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Claude Joseph Rouget De Lisle

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Gender Male
Death187 years ago
Date of birth May 10,1760
Zodiac sign Taurus
Born Lons-le-Saunier
France
Date of died June 26,1836
DiedChoisy-le-Roi
France
Years of service1784–1793
Service/branch French Army
ParentsJeanne Madeleine Gaillande
Claude Ignace Rouget
Job Composer
Army officer
Songwriter
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Claude Joseph Rouget De Lisle Life story


Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, sometimes spelled de l'Isle or de Lile, 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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