Alexandre Dumas
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Born
Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
24 July 1802
Villers-Cotterêts, Picardy, France
Died5 December 1870 (aged 68)
Dieppe, Normandy, France
OccupationNovelist, playwright
Period1829–1869
Literary movementRomanticism and historical fiction
Notable worksThe Three Musketeers (1844)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1844–1845)Spouse
Ida Ferrier(m. 1840; died 1859)Children
Alexandre Dumas fils (illegitimate son)ParentsThomas-Alexandre Dumas
Marie Louise Élisabeth LabouretRelatives
- Marie-Cessette Dumas (paternal grandmother)
- Alexandre Lippmann (great-grandson)