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Alexandre Dumas

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