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{{Short description|French general and aristocrat}}
{{For|the French politician|Aldebert de Chambrun (1821–1899)}}
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|spouse           = [[Clara Longworth de Chambrun]]
|children         = [[René de Chambrun]]
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'''Aldebert de Chambrun''' (1872–1962) was a French general and a member of the [[Pineton de Chambrun]] aristocratic family.
==Early life==
Aldebert de Chambrun was born on July 23, 1872, in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="bnf">{{cite web|title=Aldebert de Chambrun (1872-1962)|url=http://data.bnf.fr/12936493/aldebert_de_chambrun/|website=[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]]|accessdate=August 6, 2016}}</ref> He graduated from the [[École Militaire]] in 1904.<ref name="bnf"/>
==Career==
De Chambrun was as an artillery general in the [[French Army]].<ref name="bnf"/> He served in the [[Rif War]] in [[Morocco]] under [[Hubert Lyautey]] from the 1920s.<ref name="bnf"/> He served in [[Bordeaux]] from 1932 to 1934.<ref name="bnf"/>
De Chambrun was appointed as the governor-general of the [[American Hospital of Paris]] in [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]] in 1941.<ref name="avenueofspies57">{{cite book|last1=Kershaw|first1=Alex|title=Avenue of spies : a true story of terror, espionage, and one American family's heroic resistance in Nazi-occupied France|date=2015|publisher=Crown Publishers|location=New York|isbn=9780804140034|oclc=910239494|page=57|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IjtEBQAAQBAJ&q=general+%22Aldebert+de+Chambrun%22&pg=PA57}}</ref>
==Personal life and death==
De Chambrun married [[Clara Longworth de Chambrun]].<ref name="avenueofspies57"/> They had a son, [[René de Chambrun]], who married Josée Laval, the daughter of Vichy France Prime Minister [[Pierre Laval]].<ref name="avenueofspies57"/>
De Chambrun died on April 22, 1962, in Paris, France.<ref name="bnf"/>
==Works==
*{{cite book|last1=de Chambrun|first1=Aldebert|last2=de Marenches|first2=Charles-Constant-Marie|title=L'Armée américaine dans le conflit européen|date=1919|publisher=Payot|location=Paris|oclc=458081272}}
*{{cite book|last1=de Chambrun|first1=Aldebert|title=Brazza|date=1930|publisher=Plon|location=Paris|oclc=3430855}}
==References==
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[[Category:1872 births]]
[[Category:1962 deaths]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Washington, D.C.]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Paris]]
[[Category:French generals]]
[[Category:French non-fiction writers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)]]
[[Category:Foreign recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States)]]
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