Alphonse de Lamartine
Former Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France
Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine was a French author, poet, and statesman who was instrumental in the foundation of the French Second Republic and the continuation of the tricolore as the flag of France. Wikipedia
Born: October 21, 1790, Mâcon, France
Died: February 28, 1869 (age 78 years), Paris, France
Influenced by: Dante Alighieri, John Milton, and Emanuel Swedenborg
Spouse: Elisa de Lamartine (m. 1820–1863)
Influenced: Victor Hugo, Leconte de Lisle, William Butler Yeats, and more
Party: Moderate Republicans
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