Aldebert de Chambrun (1872–1962)

Aldebert de Chambrun 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. He graduated from the École Militaire in 1904.

Career

De Chambrun was as an artillery general in the French Army. He served in the Rif War in Morocco under Hubert Lyautey from the 1920s. He served in Bordeaux from 1932 to 1934.
De Chambrun was appointed as the governor-general of the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1941.

Personal life and death

De Chambrun married Clara Longworth de Chambrun. They had a son, René de Chambrun, who married Josée Laval, the daughter of Vichy France Prime Minister Pierre Laval.
De Chambrun died on April 22, 1962, in Paris, France.