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Born June 20, 1928 • France
Died January 7, 2025 (aged 96) • Garches • France
Founder National Rally
Political Affiliation National Rally
Notable Family Members daughter Marine Le Pen

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Marine Le Pen
French politician
Alain Juppé
prime minister of France
Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin
French diplomat and politician
Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat
Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
French military commander
Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: painting of Joan of Arc
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
The Red Eminence
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Napoleon III
Napoleon III
emperor of France
Georges Clemenceau.
Georges Clemenceau
prime minister of France
Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre
French revolutionary
Philip IV
Philip IV
king of France
Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron
president of France
Talleyrand
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent
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Charles Le Brun: Portrait of King Louis XIV
Louis XIV
king of France
Henry IV, undated copperplate engraving.
Henry IV
king of France
Louis-Philippe
Louis-Philippe
king of France
Jacques-Louis David: Napoleon Crossing the Alps
Jacques-Louis David
French painter