Aldebert de Chambrun | |
Birth Date: | 23 July 1872 |
Birth Place: | Washington, D.C. |
Death Place: | Paris |
Allegiance: | France |
Rank: | Général de corps d'armée |
Battles: | World War I |
Awards: | Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur Croix de guerre 1914-1918 Army Distinguished Service Medal Prix Halphen Prix Marcelin-Guérin |
Alma Mater: | École Militaire |
Spouse: | Clara Longworth de Chambrun |
Children: | René de Chambrun |
Relations: | Charles-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) |
Aldebert de Chambrun (1872-1962) was a French general and a member of the Pineton de Chambrun aristocratic family.
Aldebert de Chambrun was born on July 23, 1872, in Washington, D.C.[1] He graduated from the École Militaire in 1904.[1]
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]
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]