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A Short Biography of Charles de Gaulle

Author Name:

Charles de Gaulle

Born As:

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle

Other Names:

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle

Born:

22 Nov 1890

Died:

9 Nov 1970




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Politician                          
                          
Mother Jeanne Maillot
Father Henri de Gaulle - the third of five children.

Wife Yvonne Vendroux in 1921. They had 3 children: Philippe - born 1921, Élisabeth - 1924, who married general Alain de Boissieu, and Anne - 1928 - 1948. Anne had Down syndrome and died at 20.                          
French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II and later founded the French Fifth Republic and served as its first President.