Athanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie

Athanase Charles Marie de Charette, 2nd Baron de La Contrie (; 3 September 1832 in Nantes - 9 October 1911 in Saint-Père-Marc-en-Poulet), was a 19th-century general of France who distinguished himself in the defense of the Papal States against the Kingdom of Sardinia and subsequently during the Franco-German war of 1870. He was a grandson of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, the third child and younger son of Charles X, and Amy Brown, the Duke’s English mistress.

Early life

Athanase Charles Marie Charette de La Contrie was born on 3 September 1832, in Nantes, France. His great-grandfather was Charles X, the penultimate king of France, and his great-uncle, General de Charette, was shot in Nantes on 29 March 1795, during the War in the Vendée.

Charette was the father of two children with his first wife and of two other children with the second. His direct descendant Susan Charette de la Contrie married General Ronald R. Van Stockum.

Death

He died on 9 October 1911.