Charles II. De Cossé, duc de Brissac
Charles II. De Cossé, duc de Brissac (* 1550 at Château d'Ételan in the Saint-Maurice-d'Ételan department ; † 1621 in Brissac-Quincé in the Maine-et-Loire department) was a French general and Marshal of France .
Charles II. Cossé-Brissac was a son of Marshal Charles I de Cossé, comte de Brissac and a nephew of Marshal Artus de Cossé, comte de Secondigny , baron de Gonnor.
He joined the league, was appointed military governor of Paris by the Duke of Mayenne in 1594 , but handed it over to Henry IV , for which he appointed him marshal, was in 1611 by Louis XIII. raised to peer and duke of Brissac . In 1621 he fell ill during the siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély and died in June in the Château de Brissac.
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| SURNAME | Cossé, Charles II. De, duc de Brissac |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French general and Marshal of France |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1550 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Château d'Ételan, Saint-Maurice-d'Ételan department , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1621 |
| Place of death | Brissac-Quincé , Maine-et-Loire department , France |