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François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French literature of the 19th century. Descended from an old aristocratic family from Brittany, Chateaubriand was a royalist by political disposition. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1822 to 1824 and as the French ambassador to Sweden, Prussia, the United Kingdom, and the Pa…
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culture · French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848) · translator · politician · diplomat · historian · poet · novelist · journalist · essayist · military personnel · biographer · also François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand, François-René de Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand, François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand, François-René, Vicomte de Chateaubriand, vicomte de Chateaubriand François-René
Born 4 September 1768 · Died 4 July 1848 · Q49767
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François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
Compared the works of Chateaubriand to those of Rousseau and others:The year 1800 was the first to produce a book bearing the imprint of the new era, a work small in size, but great in significance and mighty in the impr
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François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
Died 1848-07-04.
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François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
“Every institution goes through three stages — utility, privilege, and abuse.”
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
“As soon as a true thought has entered our mind, it gives a light which makes us see a crowd of other objects which we have never perceived before.”
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
“Perfect works are rare, because they must be produced at the happy moment when taste and genius unite; and this rare conjuncture, like that of certain planets, appears to occur only after the revolution of several cycles, and only lasts for an instant.”
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
“De la restauration et de la monarchie élective”
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
Donated a monument to the French painter Nicolas Poussin in the church of San Lorenzo in Lucina in Rome
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After the July Revolution, his refusal to swear allegiance to the new House of Orléans king Louis-Philippe put an end to his political career
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François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
Career landmark: ambassador of France to the Holy See (1828–1829).
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But he resigned upon the accession of the Prince de Polignac as premier (November 1829)
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Chateaubriand writes that he arrived in Philadelphia on 10 July 1791
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Awarded Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit (1824).
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Awarded Knight of the Order of Saint Michael (1824).
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Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1823).
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François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs (1822–1824).
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François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
Career landmark: Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom (1822–1823).
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Awarded Order of St. Andrew (1821).
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Career landmark: Pair of France (1815–1830).
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François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
Career landmark: Minister of State (1815–1816).
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Awarded Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis (1814).
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Career landmark: ambassador of France to Sweden (1814–1814).
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Career landmark: seat 19 of the Académie française (1811–1848).
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As the Itinéraire de Paris à Jérusalem (Itinerary from Paris to Jerusalem)
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But, given his plan to infuse his acceptance speech with criticism of the Revolution, he could not occupy his seat until after the Bourbon Restoration
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Was made a member of the Académie Française
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And began the first drafts of his Mémoires d’Outre-Tombe
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To a modest estate he called Vallée-aux-Loups ("Wolf Valley"), in Châtenay-Malabry, 11 km (6
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Chateaubriand was invested as a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land
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To visit Greece, Asia Minor, the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Tunisia, and Spain
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Of Louis XVI's cousin, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien
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Won fame with Génie du christianisme ("The Genius of Christianity"), an apologia for the Catholic faith which contributed to the post-revolutionary religious revival in France
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François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
Born 1768-09-04.
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