Charles de Chassiron, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles de Chassiron

French diplomat

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1818

Place of Birth: Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France

Date of Death: 20-Jun-1871

Profession: diplomat

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Baron Charles Gustave Martin de Chassiron (1818-1871) was a French diplomat of the 19th century.
He travelled to China and Japan as one of the two Attachés of the French Embassy under Baron Gros, with the title of "Detaché extraordinaire en Chine et au Japon" from 1858 to 1860, together with Marquis Alfred de Moges. Chassiron wrote an account of his travels Notes sur le Japon, la Chine et l'Inde: 1858-1859-1860. During his travels, Chassiron built a large collection of Japanese and Chinese artifacts which are displayed today at the Orbigny-Bernon Museum in La Rochelle. The Chassiron lighthouse (Phare de Chassiron) at the northern tip of Ile d'Oléron was named after him. He was the first husband of Princess Caroline Laetitia Murat (firstborn of Prince Napoleon Lucien Charles Murat, grandson of Caroline Bonaparte): the got married in Paris, 6 June 1850.
They had a son, Guy de Chassiron (1863-1932).
After his death his widow remarried that same year with a wealthy Englishman, John Lewis Garden, and had two daughters from him.



Alternative names	legal name: Gaspard-Félix Tournachon pseudonym: Nadar
Description	French photographer, caricaturist, writer and balloonist
Date of birth/death	6 April 1820	20 March 1910 / 21 March 1910
Location of birth/death	Paris	former 4th arrondissement of Paris
Work period	1854–1910
Work location	Paris
Authority control	: Q40116 VIAF: 84808952 ISNI: 0000 0001 2141 8535 ULAN: 500005199 LCCN: n50014563 NLA: 35553829 WorldCat