Hippolyte Piré

Hippolyte-Marie-Guillaume de Rosnyvinen, Comte de Piré, (Rennes, 31 March 1778 – Paris, 20 July 1850) was a French general who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.[1][2][3]

His name is inscribed on the second column of the Northern Pillar of the Arc de Triomphe.

Notes
  1. Thomas 1892, p. 1801.
  2. Pendariès 2007, pp. 23-25.
  3. Dreyfus 1902, p. 968.
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References
  • Dreyfus, Camille, ed. (1885–1902), "Piré (Hippolyte-Marie-Guillaume de Rosnyvinen, comte de)", La grande encyclopédie: inventaire raisonné des sciences, des lettres et des arts (in French), 26, consultable, p. 968
  • Pendariès, Pierre (2007), "Le général Piré, l'exemple convaincu du ralliement d'un officier noble émigré à Napoléon", Revue de l'Institut Napoléon (in French) (194): 7–69
  • Thomas, Joseph (1892), "Piré de", Universal pronouncing dictionary of biography and mythology (Iacchus – Zype), 2, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, p. 1801

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