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Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle: French army officer (1760-1836).
Born in Lons-le-Saunier (died at age 76).
Recipient of the Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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Biography
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. Lisle is known for writing the words and music of the Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin, which would later be known as La Marseillaise and become the French national anthem.
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Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle was born in Lons-le-Saunier.
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