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Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre
1865Jan, 8

Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre

Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)
Aimé-Marie-Gaspard, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre (27 November 1779 – 8 January 1865) was a French general and statesman.

Son of Gaspard-Paulin, vicomte de Clermont-Tonnerre and Anne-Marie-

Louise Bernard de Boulainvilliers, and grandson of the Marquis de Boulainvilliers, Clermont-Tonnerre lived during the revolution with his grandfather.

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