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René Chateaubriand, viscount of, (born Sept. 4, 1768, Saint-Malo, France—died July 4, 1848, Paris), French author and statesman. A cavalry officer at the start of the French Revolution, he refused to join the Royalists and instead sailed to the U.S., where he traveled with fur traders. On Louis XVI’s fall he returned to join the Royalist army.
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (4 September 1768 – 4 July 1848) 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 political disposition.
François-René de Chateaubriand (4 September 1768-4 July 1848) a French politician who served as Foreign Minister of France from 28 December 1822 to 4 August 1824, succeeding Mathieu de Montmorency and preceding Hyacinthe Maxence de Damas. Chateaubriand was not only known for being a staunch royalist and devout Catholic; he was also a well-known diplomat, writer, and historian, and he was the ...
François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand was born on 4th September 1768 in Saint-Malo, Brittany in France. He was the last born of ten children to a minor aristocratic family and spent his summers on the family estate at Combourg which contained a semi ruined medieval castle.
The French author and diplomat François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand, was one of his country’s first Romantic writers. He was the preeminent literary figure in France in the early 1800s and had a profound influence on the youth of his day. Born in France on September 4, 1768, at Saint-Malo, in Brittany, Chateaubriand was the 10th ...
Jan 11, 2018 · François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848) was a writer, historian, and diplomat, and is considered one of France’s first Romantic authors. Alex Andriesse is a writer and translator. He lives in the Netherlands. The French Revolution made Chateaubriand understand how to live in a society that was crumbling before his eyes.
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Born in Saint-Malo, the last of ten children, Chateaubriand grew up in his family's castle in Combourg, Brittany. His father, René de Chateaubriand (1718-86), was a former sea captain turned ship owner and slave trader. His mother's maiden name was Apolline de Bedée. Chateaubriand's father was a morose, uncommunicative man and the young Chateaubriand grew up in an atmosphere of gloomy ...
