Alexandre+Dumas

Alexandre Dumas was born on July 24, 1802, in Villers-Cotterets, France. He is one of the most popular authors and playwriters in France. Two of his most well-known works are //The Three Musketeers// and //The Count of Monte Cristo.// His father took the last name Dumas from his mother when he was enlisted into the Napoleon's army. When his father died, Alexandre's mother, Marie Louise Labouret worked hard to provide for her son. Alexandre went to the Abbe Gregoire's school before he dropped out to take a job at the local notary.

In 1822, Dumas moved to Paris started to work for King Louis Philippe as a scribe. He began writing plays and though his work was being rivaled by Victor Hugo, Dumas was proven to be very popular. He later wrote his world-wide famous novels //The Three Musketeers// and //The Count of Monte Cristo// and became a household name in France. In Port Marty, Yvelines, France, Dumas built the Chateau de Monte Criso, his sanctuary. After a debt took him over, he was forced to sell his home and property and he moved to Belgium in 1851. Later on, he fled to Russia, to escape his creditors, and continued to write his stories. During his success, Dumas had a son named Alexandre with Marie Laure Catherine Labay. In 1840, he remarried to Ida Ferrier, an actress. Even though he was married, Dumas continued to have affairs with other women much younger than him. He had one daughter out of wedlock named Marie Alexandre.

Alexandre Dumas died on December 5, 1870 in Puys, France. He was buried at the cemetery of Villers-Cotterets. Even though he was buried in the Villers-Cotterets for 132 years, in 2002 he was moved to the Pantheon in Paris with other famous authors such as Jean-Jacques and Victor Hugo.