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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.
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.
At the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789, Chateaubriand was unable to choose between the Royalists and the revolutionaries. Instead, he sailed in April 1791 for the United States, a stay memorable chiefly for his travels with fur traders and for his firsthand acquaintance with Native Americans in the region around Niagara Falls.
Jan 11, 2018 · François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848) was a French historian, diplomat, and writer. Long recognized as one of the first French Romantics, he was, in his lifetime, celebrated for his novellas.
At the beginning of the French Revolution, he refused to join the Royalists and sailed in April 1791 for the United States, a stay memorable chiefly for his travels with fur traders and for his firsthand acquaintance with Indians in the region around Niagara Falls.
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1792: Back in France and finding Paris too expensive to live in he joins the Royalist Army of emigres in Koblenz, Germany led by Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince of Conde. He marries the seventeen-year-old heiress Céleste Buisson de la Vigne from St Malo.
Apr 13, 2024 · XVI’s flight in June 1791, Chateaubriand felt that he owed obligations to the monarchy and returned to France. Penniless, he married an heiress of 17 and took her to Paris, which he found too expensive; he then left her and joined the Royalist Army.
