Aldebert de Chambrun (1872–1962) explained

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

Rif War

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.

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aldebert de Chambrun (1872-1962). Bibliothèque nationale de France. August 6, 2016.
  2. Book: Kershaw. Alex. Avenue of spies : a true story of terror, espionage, and one American family's heroic resistance in Nazi-occupied France. 2015. Crown Publishers. New York. 9780804140034. 910239494. 57.