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 Metz, and found the state of troops and defenses lacking. He accused Roget of gross incompetence, and removed him from his post as military commander of Metz, appointing Durette in his place. Upon the Bourbon Restoration, Roget retired to Remelfing where he died on 9 January 1832. On 14 June 1804, he was named Commander of the Legion of Honor, being among the first recipients of that award. On 22 October 1810, Napoleon I declared him Baron of the Empire. Roget married Marie Françoise Josephine Bourste. They had three children: Dominique-François-Louis, Marie-Antoine-Françoise Susanne, and Napoleon-Henri-Joseph. Dominique Mansuy Roget Dominique-Mansuy Roget