Family
Alexandre de Marenches was born in Paris in 1921, son of Captain Charles-Constant-Marie de Marenches, a French aristocrat from a very old family of knights with Norman origins, aide de camp of Marshal Ferdinand Foch, Marshal Philippe Pétain representative from Pershing with Aldebert de Chambrun. His mother Margaret Clark de Lestrade, (May 7, 1881 New York - May 3, 1968 Paris) was a U.S. citizen.
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