Alfred Dreyfus

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Alfred Dreyfus
Dreyfus c. 1894
Personal details
Born	(1859-10-09)9 October 1859[1] Mulhouse, French Empire
Died	12 July 1935(1935-07-12) (aged 75) Paris, French Republic
Resting place	Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris 48°50′17″N 2°19′37″E / 48.83806°N 2.32694°E / 48.83806; 2.32694
Nationality	French[1]
Spouse	Lucie Eugénie Hadamard ​ ​ (m. 1890)​
Children	Pierre Dreyfus Jeanne Dreyfus Levy
Parents	Raphaël Dreyfus (father) Jeannette Libmann (mother)
Alma mater	École Polytechnique École Supérieure de Guerre
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	French Third Republic
Branch/service	French Army Artillery
Years of service	1880 – 1918
Rank	Lieutenant-colonel
Unit	31st Artillery Regiment 1st Cavalry Division
Battles/wars	World War I Battle of Verdun Second Battle of the Aisne

Alfred Dreyfus (French: [alfʁɛd dʁɛfys], German: [ˈalfʁeːt ˈdʁaɪfuːs]; 9 October 1859 – 12 July 1935) was a French artillery officer of Jewish ancestry from Alsace whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason became one of the most polarizing political dramas in modern French history. The incident has gone down in history as the Dreyfus affair, the reverberations from which were felt throughout Europe. It ultimately ended with Dreyfus' complete exoneration.