Pierre de Cossé Brissac

Pierre de Cossé Brissac (1900-1993) was a French aristocrat and author. He served as the 12th Duke of Brissac from 1944 to 1993. He wrote historical memoirs.

Early life

Pierre de Cossé Brissac 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.

Career

He served as the 12th Duke of Brissac from 1944 to 1993.

He wrote historical memoirs. Four of his memoirs are about his family, the Dukes of Brissac.^[2] Moreover, he wrote the preface of Guide du protocole et des usages, a book on good manners written by Jacques Gandouin in 1979.

Personal life

Château de Brissac

He married Marie-Zélie Schneider, a.k.a. May Schneider, in 1924.^[3] They resided at the Château de Brissac in Brissac-Quincé, Maine-et-Loire, France. They had a son, François de Cossé Brissac (later 13th Duke of Brissac), and two daughters: Elvire de Brissac, a novelist, and Marie-Pierre de Brissac, married firstly to Simon Nora and secondly to Maurice Herzog.

Death

He died in 1993 in Paris.^[1]

Distinctions

• Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910)

Bibliography

• 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).

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