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
Vanessa de Lisle and fashion consultant. Vanessa de Lisle Vanessa de Lisle is a British fashion journalist. She was fashion editor for "Harpers & Queen" for 12 years, and then worked for British "Vogue". As a representative of "Harpers & Queen", she was the fashion journalist asked to choose the Dress of the Year for 1981, for which she picked a printed silk dress by Karl Lagerfeld at Chloé, with shoes by Walter Steiger and a chunky necklace by Ugo Correani. In 1996, de Lisle was a consultant on fashion for the House of Fraser chain. As of the 2010s she is working