Charles Louis de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles Louis de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin

French painter

Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1822

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1908

Profession: painter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Charles Louis de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin

  • Charles Louis de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1822–1908) was a French aristocrat and painter.
  • He married a woman from Normandy, Agathe Marie Marcelle Gigault de Crisenoy, with whom he had four children.
  • He was the father of Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games.
  • He has been called "a mediocre if fashionable academic painter", and a "somewhat gifted painter of religious and historical subjects".
  • In 1865 he received the Légion d'Honneur for his artistic work.

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