Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle | |
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![]() Rouget de Lisle in 1835 | |
Born | 10 May 1760 Lons-le-Saunier, France |
Died | 26 June 1836 Choisy-le-Roi, Seine-et-Oise, France | (aged 76)
Allegiance | France |
Service/ | French Army |
Years of service | 1784–1793 |
Rank | Captain |
Awards | Chevalier. Legion of Honour (1831)[1][2] |
Other work | Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin, "La Marseillaise" |
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle[a] (French: [klod ʒozɛf ʁuʒɛ d(ə) lil]; 10 May 1760 – 26 June 1836) was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. Isle is known for writing the words and music of the Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin, which would later be known as La Marseillaise and become the French national anthem.[4]
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