Artus de Cossé
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Artus de Cossé, seigneur de Gonnor and Comte de Secondigny (1512–1582), was a Marshal of France, an office he was elevated to in 1567. He served to administer the armies finances during the first of the French Wars of Religion and would lead the royal army in its pursuit of the Prince of Condé during the second civil war. His failure to catch the army led to his dismissal from overall royal command. During the third civil war he would again lead troops, beating a small Protestant force, before being defeated in the final days of the war at Arney-le-Duc. His long history of Politique leanings would push him into the orbit of the Malcontents for which he would be arrested in 1574. In 1576 he would be released and restored to favour before he died in 1582.
Artus de Cossé | |
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Seigneur de Gonnor | |
Other titles | Marshal of France Comte de Secondigny |
Born | (1512-01-00)January 1512 |
Died | February 1582(1582-02-00) (aged 70) Château de Gonnord [fr], Kingdom of France |
Family | Maison de Cossé-Brissac [fr] |
Father | René de Cosse-Brissac |
Mother | Charlotte Gouffier de Boisy |