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Alain de Boissieu was born on 5 July, 1915 in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France, is a French general. Discover Alain de Boissieu's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?
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90 years old |
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Cancer |
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5 July 1915 |
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5 July |
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Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France |
| Date of death |
5 April, 2006 |
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Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
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France
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Alain de Boissieu Height, Weight & Measurements
At 90 years old, Alain de Boissieu height not available right now. We will update Alain de Boissieu's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Alain de Boissieu's Wife?
His wife is Élisabeth de Gaulle (m. 1946)
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Élisabeth de Gaulle (m. 1946) |
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Alain de Boissieu Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Alain de Boissieu worth at the age of 90 years old? Alain de Boissieu’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from France. We have estimated Alain de Boissieu's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Alain de Boissieu Déan de Luigné (5 July 1915 – 5 April 2006) was a French general who served in the Free French Forces during World War II, later becoming Army chief of staff (1971–1975).
He was the son-in-law of General Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French and postwar President of France.
Son of a French noble family with title coming from Forez and Lyon (de Boissieu), Alain de Boissieu was a pupil at École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr (French military academy) in 1936 and Saumur (French cavalry school) in 1938.
He was a cavalry officer during World War II and, with horses and sabre, made a successful charge (one of the last in cavalry history) against German troops on 11 June 1940.
A prisoner of the Germans, he managed to escape to the Soviet Union in March 1941.
However Joseph Stalin was, at this time, an ally of Hitler.
He was then sent for a while to a Soviet internment camp.
Finally, after Germany invaded the Soviet Union in mid-1941, he joined General de Gaulle and the Free French Forces (FFL) in London.
As a Free French, Alain de Boissieu was involved in several military operations over Bayonne (Easter 1942) and Dieppe (Dieppe Raid, August 1942), in Madagascar and Djibouti with the FFL.
He fought in the Battle of Normandy from 30 July 1944, as an officer of the famous 2nd Armored Division (2ème division blindée) under General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, and was wounded on 12 August.
He fought for the Liberation of Paris (25 August 1944).
In 1946, Alain de Boissieu married de Gaulle's daughter Élisabeth (1924–2013).
In 1956, he fought in the Algerian War.
On 22 August 1962 he was in the same car as his father-in-law during the terrorist attack of Petit-Clamart planned by the Organisation armée secrète, when he saved the life of Charles de Gaulle.
As a general, he commanded the French military academy of Saint-Cyr, and of l'École militaire interarmes de Coëtquidan (1964).
He was Chief of Staff of the French Army (French: "chef d'État-major de l'Armée de Terre") from 1971 to 1975.
Alain de Boissieu became Grand Chancelier de l'ordre de la Légion d'Honneur and Chancelier de l'Ordre National du Mérite (1975–1981) and Chancelier de l'Ordre de la Libération (2002–2006).
He resigned from the first two positions in 1981 in order not to be obligated to swear allegiance to, and present the Grand Necklace of the Légion d'Honneur to, newly elected French President François Mitterrand, who had called his father-in-law, Charles de Gaulle, a "dictator" in the 1960s.
