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What military experience did Alfred de Vignyâs father have before Vigny was born?
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Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Before Alfred de Vigny was born, his father was a retired soldier who had served as a veteran of the Seven Yearsâ War.1