Paul Cottin

Paul Cottin
Born Boussy-Saint-Antoine, France
Nationality French
Occupation Historian
Writer

Paul Cottin (June 5, 1856, Boussy-Saint-Antoine – February 22, 1932) was a French writer, historian and a scientific editor of historical and literary documents.

Biography

He was the son of a Parisian notary and nephew of François Augustin Cottin, state advisor of the Second Empire (whose daughter married Frédéric Masson),[1] he became, in 1881, librarian and curator of the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal of the Pavillon de l'Arsenal, after José-Maria de Heredia.

In 1895, the heart Pelletan of the heir of the throne Louis XVII is given to Carlos, Duke of Madrid by Paul Cottin, being the cousin of the owner, Édouard Dumont.[2] In 1909, Jaime, Duke of Madrid, received the heart, and then his daughter, the princess Béatrice Massimo, and finally in 1938, the princess Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal, legitimist heir to the throne of France.[3][4]

He is the father of Claude de Cambronne and Marie-Thérèse Cottin, future countess Lacroix de Vimeur de Rochambeau. His granddaughter, Laurence de Cambronne, was the editor-in-chief of Elle magazine.

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Books

Notes

  1. Frédéric Brémard : Une famille de la région parisienne et de Paris... les Cottin, 1967
  2. "Nouvelle revue rétrospective / directeur : Paul Cottin". Gallica.
  3. messire62. "la science au secours de l'histoire". histoiredefancescience.
  4. "Cottin".

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