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Yvonne Charlotte Anne-Marie de Gaulle (French pronunciation: [ivɔn ʃaʁlɔt an maʁi də ɡol]; née Vendroux; 22 May 1900 – 8 November 1979) was the wife of Charles de Gaulle. The couple had three children: Philippe (1921–2024), Élisabeth (1924–2013), and Anne (1928–1948), who was born with Down syndrome .
Anne de Gaulle (1 January 1928 – 6 February 1948) was the youngest daughter of General Charles de Gaulle and his wife, Yvonne. She was born in Trier, Germany, where her father was stationed with the Army of Occupation in the Rhineland. [1] She was born with Down syndrome and lived with her family until her death. General de Gaulle, who was ...
The de Gaulle family produced several 20th-century officers, Resistance members, and French politicians.. There is a widespread notion claiming that the particle in "de Gaulle" is derived from a dialectal form of the article (it should logically be written De Gaulle, for one writes Le Châtelier, but usage has always favoured the lowercase form).
In 1946, Alain de Boissieu married de Gaulle's daughter Élisabeth (1924–2013). In 1956, he fought in the Algerian War. On 22 August 1962 he was in the same car as his father-in-law during the terrorist attack of Petit-Clamart planned by the Organisation armée secrète, when he saved the life of Charles de Gaulle.
The younger Charles de Gaulle's move to the anti-Gaullist National Front was widely condemned by other family members. "It was like hearing the Pope had converted to Islam", one said. [ 188 ] Another grandson, Jean de Gaulle , was a member of the French parliament for the centre-right UMP until his retirement in 2007.
People who have issue with the military or de Gaulle's role in the military generally prefer Charles de Gaulle over général de Gaulle. Charles de Gaulle is supposedly more neutral, but général de Gaulle is now so widely accepted that using Charles de Gaulle in conversation definitely carries a feeling of distance, or covert criticism. One ...
Philippe Henri Xavier Antoine de Gaulle (28 December 1921 – 13 March 2024) was a French admiral and senator. [1] He was the eldest, and last surviving, child of General Charles de Gaulle , the first president of the French Fifth Republic , and of his wife, Yvonne .
Charles de Gaulle's trip to South America was a series of state visits made by the first president of the French Fifth Republic to South America between September 21 and October 16, 1964. During this trip of three weeks and 32,000 km , [ N 1 ] the longest made by Charles de Gaulle , he visited Venezuela , Colombia , Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia ...