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About François-Jean de Chastellux
François Jean de Beauvoir, Marquis de Chastellux, was a military officer who served during the War of American Independence as a major general in the French expeditionary forces led by general Comte de Rochambeau. Being on general Rochambeau's staff for the duration of the war, Chastellux acted as the principal liaison officer between the French commander in chief and George Washington.
Everything about François-Jean de Chastellux →- Occupation
- historian, playwright, translator, military officer
- Position held
- Member of the Académie française
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- May 5, 1734
- Died
- October 24, 1788