Pierre de Cossé Brissac
Pierre de Cossé Brissac | |
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| Born | 13 March 1900 |
| Died | 4 April 1993 (aged 93) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Memoirist |
| Title | Duke of Brissac |
| Spouse(s) | Marie-Zélie Schneider
(m. 1924; |
| Children | François de Cossé Brissac Elvire de Brissac Marie-Pierre de Brissac |
| Parent(s) | François de Cossé Brissac Mathilde de Crussol d'Uzès |
| Relatives | Eugène Schneider II (father-in-law) Maurice Herzog (son-in-law) |
Pierre de Cossé Brissac, 12th Duke of Brissac (13 March 1900 – 4 April 1993), was a French aristocrat and author who wrote historical memoirs. He held the French noble title of Duke of Brissac from 1944 to 1993.
Early life[]
He was born in 1900 in Paris.[1] His father, François de Cossé Brissac, was the 11th Duke of Brissac from 1883 to 1944. His mother was Mathilde de Crussol d'Uzès, a daughter of the 12th Duke of Uzès and Anne de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Duchess of Uzès.[2]
Career[]
He wrote historical memoirs, and four of his memoirs were about his family, the Dukes of Brissac.[3] Moreover, he wrote the preface of Guide du protocole et des usages, a book on good manners written by in 1979.[1]
Personal life[]
In 1924, he married Marie-Zélie Antoinette Schneider (1902–1999), also known as May Schneider, the daughter of French industrialist Eugène Schneider II.[4] They resided at the in La Celle-les-Bordes, France. They were the parents of two sons and two daughters:[1]
- Marie-Pierre de Brissac (b. 1925), who married Simon Nora in 1947. They divorced in 1954 she married, secondly, Maurice Herzog in 1964.
- (1929–2021), who married Jacqueline Alice de Contades, daughter of Count Andre de Contades and Daisy Thome, in 1958.
- Giles de Cossé-Brissac (1935–2001)
- Elvire de Brissac (b. 1939), a novelist.[5]
He died in 1993 in Paris.[1]
Distinctions[]
- Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910)
Published works[]
- La duchesse d'Uzès (Paris, Gründ, 1950, 201 pages).
- Les Brissac, Maison de Cossé (Paris: Éditions Fasquelle, 1973, 448 pages).
- A la Billebaude à travers l'Yveline (Chaumont, France: Éditions Crépin-Leblond, 1955, 214 pages).
- Chasse (Chaumont, France: Éditions Crépin-Leblond, 1957, 109 pages).
- Nord Kapp ou la Norvège vue par un Français (Paris: Éditions Del Duca, 1967).
- En d'autres temps (1900-1939) (Paris: Grasset, 1972, 455 pages).
- La suite des temps (1939-1958) (Paris: Grasset, 1974).
- Le temps qui court (1959-1974) (Paris: Grasset, 1977).
- Le château d'en face (1974-1985) (Paris: Grasset, 1986).
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Pierre de Brissac (1900-1993), Bibliothèque nationale de France
- ^ of), Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de La Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigny Ruvigny and Raineval (9th marquis (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who", of the Sovereigns, Princes and Nobles of Europe. Harrison & Sons. p. 392. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ Grasset: Duc Brissac (de)
- ^ Martin, Monique de Saint (1993). L'espace de la noblesse (in French). Editions Métailié. p. 222. ISBN 978-2-86424-141-6. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ Alesch, Jeanine S. (2007). Marguerite Yourcenar: The Other/reader. Summa Publications, Inc. ISBN 978-1-883479-56-5. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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