François de Cossé-Brissac
François de Cossé-Brissac | |
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President of the Jockey-Club de Paris | |
In office 1997–2014 | |
Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus | |
In office 1986–2004 | |
Duke of Brissac | |
In office 4 April 1993 – 6 April 2021 | |
Preceded by | Pierre de Cossé Brissac |
Succeeded by | Charles-André de Cossé-Brissac |
Personal details | |
Born | Eugène Marie Timoléon François de Cossé 19 February 1929 Le Creusot, France |
Died | 6 April 2021 Segré-en-Anjou Bleu, France | (aged 92)
Nationality | French |
François de Cossé-Brissac, 13th Duke of Brissac (19 February 1929 – 6 April 2021) was a French aristocrat.[1] He held the noble title Duke of Brissac from 1993 until his death in 2021.
Biography[]
François was the son of Pierre de Cossé Brissac, 12th Duke of Brissac, and his wife, Marie Zélie Antoinette Eugénie Schneider, who was the daughter of industrialist Eugène Schneider II. In 1958, he married Jacqueline Alice Marie de Contades, with whom he had five children: Agnès Alexandra Marie Bienvenue, Charles-André Raymond Timoléon Aymard Hubert Marie, Angélique Patricia Marie, Marie-Antoinette Elvire, and Pierre-Emmanuel Timoléon Marie Raymond.
De Cossé-Brissac served as President of the Jockey-Club de Paris from 1997 to 2014 and was Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus from 1986 to 2004. He was the proprietor of the Château de Brissac in Brissac-Quincé.[2]
François de Cossé-Brissac died at the Segré-en-Anjou Bleu on 6 April 2021 at the age of 92.[3]
inBibliography[]
- Les Brissac (1952)
- Les Brissac et l'histoire (1973)
- L'histoire de la maison Cossé-Brissac (1987)
References[]
- ^ "François de Cossé-Brissac, XIIIe duc de Brissac". Geni.
- ^ "Brissac, l'Histoire en héritage". Le Figaro (in French). 11 July 2008.
- ^ "Nécrologie. Eugène-François de Cossé, XIIIe duc de Brissac". Ouest-France (in French). 7 April 2021.
- 1929 births
- 2021 deaths
- Dukes of Brissac
- Grand Masters of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910)
- People from Le Creusot
- French nobility stubs