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Alexandre Dumas Pere was born, near Soissons, France.
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Thomas-Alexandre Dumas perishes at the age of 43, due to stomach cancer, leaving Alexandre to his mother.
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Alexandre Dumas, Secretary of the Duke of Orleans (who later became King Louis XIV), writes his first play, "Christine".
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Alexandre begins to write like crazy, starting with "Le Capitaine Paul".
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And fails, presumably.
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Dumas Pere returned to Paris, and continued his writing, joining into the Newspaper business.
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Relocated to Naples, Italy, Alexandre serves, before returning to Paris.
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In his final years, Alexandre returns to Paris, living with his son, Alexandre Dumas Fils.
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Alexandre Dumas Pere dies at the age of sixty-eight, poor and distressed in Puys, France.