrun (1821-1899).

Aldebert de Chambrun
Aldebert de Chambrun in 1937
Born
Jacques-Aldebert Pineton de Chambrun

July 23, 1872
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedApril 22, 1962
Paris, France
Alma materÉcole Militaire
OccupationGeneral
SpouseClara Longworth de Chambrun
ChildrenRené de Chambrun
Parent(s)Charles-Adolphe de Chambrun
Marie Henriette Hélène Marthe Tircuy de Corcelle
RelativesFrancisque 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. ^ a b c d e f "Aldebert de Chambrun (1872-1962)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c 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.
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