Philippe Friedrich Dietrich 1790 to August 1792. At his home during a dinner in honor of the officers of the garrison of Strasbourg he asked the Captain Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, stationed in his city, to write the Song the Army of the Rhine, future "La Marseillaise". Rouget de l'Isle composed the song in the night of 24–25 April 1792. According to sources, Dietrich would have sung the song himself, accompanied on the piano by his wife, for he was very good musician. Baron Dietrich knew the Captain Rouget de l'Isle to be like him, a Freemason and attend the same Masonic
Claude de Seyssel the 16th century. Later French thinkers adopted a different stance and distanced themselves from his beliefs. He was made Archbishop of Turin, in 1517, through the king's influence. He also wrote on the Salic law, composed propaganda after the French victory over the Venetians, and worked as a translator of ancient historians, including Appianus of Alexandria. Claude de Seyssel Claude de Seyssel ("Italian:Claudio di Seyssel") (died 1520) was a Savoyard jurist and humanist, now known for his political writings. He wrote "La Grande Monarchie de France" as a supporter of the French crown, in the person of Louis XII. Written