François de Cossé Brissac, 11th Duke of Brissac

Anne Marie Timoléon François de Cossé Brissac, 11th Duke of Brissac (1868–1944), was a French aristocrat and author. He held the French noble title of Duke of Brissac from 1883 to 1944.

François de Cossé Brissac
Born
Anne Marie Timoléon François de Cossé-Brissac

12 February 1868
Paris, France
Died1944
EducationÉcole militaire de Saint-Cyr
OccupationAuthor
TitleDuke of Brissac
Spouse(s)Mathilde Renée de Crussol d'Uzès
ChildrenPierre de Cossé Brissac
Parent(s)Roland de Cossé Brissac
Jeanne Marie Say
RelativesLouis Say (maternal grandfather)
Jean-Baptiste Say (maternal granduncle)
Anne de Rochechouart de Mortemart (mother-in-law)
Château de Brissac

Early life and career

He was born on 12 February 1868 in Paris, France.[1] His maternal grandfather, Louis Say, was the founder of the Say sugar empire (now known as Béghin-Say, a subsidiary of Tereos). His maternal granduncle, Jean-Baptiste Say, was a classical liberal economist.

He graduated from the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, a military academy in Britanny, France.[1] He wrote a historical book about the Austrian court, titled Un Carrousel à la cour d'Autriche.[1] In 1894, he wrote a second book, based on his memories about the army.[1]

Marriage and later life

He married Mathilde Renée de Crussol d'Uzès (1875-1908), the daughter of the 12th Duke of Uzès and Anne de Rochechouart de Mortemart, on 4 November 1894.[1] They resided at the Château de Brissac in Brissac-Quincé, Maine-et-Loire, France.

He died in 1944.[1] He was succeeded as Duke of Brissac by his son, Pierre de Cossé Brissac.

Bibliography
  • Un Carrousel à la cour d'Autriche. (Nancy: imprimerie de Berger-Levrault).
  • Leçons de chic. Souvenirs et traditions militaires, par une sabretache (1894, Paris: imprimerie de Berger-Levrault).
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gollark: Anyway, I think if you use standard and generally-considered-good cryptographic algorithms with trusted open-source implementations you're probably okay. Unless you're being actively, personally targeted by nation-states. In which case you have bigger problems.
gollark: Like I said, they can't practically ban strong encryption, just make it so that the average people's communications don't use it.
gollark: Then, anyone who uses strong crypto can be called an evil terrorist because all Good Citizens are using backdoored stuff.

References
  1. Anne Marie Timoléon François Cossé-Brissac (duc de, 1868-1944), Bibliothèque nationale de France
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