1760-1836.
Though he wrote much in both prose and verse, nothing of his lives
except the _Marseillaise_, which has become the national song of
France. He composed both words and music in the night of April 25,
1792, while he was an officer of engineers at Strassburg. The last
stanza vas added later by another hand. The name, _la Marseillaise_,
comes from the fact that it was introduced to Paris by the troops from
Marseilles.
Works: _Essais en vers et en prose_, 1796.
For reference: J. Tiersot, _Rouget de l'Isle, son oeuvre, sa vie_,
1892.
32. LA MARSEILLAISE. 6. Beuillé, François-Claude Amour, marquis de
(1739-1800), a devoted royalist, who planned the flight of Louis XVI.
When the king was captured at Varennes he fled to England, where he
died.