Pierre de Cossé Brissac

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.

He wrote historical memoirs, and four of his memoirs were 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.

Château de Brissac

In 1924, he married Marie-Zélie Schneider, also known as May Schneider, the daughter of French industrialist Eugène Schneider II.[3] They resided at the Château de La Celle in La Celle-les-Bordes, France.

They had a son, François de Cossé Brissac (subsequently 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.

He died in 1993 in Paris.[1]

• Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910)

• 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).