François-René de Chateaubriand

François-René de Chateaubriand was born in Saint-Malo on 4 September 1768 and spent part of his youth on the family estate of Combourg. Having left for North America in 1791, he joined on his return the army of the émigrés, was wounded at the siege of Thionville and lived several years in exile in London. Under the Restoration, he was ambassador to London, minister of Foreign Affairs from December 1822, then ambassador to Rome. He died in Paris on 4 July 1848 and is buried on the islet of Grand-Bé, opposite Saint-Malo.

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