Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, sometimes spelled de l'Isle or de Lile, was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. He is known for writing the words and music of the Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin in 1792, which would later... Wikipedia
Born: May 10, 1760, Lons-le-Saunier, France
Died: June 26, 1836 (age 76 years), Choisy-le-Roi, France
Songwriting partners: Serge Gainsbourg and Rodion Shchedrin
Libretti: Macbeth
Place of burial: Hôtel des Invalides, Paris, France
Parents: Claude Ignace Rouget and Jeanne Madeleine Gaillande
Awards: Chevalier. Legion of Honour (1831)