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Henri de Gaulle | |
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| Born | (1848-11-22)22 November 1848 |
| Died | 3 May 1932(1932-05-03) (aged 83) |
| Occupations | Civil servant, teacher |
| Spouse | Jeanne Maillot |
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| Parent(s) | Julien Philippe de Gaulle Joséphine Marie Anne Maillot |
Henri Charles Alexandre de Gaulle (French:[dəɡol]; 22 November 1848 – 3 May 1932) was a French civil servant and later a schoolteacher. He was the father ofCharles de Gaulle, a general of the French army andPresident of France.
Henri de Gaulle was born on 22 November 1848 inParis.[1] His father, Julien Philippe de Gaulle, was an historian. His mother was Joséphine Marie Anne (Maillot) de Gaulle.
Henri de Gaulle came from a long line of parliamentarygentry fromNormandy andBurgundy.[2]: 13–16 [3] The name is thought to beDutch in origin, and may have derived fromvan der Walle,de Walle ("from the rampart, defensive wall") orde Waal ("the wall").[4][5]: 42
He volunteered in theFranco-Prussian War; his men chose him as their second lieutenant on several occasions.
A civil servant in theinterior ministry for fifteen years, in 1884 he resigned his post to protest against theanti-clerical policies of theThird Republic.
A "monarchist in feeling and a republican in thought" (monarchiste de regret et républicain de raison), as he liked to call himself, Henri de Gaulle began working at aJesuit high school in Paris, teaching French, Latin and Ancient Greek. Among his students were his four sons, as well asGeorges Bernanos and the future marshalsPhilippe Leclerc andJean de Lattre de Tassigny. He was nicknamed PDG (père de Gaulle – "Father de Gaulle"), but was respected and esteemed for the quality of his teaching.
On 2 August 1886 he married his second cousin, Jeanne Maillot (28 April 1860,Lille – 16 July 1940, Sainte-Addresse), with whom he had a daughter and four sons:[1]
He retired with his wife to Sainte-Adresse, close toLe Havre, at the home of their daughter Marie-Agnès Cailliau. There, he helped his son Charles refine his first military books.
He died atSainte-Adresse, on 3 May 1932, and is buried there with his wife.
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