Alphonse de Lamartine

Alphonse de Lamartine
Portrait by Ary Scheffer, 1848
Member of the National Assembly for Saône-et-Loire
In office 8 July 1849 – 2 December 1851
Preceded by	Charles Rolland [fr]
Succeeded by	End of the Second Republic
Constituency	Mâcon
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 24 February 1848 – 11 May 1848
Prime Minister	Jacques-Charles Dupont
Preceded by	François Guizot (also Prime Minister)
Succeeded by	Jules Bastide
Member of the National Assembly for Bouches-du-Rhône
In office 4 May 1848 – 26 May 1849
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Joseph Marcellin Rulhières
Constituency	Marseille
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Saône-et-Loire
In office 4 November 1837 – 24 February 1848
Preceded by	Claude-Louis Mathieu
Succeeded by	Charles Rolland [fr]
Constituency	Mâcon
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Nord
In office 7 January 1833 – 3 October 1837
Preceded by	Paul Lemaire [fr]
Succeeded by	Louis de Hau de Staplande [fr]
Constituency	Bergues
Personal details
Born	Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (1790-10-21)21 October 1790 Mâcon, Burgundy, France
Died	28 February 1869(1869-02-28) (aged 78) Paris, French Empire
Political party	Social Party [fr][1] (1833–1837) Third Party [fr] (1837–1848) Moderate Republican (1848–1851)
Spouse	Elisa de Lamartine ​ ​ (m. 1820; died 1863)​
Children	Alphonse de Lamartine (1821–1822) Julia de Lamartine (1822–1832)
Education	Belley College
Profession	Writer Poet
Writing career
Period	19th century
Genre	Novel Poetry History Theatre Biography
Subject	Nature, love, spiritualism
Literary movement	Romanticism
Years active	1811–1869
Notable works	Graziella (1852)
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Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (French: [alfɔ̃s maʁi lwi dəpʁa də lamaʁtin]; 21 October 1790 – 28 February 1869)^[2] was a French author, poet, and statesman who was instrumental in the foundation of the French Second Republic and the continuation of the tricolore as the flag of France.