# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francois-jean-de-chastellux
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:34:45.837Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francois-jean-de-chastellux"
name: "François-Jean de Chastellux"
slug: "francois-jean-de-chastellux"
description: "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."
tagline: "French writer (1734-1788)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran%C3%A7ois_Jean_de_Chastellux.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1734-05-05"
deathDate: "1788-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.597014925373134
  historical:           7.890498666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "فرانسوا جان دى شاتليه"
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    title: "François-Jean de Chastellux"
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    title: "François-Jean de Chastellux"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump