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May 05, 1734 Paris, Île de France, France Died on 24 Oct 1788 (aged 54)
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About François Jean De Chastellux
- François Jean de Beauvoir, Marquis de Chastellux (French: [f??~swa ??~ d? bovwa? ma?ki d? ?atly]; 5 May 1734, in Paris – 24 October 1788, in Paris), was a military officer who served during the War of American Independence as a major general in the French expeditionary forces led by general Comte de Rochambeau.
- Being on general Rochambeau's staff for the duration of the war, Chastellux acted as the principal liaison officer between the French commander in chief and George Washington.
- However the Chevalier de Chastellux was also widely recognized, at the time of his campaigns in America, as a highly talented man of letters and a member of the Académie française
