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
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