Charles de Cossé, Count of Brissac, was a French courtier and soldier, named beau Brissac at court and remembered as the Maréchal Brissac. A member of the nobility of Anjou, he was appointed in 1540 to his father's prestigious former post of Grand... Wikipedia
Born: 1505, Brissac-Quincé, Brissac-Loire-Aubance, France
Died: December 31, 1563 (age 58 years), Paris, France
Great-grandparents: Jean II de Montmorency, Marguerite d'Orgemont, Aimery Gouffier, Seigneur de Rouffay, and more
Great grandchildren: Louis de Cossé, Duke of Brissac, Marie de Cossé-Brissac, Timoléon de Cossé, Comte de Cossé et de Châteaugiron, and more
Children: Charles de Cossé, 1st Duke of Brissac and Timoleone di Cossé
Grandchild: François de Cossé, Duke of Brissac
Grandparents: Philippe de Montmorency, Dame de Vitry-en-Brie and Guillaume Gouffier