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
- ↑ Thomas 1892, p. 1801.
- ↑ Pendariès 2007, pp. 23-25.
- ↑ Dreyfus 1902, p. 968.
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
Further reading
- Senior, Terry J. (August 2002), The Top Twenty French Cavalry Commanders:#17 General Hippolyte-Marie-Guillaume de Rosnyvinen Comte de Piré, The Napoleon Series
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