Philippe Pétain was born on April 24, 1856 in Cauchy-à-la-Tour, Pas-de-Calais, France as Henri-Philippe Pétain. He was a writer, known for La nuit merveilleuse (1940). He was married to Eugénie Hardon and François de Hérain. He died on July 23, 1951 in Île d'Yeu, Vendée, France.