Jean Alfred Fraissinet was born in the port city of Marseilles, France on 22 June 1894.
When World War I began, he joined the ranks of the French military, being assigned to the 6th Hussar Regiment on 7 September 1914.
[1] See also Aerial victory standards of World War I Fraissinet would not be discharged from military service until 7 October 1919.
[3] On 23 May 1937, he bought the historic Château Saint-Maur and its grounds from Sir Henry Laurens, the wealthy tobacconist.
Fraissinet turned the property from its former agricultural uses of growing wheat, beets, and cotton[4] into vineyards.
[5] Fraissinet returned to his country's service in World War II, rising to the rank of captain.
[3] During Jean Fraissinet's four years in political office, he was a staunch advocate of retaining a French Algeria, thus being opposed to Charles de Gaulle's policies.