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). "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in Fr). consultable. p. 968. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k246616/f979.image.r=Rosnyvinen.langFR. - Pendariès, Pierre (2007). "Le général Piré, l'exemple convaincu du ralliement d'un officier noble émigré à Napoléon" (in Fr). pp. 7–69.
- Thomas, Joseph (1892). "Piré de". Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. p. 1801. https://archive.org/stream/universaldict02thomrich#page/1801/mode/1up.
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. http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/commanders/c_pire.html.
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