François René de Chateaubriand, Viscoont o Chateaubriand

François René de Chateaubriand, Viscoont o Chateaubriand (French: [fʁɑ̃swa ʁəne də ʃɑtobʁijɑ̃]; September 4, 1768 – Julie 4, 1848), wis a French writer, politeecian, diplomat, an historian wha is conseedert the foonder o Romanticism in French leeteratur.

François René de Chateaubriand

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Portrait o Chateaubriand as Peer o Fraunce (1828)
France Ambassador tae the Papal States
In office
4 Januar 1828 – 8 August 1829
Appyntit biJean Baptiste de Martignac
Precedit biAdrien Pierre de Montmorency
Succeedit biAuguste de La Ferronays
Minister o Furrin Affairs
In office
28 December 1822 – 4 August 1824
Prime MeenisterJean-Baptiste de Villèle
Precedit biMathieu de Montmorency
Succeedit biHyacinthe Maxence de Damas
Fraunce Ambassador tae the Unitit Kinrick
In office
22 December 1822 – 28 December 1822
Appyntit biJean-Baptiste de Villèle
Precedit biAntoine de Gramont
Succeedit biJules de Polignac
Fraunce Ambassador tae Proushie
In office
14 December 1821 – 22 December 1822
Appyntit biJean-Baptiste de Villèle
Precedit biCharles François de Bonnay
Succeedit biMaximilien Gérard de Rayneval
France Ambassador tae Swaden
In office
3 Apryle 1814 – 26 September 1815
Appyntit biCharles-Maurice de Talleyrand
Member o the Académie française
In office
1811–1848
Precedit biMarie-Joseph Chénier
Succeedit biPaul de Noailles
Personal details
Born4 September 1768(1768-09-04)
Saint-Malo, Brittany, Fraunce
Dee'd4 Julie 1848(1848-07-04) (aged 79)
Paris, Seine, Fraunce
Spoose(s)Céleste Buisson de la Vigne (m. 1792; her d. 1847)
ProfessionWriter, translator, diplomat
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Militar service
Allegiance Kinrick o Fraunce
Service/brainchArmée des Émigrés
Years o service1792
RankPrivate
Battles/wars
Writin career
Period19t century
GenreNovel, memoir, essay
SubjectReleegion, exoticism, existentialism
Leeterar muivementRomanticism
Conservatism
Notable warks
Years active1793–1848