Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (), sometimes spelled de l'Isle or de Lile (10 May 1760 – 26 June 1836), 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 be known as "La Marseillaise" and become the French national anthem. Rouget de Lisle was born at Lons-le-Saunier, reputedly on a market day. His parents lived in the neighbouring village of Montaigu. A plaque was placed at the precise spot of his
Dominique Mansuy Roget Dominique Mansuy Roget Dominique-Mansuy Roget de Belloquet, knight and later baron Belloguet (20 October 1760 – 9 January 1832), died at Rémelfing by Sarreguemines, Moselle, was a general of division of the French First Empire. He embraced a military career at the age of 17, and progressed through the ranks of service. In 1808, he was appointed to the 3rd Division in Metz, where he remained until his retirement in 1814. He was among the first recipients of the Legion of Honor in 1804. Born on 20 October 1760 at Lorry-Devant-le-Pont, in the Kingdom of France, Roget entered military service