François de Cossé-Brissac
# François de Cossé-Brissac

François de Cossé-Brissac, 13th Duke of Brissac (19 February 1929 – 6 April 2021), was a French aristocrat. He held the noble title Duke of Brissac from 1993 until his death in 2021.

## Biography

François was the son of Pierre de Cossé Brissac, 12th Duke of Brissac, and his wife, Marie Zélie Antoinette Eugénie Schneider, who was the daughter of industrialist Eugène Schneider II. In 1958, he married Jacqueline Alice Marie de Contades, with whom he had five children: Agnès Alexandra Marie Bienvenue, Charles-André Raymond Timoléon Aymard Hubert Marie, Angélique Patricia Marie, Marie-Antoinette Elvire, and Pierre-Emmanuel Timoléon Marie Raymond.

De Cossé-Brissac served as President of the Jockey-Club de Paris from 1997 to 2014 and was Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus from 1986 to 2004. He was the proprietor of the Château de Brissac in Brissac-Quincé.

François de Cossé-Brissac died at the Château de la Roche [fr] in Segré-en-Anjou Bleu on 6 April 2021 at the age of 92.

