François-René de Chateaubriand
Former Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French literature of the nineteenth century. Descended from an old aristocratic family from Brittany, Chateaubriand was a royalist by... Wikipedia
Born: September 4, 1768, Saint-Malo, France
Died: July 4, 1848 (age 79 years), Paris, France
Influenced by: John Milton, Giambattista Vico, and Louis de Bonald
Spouse: Céleste de Chateaubriand (m. 1792)
Place of burial: Grand Bé, Saint-Malo, France
Influenced: Victor Hugo, Gustave Flaubert, Lord Byron, and more
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