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Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
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1760 – 1836
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Who was Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle?
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, sometimes spelled de l'Isle, was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. He is known for writing the words and music of the Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin in 1792, which would later be known as La Marseillaise and become the French national anthem.
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- Born
- May 10, 1760
Lons-le-Saunier - Also known as
- Claude-Joseph Rouget de L'Isle
- C. R. de LIsle
- Rouget de l'Isle
- Rouget de l'Isle, Claude-Joseph
- Nationality
- France
- Died
- Jun 26, 1836
- Resting place
- Les Invalides
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on July 23, 2013
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